American Indian Ethnographic Art Skinner Auction 2745B PDF

American
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Sale 2745B Septemer 6, 2014 Boston

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Provenance
James Sachs Plaut (1912-1996), founder and first director of the Institute of Contemporary Art in
Boston, and former director of the “Monuments Men”
Mordeci Thomas Bartram (1843-1904)
Hickory Hill, Hanover County, Virginia
Charles Shewey and the University of California Museum of Anthropology at Berkeley
George H. Himes, founder of the Oregon Historical Society
The Log Cabin Museum, Hokah, Minnesota; the Convent Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Hokah,
Minnesota
The Charles Miles Collection
The Collection of Leo and Lillian Fortess
The Collection of Mary Sue Rosen and Paul Peter Rosen
The J.C. Leff Collection
George Collins, New Bedford, Massachusetts
Joseph O’Leary (1911-1993), former preparator at the Peabody Museum, Harvard University
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Pre-Columbian
& Tribal
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African Head Crest Mask, Temne, Sierra Temne Polychrome Carved Wood Head Four Ibibio Polychrome Carved Wood Face
Leone, the Ode-lay society mask with Janus- Crest Mask, Sierra Leone, used in Ode-lay Masks, Nigeria, includes two masks with
head goats, the horn tips with porcupine quills society festivals, a Janus mask with a female snake and bird imagery, one with two soccer
inserted in gourds, (wood loss), ht. 15 1/2 x face in back of a leopard head, with another players and a snake (damage), and one with a
wd. 14 1/2 in. animal head on top, (wood loss), 22 1/2 x 14 man holding a snake, ht. to 26 in.
$200-250 in.
Literature: Published in Masks from West
Literature: Published in Masks from West and Central Africa: A Celebration of Color and
2 and Central Africa: A Celebration of Color and Form (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2013).
Temne “Jolly” Mask, Sierra Leone, used in Form (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2013).
the Ode-lay society festivals, two polychrome Exhibitions (for the last two masks): Free
wood masks on a cloth-wrapped wire Exhibitions: Free Library Gallery, Philadelphia, Library Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
foundation, (wood loss), ht. 29 x wd. 17 in. Pennsylvania, 2011: More Than A Pretty Face: 2011: More Than A Pretty Face: Masks from
$300-400 Masks from West and Central Africa from the West and Central Africa from the Rosen
Rosen Collection. Collection.
$200-250 $500-700
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Temne Polychrome Carved Wood Crest 5 7
Mask, Sierra Leone, Ode-lay society mask Four Ibibio Polychrome Carved Wood Face Three Ibibio Polychrome Carved Wood
depicting a man astride a ferocious lion who Masks, Nigeria, the superstructures including Face Masks, Nigeria, one with crucifixion
appears to be about to eat a smaller human an owl with two snakes, a scorpion encircled super structure, one with two snakes entwined
figure, (wood loss), 28 x 16 in. by snakes, a kneeling woman holding two in the horns of a cow, and one with a female
snakes, and a bird pecking at a snake, (wood holding two snake-like staffs, (wood loss), ht.
Literature: Published in Masks from West loss), ht. to 24 1/2 in. to 24 1/2 in.
and Central Africa: A Celebration of Color and
Form (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2013). Literature: Published in Masks from West Literature: Published in Masks from West
and Central Africa: A Celebration of Color and and Central Africa: A Celebration of Color and
Exhibitions: Free Library Gallery, Philadelphia, Form (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2013). Form (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2013).
Pennsylvania, 2011: More Than A Pretty Face:
Masks from West and Central Africa from the Exhibitions: Free Library Gallery, Philadelphia, Exhibitions (for the first mask): Free Library
Rosen Collection. Pennsylvania, 2011: More Than A Pretty Face: Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2011:
$200-250 Masks from West and Central Africa from the More Than A Pretty Face: Masks From West
Rosen Collection. and Central Africa From the Rosen Collection.
$500-700 $400-600
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Three Ibibio Polychrome Carved Wood Three Polychrome Carved Wood Ibibio Bundu Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Gola
Face Masks, Nigeria, one with a squatting Face Masks, Nigeria, an Anang owl mask, people, Liberia, representing an elaborate
man holding a snake, one with a seated one with a kneeling military man, and one with coiffure with a long rolled neck and diminutive
female figure, and one with a soccer player, a man holding a snake, ht. to 21 in. head projecting from the top, ht. 27 in.
ht. to 20 in. $400-600
Literature: Published in Masks from West
Literature: Published in Masks from West and Central Africa: A Celebration of Color and
and Central Africa: A Celebration of Color and Form (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2013). 11
Form (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2013). Bundu Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Sherbro
Exhibitions: Free Library Gallery, Philadelphia, people, Sierra Leone, with blackened surface
Exhibitions: Free Library Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2011: More Than A Pretty Face: and elaborate coiffure, includes stand, ht. 15
Pennsylvania, 2011: More Than A Pretty Face: Masks from West and Central Africa from the in.
Masks from West and Central Africa from the Rosen Collection. $400-600
Rosen Collection. $400-600
$400-600
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Bassa Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Sierra Mossi Carved Wood Ladder, Burkina Faso, Ethiopian Shield, Ormo people, the concave
Leone, with elaborate multi-lobed coiffure, 56 x 15 1/2 in. surface with circular decoration, patina of use,
includes stand, (wood loss), ht. 13 in. $500-700 dia. 18 in.
$400-600 $250-350
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Two African Chairs, the first from Tanzania,
13 with arched back, the second from the Dan 21
Bundu Carved Wood Helmet Mask, people, with metal strips, ht. to 17 in. Cameroon Beaded Vest, Bamun people,
Mende, Sierra Leone, stylized female head $400-600 beaded on indigo blue and natural handwoven
with elaborate coiffure incorporating amulets, cloth, geometric designs done with white and
includes stand, ht. 15 in. blue glass seed beads, 20 x 29 in.
$400-600 18 $1,000-1,500
Malinke Wood Chief’s Chair, Guinea, with
metal and tack decoration, 37 x 30 1/2 in.
$600-800
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Bundu Carved Wood Helmet Mask, with Mankala Carved Wood Game Board, with
raffia collar and elaborate coiffure, ht. 16 in. 19 remains of red pigment, patina of long use, 26
$400-600 Two African Carved Wood Headrests, x 5 x 15 1/2 in.
Karamajong people, Kenya, one with an $400-600
aluminum handle, patina of use, ht. to 7 1/4 in.
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Exhibitions: The Pen and Brush Gallery, 23
Bundu Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Sierra
2004, Texture and Form, the Art of Personal Ashanti Carved Wood Stool, with incised
Leone, a woman’s initiation mask with five-
Objects: Selections from the Rosen African Art geometric decoration, 14 x 21 in.
lobed coiffure and metal detail, includes stand,
Collection. $300-400
ht. 15 1/4 in.
$400-600 $500-700

