Apache Basket Date: 08/31/2012 Exceptional Apache polychrome (black and red) woven basket depicting 5 human figures and 5 animals along with other design elements. Some minot variations from age and use. 14 1/2" diameter, 3 3/4" high. Good quality tight weave and rim wrapping.
Inventory Number: 712NH130
Price: $2750
Pueblo Drum Date: 12/15/2011 Very large Southwest Pueblo Indian painted drum. 11" diameter and 10 1/8" high. Nice original condition with its original hide heads and ties. Early 20th C. From a CA collection.
Inventory Number: 1011EB187
Price: $425
Native American Speaker's Staff Date: 10/13/2011 Large carved Northwest Coast Native American Speaker's Staff from the mid 20th C. Very well carved with a4 large iconic figures. Accented with abalone eyes and dear feet. The main staffis in excellent original condition. The 2 wings are restorations, From a Washington State collection, Overall length is 60 1/2".
Inventory Number: 1010EB420
Price: $625
Penobscot War Club Date: 07/03/2011 Extra large Northeastern Indian carved and paint decorated war club. Exceptionally well carved and painted in excellet condition. A few minor root tip losses on back of the club head. 26" long, 9 1/2" across root head. circa 2nd 1/4 1900's. More detailed photos available.
Inventory Number: 511B375
Price: $850
NWC Pewter Feast Spoon Date: 07/30/2010 Very large and unusual 19th C. feast ladle made of pewter (bowl, eye inlays, beak decoration), copper(portion of bowl) and wood. The copper backing for the bowl is riveted to the pewter bowl with 12 copper rivets and another to connect the bowl to the wood handle. Carved wood handle with large carved face and bird with long beak that sets into the handle. Overall 14" long, pewter bowl is 6 1/2", wood handle is 10", beak 2 3/8". From an old Seatlle collection of Northwest Coast decorative arts.
Inventory Number: 610EB65
Price: $1495
Small Apache Basket Date: 07/29/2010 Small Southwest Native American basket with 6 animals. Very tight weave - 3" diameter, 1 1/2" high, 1 3/4" loss along the rim (visible in photo), otherwise very good condition. Probably Apache origin, c. 1900.
Inventory Number: 710M3
Price: $295
Navajo Weaving Date: 07/08/2010 "Eyedazzler" Navajo wool rug. Very nice color selection. One small reparable hole, otherwise excellent condition. 46 !/4" x 84". Probably 2nd Qtr 20th C. From a Maine Estate.
Inventory Number: 809GA476
Price: $895
Pacific Northwest Kwakiutl Mask Date: 05/23/2010 Fine old Pacific Northwest Coast Kwakiutl Indian Ceremonial Dance Mask attributed to master carver Jack James (1902-1980). Attribution based on comparisons to known masks and we believe this mask to be from his earlier work, c. 1935. Jack James was a contemporary of Willie Seaweed, a very respected carver of masks. This mask represents Bookwus or Wild Man of the Woods. Reference - Art of the Kwakiutl Indians by Audrey Hawthorn, pgs 291-296 for similar examples. The mask is carved from red cedar and retains its dance rigging and original natural hair pegged into the mask. It is painted in its original pigments that have aged to s soft patina. It is in fine original condition with normal paint wear. The size is 13" x 9" and 8 1/2" deep. Acquired from a Seattle, WA collection.
Inventory Number: 129EB150
Price: $3450
Native American Turtle Rattle Date: 05/23/2010 Eastern Native American Snapping Turtle ceremonial rattle with its original Trade Bead wrapping and leather drops. Probably Iroguois Nation, 2nd Q 20th C. Very good original condition with 3 small holes in the very outer shell (the inner shell is all intact. The sinew sewn underside is all intact as well. 16 1/4" long overall. From an Arkansas collection.
Inventory Number: 310EB785
Price: $1495
Hopi Kachina Doll Date: 05/23/2010 Nice large Hopi Indian Kachina Doll, 12" tall by 4 1/2" wide. Noteworthy detailed carving and paint decoration with its original feathers. Carved from the traditional cottonwood root. Probably from the mid 20th C., c. 1950's.
Inventory Number: 510B10
Price: $295
Effigy Mask Date: 09/15/2009 19th C. Native American Effigy Mask carved from a whale bone vertebra (whale spine section). Depicts Inuit face with bird crest. Bird has baleen eyes. 13 1/2" high, 7 1/4" wide and 7" deep.
Inventory Number: 68PA120
Price: $2300
Native American Portrait on Leather Date: 07/08/2010 Late 19th or early 20th C. painting on leather of an Indian chief in profile. Excellent colors and artistic style. All original except frame. which may be the first frame, but done later in the painting's life. From an old Buffalo, NY collection. Sight size is 18" by 13"
Inventory Number: 509MW825
Price: $1495.
Pacific Northwest Totem Date: 07/22/2009 Late 19th/early 20th C. Northwest Coast carved and painted cedar totem pole. 31.5" tall. 3" wide. Nice large size, very well carved and retaining it original painted surface. Interesting cultural imagery of the Native American life. Excellent condition. From a CT collection.
Inventory Number: 88MW275
Price: $3975
Pima Indian Basket Date: 07/21/2009 Large and very deep Pima basket. Bold graphic decoration. Excellent condition. Early 20th C. 16" diameter, 7 " high.