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Ashanti Carved Wood Stool, Ghana, with
carved geometric designs and blackened in
honor of a deceased owner, 14 x 20 in.
Exhibitions: The Pen and Brush Gallery,

2004, Texture and Form, the Art of Personal
Objects: Selections from the Rosen African Art
Collection.
$300-400
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Ashanti Brass-covered Carved Wood Stool,
with embossed designs including a crocodile
on the seat, 18 x 12 in.
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$600-800
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Ashanti Carved Wood Stool, Ghana, the
pedestal comprised of two books symbolizing
a learned owner, (remnant black pigment), 15
1/2 x 10 1/2 in.
$250-350
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Dan Carved Wood Mask, ht. 10 in.
Provenance: Eric and Esther Fortess

Collection; Ex collection Norman Hurst.
27 $250-350
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Large Baule Bush-Cow Helmet Mask, with
prominent teeth and backswept horns, (traces
of pigment), lg. 33 in.
Provenance: J.C. Leff Collection.
Exhibitions: Carnegie Institute, 1959, #253;

Museum of Primitive Art, 1964, #62; Carnegie
Institute, 1969, #109; Sotheby’s, October 10,
1975, Lot 149.
$2,500-3,500
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Two African Carvings, a Yoruba female Ibeji
doll, and a Baule heddle pulley, both with dark
patina, ht. to 11 1/4 in.
$300-400
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Teke Carved Wood Power Figure, Republic
of Congo, with scarified face and cavity for an
empowering mass, ht. 12 in.
Provenance: Collected by Eliot Elisofon; Leo

and Lillian Fortess Collection.
$250-350
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Hemba Carved Wood Figurine, the male
figure with hands to the abdomen, dark
patina, (wood loss), ht. 10 in.
$600-800
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Baule Carved Wood Female Figure,
standing with one arm forward, her coiffure
with fine incised detail, (cracks), ht. 17 in.
Provenance: Collection of Alexander S.

Honig; Sotheby’s, October 10, 1975, Lot 78.
$1,200-1,600
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Chokwe Carved Wood Pipe, depicting a
seated man and woman and two masks, dark
patina, (wood loss), ht. 11 1/2 in.
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Baule Carved Wood Stool, depicting a Lozi Carved Wood Lidded Bowl, Zambia, Provenance: Skinner, March 25, 2000, Lot
stylized lion eating a large rodent (?), varnished with a bird on the lid and incised arrow-like 53.
surface, lg. 16 1/2 x ht. 9 1/2 in. designs, 12 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. $2,000-2,500
Provenance: The Ezekial Schloss Collection. Exhibitions: The Pen and Brush Gallery,
2004, Texture and Form, the Art of Personal 36
Note: Also see Robins and Nooter, African Art Objects: Selections from the Rosen African Art Trobriand Islands Carved Wood Chief’s
in America, 1989, p. 154. Collection. Staff, hardwood, with six relief-carved stylized
$800-1,200 $250-350 human figures, lg. 41 in.
Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess

Collection.
$300-400

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New Guinea Carved Wood Food Stirrer,
Massim area, traces of lime and red/brown
pigment, lg. 41 in.

Collection.
Exhibitions: Honolulu Academy of Arts.

$300-400
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New Guinea Carved Wood Spear Thrower,
Kararau village, Sepik River, lg. 35 in.

Collection.
$250-350
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Trobriand Islands Sword Club, Massim area,
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Papua New Guinea, carved wood with lime
rubbed in the decoration, lg. 23 1/4 in.

Collection.
$250-350
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New Guinea Stone Headed War Club, New Guinea Carved Wood Canoe Bailer, Trobriand Islands Carved Wood Lime
Collingwood Bay, Papua New Guinea, Murik Lakes area, probably stone cut, with Spatula, Massim region, eastern New Guinea,
with disc-shaped head and remnant fiber relief-carved lizards and animal head on the avian form, includes stand, ht. 11 1/4 in.
wrapping, lg. 35, head dia. 5 1/2 in. handle, patina of long use, lg. 13 3/4 x wd. $200-250
7 in.
Collection. Provenance: Mark Lissauer, 1960; Leo and
$200-250 Lillian Fortess Collection. 47
$400-600 New Guinea Carved Wood Lime Spatula,
Massim area, the handle in the form of
a stylized human figure and with incised
41 44 curvilinear designs on the back, lg. 10 in.
New Guinea Carved Wood Food Pounder, Two New Guinea Carved Wood Figures, $300-400
Massim area, the handle in the form of a lower Sepik River area, collected during World
stylized frigate bird, lg. 12 3/4 in. War II, ht. to 9 1/2 in.
$250-350 48
Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess Trobriand Islands Carved Wood Lime
Collection. Spatula, New Guinea, lg. 10 in.
$250-350 45
Trobriand Islands Carved Wood Lime Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess
Spatula, New Guinea, lg. 13 in. Collection.
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Child’s Carved Wood Feeding Dish, LubLub Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess Exhibitions: Honolulu Academy of Arts.
Island, Murik Lakes, Sepik area, New Guinea, Collection. $600-800
lg. 11 in. $250-350
Provenance: Ex collection Mark Lissauer; Leo

$250-350

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Trobriand Islands Lime Spatula, New
Guinea, lg. 11 3/8 in. 52
Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess 51

Collection.
$250-350
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New Guinea Carved Bone Lime Spatula,
decorated with woven fiber and shell drops,
lg. 13 3/4 in.

Collection.
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$400-600
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New Guinea Fiber and Dog Tooth Chest
Ornament, with nassa shell and glass
imitation teeth, lg. 9 1/4 in.
Provenance: Ex collection Roger Brooke; Leo

$400-600
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New Guinea Bamboo Lime Container with
Cassowary Bone Dipper, middle Sepik, East
Iatmul Tambanum village, lg. of container 10
in.

Collection.
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Exhibitions: Honolulu Academy of Arts.
$250-350 54
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New Guinea Carved Bone Lime Spatula,
finial in the form of a bird, with red pigment
and fiber attachments, lg. 13 in. 55 57
Collection.
$400-600
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New Guinea Carved Bone Dagger, Wosera
Abelam, Maprik area, with geometric
decoration, traces of red pigment, lg. 13 in.