Inventory Number: 198R130
Price: $1975
Pima Indian Basket Date: 01/29/2009 A very crisp and bright c. 1900 Pima Indian basket decorated with a whirling log design. Excellent original condition with no observed broken or missing stitches. Size is 11 1/4" diameter by 2 1/2" high. From a British Columbia collection.
Inventory Number: 108CAN631
Price: $985
Native American Cradle Board Date: 01/29/2009 Full Size Apache Indian Cradle Board. Nicely carved wood frame and back slats with separate woven wood and fabric hood. Fabric head rest, side covers and baby ties. Natural wood and yellow paint decoration. Inscribed on back of boards "Made by Effie Bona Bylas", probably c. 1930's. Very nice as used condition. Size is 33" long, 11" wide, hood is 13" high.
Inventory Number: 128EB205
Price: $425
Cherokee Indian Basket Date: 06/11/2013 Beautifully made Cherokee Indian Basket sitting on an applied integrated circular foot with 2 semi circular covers hinged with wooden pins to the arched handle. Decorated with contrasting colored splint. Great form, condition and construction execution. Probably from the mid 20th C. with a nice mellow patina, From a Southern California collection. Size is 10" wide and 12" high to the top of the handle.
Inventory Number: 128EB120
Northwest Coast Halibut Bowl Date: 07/20/2008 19th C. Northwest Coast Native American carved food bowl in the shape of a native halibut. Beautifully carved bowl with the halibut supported on a raised pedestal form. Well carved details with abalone inlayed eyes and original painted accents (yellow, black and red). Excellent original condition with a nice old worn patina. The wood is cedar. 19 3/8" long, 7 3/4" wide and 3 3/8" high. A fine example from an old collection.
Inventory Number: 78B220
Price: $4400
Plains Indian Doll Date: 07/02/2008 Nice Plains Indian doll with pleasing expression and hide costume with nicely beaded accents and mocassins. Early 20th C. origin. Hand sewn. She is 10 3/4" tall.
Inventory Number: 68PA55
Price: $895
Addle Addle Date: 11/07/2007 A carved animal bone "addle addle", a tool used in hunting or foraging for food by Native Americans. There is a carved decoration in the top, and an arrow head attached to one end. 7 1/2" long.
Inventory Number: 97B40
Price: $850
Leather Cowboy Chaps Date: 11/06/2007 Nicely styled and well worn real cowboy chaps. Fringed edges with "silver" mounts. Legs are all leather with a full length zipper to close legs. Very nice original worn condition. Belt has been replaced. Found in Arizona. Probably mid 20th C. Size about 36" long, legs about 9-10" wide.
Inventory Number: 107HP20/26
Price: $450
Tooled Leather Saddle Bags Date: 11/06/2007 Nice pair of hand tooled leather western saddle bags. Rawhide sewn construction with some copper rivets and "silver" mounts. Well used, but still in excellent original condition. Found in Arizona. Probably 2nd 1/4 20th C. Approximately 10-11" wide and 36" long.
Inventory Number: 107M27
Price: $450
5 Turquoise Navajo Cuff Date: 07/08/2010 Navajo sterling cuff with 5 turquoise nuggets. Fits a small wrist, which is sometimes hard to find. 5" around the inside with a 1 1/8" opening.
Inventory Number: 114P11
Price: $195
Navajo Sterling Cuff with 38 Turquoise Stones Date: 07/08/2010 Navajo sterling cuff with 38 turquoise nuggets. 5 7/8" around inside with a 1 1/4" opening.
Inventory Number: 75B10
Price: #195
Plains Indian Moccasins Date: 10/06/2006 A lovely pair of large Plains Indians beaded moccasins in green, blue, red and white. They are in excellent condition with some minor bead loss on one tongue flap. 11” long from toe to heel.
Inventory Number: 94B16
Price: $2700
Navajo Squash Blossom Necklace Date: 07/08/2010 This is a lovely, long Navajo squash blossom necklace in Sterling and turquoise. It measures 28” from clasp to clasp and has 20 turquoise nuggets. We are dating it from the 1950-60’s. It was not signed by the maker.
Inventory Number: 47943384
Price: $695
Navajo Basket Date: 07/08/2010 Navajo Indian basket, 15 3/4" across and 4 1/4" high. C. 1950. In excellent condition.
Inventory Number: 114EB327
Price: $795
Pima Basket Date: 10/18/2006 Pima Indian basket, 15" across, 3 1/4" high. Early 20th C., very good condition.
Inventory Number: 94V38
Price: $1100
Zaire Mask Date: 10/23/2006 African ceremonial mask, probably from Zaire. 1st half 20th C. 15" high, 8 1/2" wide.
Inventory Number: 58JNY4
Price: $135
Inuit Basket Date: 10/23/2006 Inuit round covered basket in excellent condition. First half 20th C. 9.5" tall, 34.5" circumference. Alaskan origin.
Inventory Number: 114P2
Price: $495
Acoma Pottery Date: 07/08/2010 A nice Acoma pot in the traditional cream, terra cotta and black colors. Good natural wear. Early to Mid 20th C. 6 1/2" high with a 5" Diameter opening in the top.
Inventory Number: 55P50
Price: $850
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