Collection; Sotheby’s, Australia, November 9,
1998, Lot 349.
$300-400
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New Guinea Bone Dagger, Abelam people,
Maprik area, with geometric decoration below
a stylized human face, lg. 14 in.

Collection; Sotheby’s, Australia, November 9,
1998, Lot 349.
$300-400

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New Guinea Carved Bone Dagger, with
incised decoration, lg. 13 3/4 in.
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Collection.
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Abelam Carved Bone Dagger, Maprik area,
New Guinea, incised decoration with traces of
red pigment, lg. 14 in.

Collection; Sotheby’s, Australia, August 1998,
Lot 349.
$300-400
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Kundu Drum, from the Sepik River area, New
Guinea, retains the original skin drumhead, ht.
25 3/4 in.
Provenance: Collected in the 1960s.

$250-350
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Kundu Drum, from the mid Sepik River,
Papua New Guinea, with incised stylized faces
on the body and animal heads on the handle,
ht. 19 1/4 in.

Collection.
$300-400
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Kundu Carved Wood Drum, Sepik River,
New Guinea, the handle with stylized face
on one end and lizard on the opposite end,
(cracks), ht. 31 in.

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Collection.
$300-400
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Carved Wood Splash Board and
Canoe Prow, Massim area, New Guinea,
highly stylized and the splash board with
multicolored pigments, (repair to splash board,
wood loss), includes wood stand, splash
board ht. 20 1/2 x wd. 25, canoe prow ht. 9
1/2 x wd. 24 in.
Provenance: Collected in the 1960s.

$400-600

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Admiralty Islands Carved and Painted Admiralty Islands Obsidian Dagger, with Gilbert Islands Palm Wood and Shark
Wood Figure, male figure atop a crocodile carved and pigmented nut paste putty handle, Tooth Weapon, with fiber bindings, (a few
with incised geometric decoration overall, lg. 10 in. missing teeth), lg. 28 1/2 in.
(wood loss), ht. 15 in. $300-400
Provenance: James Sachs Plaut (1912- Collection.
1996), founder and first director of the $250-350 68
Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston. Fiji Islands Throwing Club, “Ula,” lg. 16 1/4
During World War II, Plaut directed the Art in.
Looting Investigation Unit for the United 65
States Government, the group known as “the New Britain Stone Headed Wood Club, Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess
Monuments Men.” c. mid-19th century, with tapered shaft and Collection; Christie’s, October 11, 1991, Lot
$250-350 donut-shaped head, dark patina, lg. 48 in. 197.
$300-400
Collection; purportedly collected by John
63 Rabe, 1880s. 69
Malangan Mask with Fiber Headdress, New $400-600 Fiji Islands Throwing Club, (crack in head),
Ireland, c. first half 20th century, polychrome lg. 15 1/4 in.
wood and natural fibers, ht. 20 x wd. 18 in.
$300-400 66 Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess
Vanuatu Carved Wood War Club, with Collection.
domed top and lobed projections, (wood loss),
lg. 32 1/2 in. Exhibitions: Birmingham Museum.
$300-400
Provenance: Ex Rubins Collection; Leo and
Lillian Fortess Collection.
$300-400

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Fiji Island Throwing Club, 19th century, with Fiji Islands Carved Wood Dance Club, Fiji Islands Carved Wood Paddle Club,
lobed head and decorated grip, lg. 17 in. “Kiakavo,” dark patina, lg. 40 in. “culacula,” c. 19th century, the blade with
crescent ridge, (wood loss), lg. 44 1/2 in.
Provenance: Collected by George Collins Provenance: Krantzler Antiques, New
while on a whaling ship out of New Bedford, Bedford, Massachusetts; Eric and Esther Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess
late 1850s, includes a biography by his Fortess Collection. Collection.
granddaughter. $600-800 $500-700
$800-1,200
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71 Fiji Islands Carved Wood Rootstock Club, Vanuatu Carved Wood War Club, “East
Gilbert Island Wood and Shark Tooth 19th century, with remnant fiber wrapping at Malekula, New Hebrides,” with elaborate
Weapon, the tapered form with rows of fiber- the grip, (damage), lg. 46 1/2 in. carved mace head, dark patina, lg. 43 in.
wrapped shark teeth, (minor loss), lg. 30 in.
Provenance: Krantzler Antiques, New Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess
Provenance: George Collins, late 1850s. Bedford, Massachusetts; Eric and Esther Collection.
$500-700 Fortess Collection. $400-600
$600-800
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Fiji Island Fan Club, 19th century, with flared 75
head and vertical rib, geometric decoration at Vanuatu Carved Wood Club, with domed
the grip, lg. 26 in. cap and mace head projections, dark patina,
(wood loss), lg. 42 in.
Provenance: George Collins, late 1850s.
$800-1,200 Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess
Collection.
$500-700

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Fiji Islands Gunstock Club, “gata,” (wood Tonga Carved Wood Paddle Club, c. 19th Matty Island (Wuvulu Island) Carved Wood
loss), lg. 38 in. century, with incised decoration on the blade, Food Tray, the gracefully shaped form with a
(wood loss), lg. 39 1/2 in. patina of use, lg. 17 1/2 x wd. 11 x ht. 5 in.
Provenance: Krantzler Antiques, New
Bedford, Massachusetts; Eric and Esther Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess Provenance: Purchased at Wewak, East
Fortess Collection. Collection. Sepik province, northern New Guinea.
$500-700 $400-600 $500-700
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Tonga Carved Wood Club, 19th century, with Fiji Islands Carved Wood Palm-form Samoan Island Carved Wood Kava Bowl,
flared head and geometric carving overall, lg. Club, 19th century, partially decorated with the round form with multiple cylindrical legs,
30 in. geometric designs, dark patina, lg. 30 in. dia. 12 x ht. 3 1/4 in.
$400-600
Provenance: Krantzler Antiques, New Provenance: Krantzler Antiques, New
Bedford, Massachusetts; Eric and Esther Bedford, Massachusetts; Eric and Esther
Fortess Collection. Fortess Collection.
$700-900 $700-900

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Hawaiian Carved Wood Kapa Beater, Oahu,
Hawaii, with a variety of designs. 93

Collection.
$600-800
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Tongan/Fiji Islands Carved Wood Headrest,
c. late 18th/early 19th century, carved in three
pieces, with original fiber bindings, (wood loss,
repair), lg. 18 x ht. 5 3/4 in.
Provenance: Joseph O’Leary (1911-1993),

former preparator at the Peabody Museum,
Harvard University.
$2,000-2,500
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Marquesas Islands Carved Wood Figure,
Tiki, c. late 19th or early 20th century, stylized
form on a base and with incised detail, ht. 14
1/2 in.
$2,000-2,500
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Maori Carved Wood Janus Figure, with
opposing male figures on a base and with
elaborate carved tattoo patterns, shell inlaid
eyes (one a replacement), ht. 12 in.
$800-1,200
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Maori Carved Wood Hand Club, “Kotiate,”
New Zealand, probably an early tourist
carving, lg. 13 1/2 in.
Provenance: Ex McDonald Collection; Leo

$200-250
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Maori Carved Wood Dance Paddle, with
stylized face on one side of blade, lg. 24 1/2
90 92
in.
Maori Carved Wood Child’s War Club, Aboriginal Carved Wood Food Bowl,
“Tewhatewha,” decorated with classic Maori Australia, 14 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.
Collection. designs and with remnant haliotis shell inlays,
lg. 41 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess
$300-400
Collection.
Provenance: Julian Harding Collection, $250-350
London; Leo and Lillian Fortess Collection.
89 $2,000-2,500
Maori Carved Wood “Chief’s” Staff or 93
Walking Stick, the shaft decorated with fine Aboriginal Rainforest Shield, northern
curvilinear designs and two relief carved T.K. 91 Queensland, carved from one piece of
figures with inlaid shell eyes, lg. 35 in. Carved Stone Frog Cup, Borneo, for poison, wood with front boss and handle at back,
lg. 2 3/4 in. painted on the front with totemic clan motif
Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess using natural pigments, signs of spear
Collection; “Collected by John A. Rabe prior to Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess penetration and battle scars up one side, dark
1880, Exhibit Columbian Exposition 1893.” Collection. patina, old tag attached to handle, ht. 34 1/4
$800-1,200 $300-400 x wd. 9 3/4 in.
$10,000-15,000

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Teotihuacan Carved Stone Mask, c. 450- Olmec Carved Stone Figure, serpentine, Chavin-Cupisnique Carved Bone Spatula,
650 A.D., with delicately carved features in the standing figure with upturned head and with classic incised heads, two musicians,
white stone, collected before 1970, 5 1/8 x 4 classic facial features, the hands to the and the terminals in the form of a jaguar and a
1/2 in. thighs, pierced ears, (very slight traces of red monkey (?) possibly holding a strombus
pigment), includes Lucite stand, ht. 6 1/4 in. trumpet, (minor loss), lg. 7 1/4 in.
Provenance: James Sachs Plaut (1912-
1996), founder and first director of the Note: Collected in the 1960s; includes an Note: Collected in the 1960s.
Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston. examination report by Frank Peusser and $1,000-1,500
During World War II, Plaut directed the Art Associates.
Looting Investigation Unit for the United $4,000-6,000
States Government, the group known as the
“Monuments Men.”
$2,500-3,500

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Chavin Anthracite Mirror, axe-shaped, with Pair of Chavin-Cupisnique Carved Stone
tapered handle (?) on one side, polished Ear Ornaments, each showing a stylized
surface, (broken and repaired), lg. 5 1/4 x wd. human head in profile, traces of cinnabar, 1
3 1/2 in. 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.
Note: Collected in the 1960s. Note: Collected in the 1960s.

$300-500 $2,500-3,500
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Pre-Columbian Jade and Crystal Skull Woven Pictorial Textile, possibly Chimu,
Necklace, the crystal and jade skull beads woven in two panels, each with multiple
from the Maya and the tubular crystal beads human figures in colorful clothing and a
from the Chavin, (restrung, modern silver headdress, one panel with abstract birds,
clasp), overall lg. 16 in. (minor damage), 34 1/2 x 33 in.
Note: Collected in the 1960s. Note: Collected in the 1960s.

$1,200-1,600 $1,000-1,500
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Chimu Silver Alloy Scepter/Rattle, the lost
wax form worked with various techniques, the
bottom in the form of a Tumi knife, the top a
warrior figure with Kero (?) framed in an open
scroll form with perched birds above and
dangling birds below (one missing), includes
custom Lucite stand, ht. 8 1/4 x wd. 3 1/4 in.
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Note: Includes an investigation and analysis
by Fran Aon, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
$3,000-5,000

Plains,
Great Lakes &
Woodlands
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Pair of Crow Beaded Hide Man’s Pair of Arapaho Buffalo Hide Man’s Pair of Lakota Beaded Hide
Moccasins, c. last quarter 19th century, with Moccasins, c. 1870, the border and vamps Moccasins, c. last quarter 19th century, with
painted parfleche soles and partially beaded beaded with multicolored geometric designs, green “buffalo tracks” and traces of yellow
with multicolored geometric designs, lg. 11 in. lg. 10 1/2 in. pigment, lg. 10 1/2 in.
$600-800 $1,500-2,000 $500-700
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Pair of Southern Cheyenne Beaded Hide Moccasins, c. early 20th century, with hard Pair of Central Plains Beaded Hide
Moccasins, c. last quarter 19th century, soles and multicolored geometric designs, Moccasins, c. last quarter 19th century, with
stained red and yellow/ochre and partially (bead loss), lg. 10 1/4 in. multicolored geometric designs on a white
beaded with multicolored geometric designs, $400-600 background, lg. 10 1/2 in.
(minor bead loss), lg. 11 in. $800-1,200
$1,200-1,600

110
108 109 110

Pair of Cheyenne Beaded Hide Infant’s Lakota Child’s Fully Beaded Hide Pair of Kiowa Woman’s Legging
Moccasins, c. last quarter 19th century, Moccasins, c. last quarter 19th century, with Moccasins, c. 1870s, with blue/green, red/
stained yellow and with a thunderbird on the multicolored geometric designs on a white ochre, and dark blue pigments, large German
vamp, “pony trader” blue background, lg. 4 in. background, lg. 5 3/4 in. silver conchas, and beaded detail using typical
$600-800 $500-700 Kiowa bead colors, ht. 22 1/2 x lg. of foot 9 in.
$8,000-12,000

111
Crow Beaded Loop Necklace, c. last quarter
19th century, with glass (?) beads, brass
tacks, and yellow/ochre fringe, patina of long
use, lg. 14 in.
Provenance: Ex Carrol Morton collection.

$1,200-1,600
112
Lakota Green Trade Cloth Blanket
with Beaded Hide Blanket Strip, c. last
quarter 19th century, strip with multicolored
rondels and geometric designs on a white
background, thread sewn to the blanket, the
rondel centers with twisted hide fringe with
metal thimbles and green silk ribbon, blanket
54 x 60 1/2, wd. at rondel 5 in.
Provenance: W. Scott Ferriss collection.

$4,000-6,000
111
113
Eastern Plains Hide Scout Jacket and
Trousers, c. last quarter 19th century, the
jacket with multicolored quilled floral and cross
designs down the front, across the shoulders,
and on the hem, with fringe overall; the
trousers with short fringe and beaded down
the leg and at the pockets with multicolored
scrolling floral designs, (minor quill and bead
loss), jacket lg. 35, trouser lg. 38 in.
$2,000-2,500
114
Blackfoot Child’s Backrest, c. 1860s-70s,
the willow rods edged with red trade cloth, the
buffalo hide fastener with red trade cloth and
abstract beaded design, dark patina of use
overall, ht. 42 x wd. 28 1/2 in.
$2,000-2,500
115
Lakota Pictorial Beaded Hide Child’s Vest,
c. late 19th century, front beaded with two
horses, crosses, and horse tracks along the
bottom, the back with two flags, a five-point
star and the name “Reubea” (?), (old repair
down one side), ht. 15 in.
Provenance: Alice Brown Davis, the first

woman Chieftainess of the Seminole Nation in
Oklahoma in 1922; then by family descent.
$3,000-4,000
112

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114
115

116
116
Crow Beaded Cloth and Hide Horse Collar,
c. late 19th century, hide with cloth insets and
beaded with classic Crow designs using glass
and metallic seed beads, lg. 36 x wd. 15 3/4
in.
Provenance: The Charles Miles Collection,

Indian and Eskimo Artifacts of North America,
p. 129.
$5,000-7,000
117
Southern Cheyenne Beaded and Fringed
Hide Woman’s Dress, c. third quarter 19th
century, the yoke stained yellow and with red
pigment details, with multicolored geometric
beaded detail, the bottom tabs with three
rows of beaded and tin cone decoration,
profusely fringed in various lengths, (minor
tear), includes an elaborate custom mount,
lg. 56 in.
Provenance: Skinner, Sale 2319, May 13,

2006, Lot 195.
$40,000-60,000

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118 119
122
120
118 121 124

Mescalero Apache Beaded Hide Awl Case, Mescalero Apache Beaded Wood Staff, c. Ute Beaded Hide Tail Bag, c. 1870s, buffalo
c. last quarter 19th century, with three-color last quarter 19th century, covered with calico hide and beaded on the front with a stacked
stepped design and tin cone danglers on the and beaded with multicolored zigzag and diamond design in dark blue and white seed
fringe, lg. including fringe 13 in. diamond designs, metal cartridge tip, (some beads, lg. 8 3/4 in.
$1,000-1,500 bead loss), lg. 37 in. $1,200-1,600
$800-1,200
119 122 125

Apache Beaded Hide Strike-a-Light Pouch, Large Plains Beaded Hide Umbilical Fetish, Arapaho Beaded Commercial
c. late 19th century, with tin cone danglers, c. late 19th century, in the form of a turtle, with Leather Strike-a-Light Pouch, c. last quarter
German silver button and beaded on the front two stylized bird forms on a “salt and pepper” 19th century, the front with multicolored
with zigzag designs, lg. including tin cones 6 background, the underside with yellow geometric designs on a greasy yellow
in. pigment, tin cone and feather danglers, lg. background, tin cone danglers and twisted
$800-1,200 from head to tip of tail 11 1/2 x wd. 5 3/4 in. fringe with traces of red pigment, size
$1,000-1,500 excluding fringe 5 1/4 x 4 in.
$1,500-2,000
120
Apache Beaded Hide Awl Case, c. 1870s, 123
partially beaded in black and greasy yellow Crow Beaded Hide Belt Pouch, c. last
quarter 19th century, beaded on the flap with 126
seed beads, with multiple rows of tin cone
multicolored abstract floral and geometric Lakota Beaded Hide Knife Sheath, c.
danglers and a brass concha on one side, lg.
designs, 5 x 3 3/4 in. last quarter 19th century, rawhide liner and
12 3/4 in.
$400-600 beaded on one side with geometric designs
$2,000-2,500
on a yellow background, includes a 19th
century butcher knife, lg. excluding beaded
drop 9 1/2 in.
$800-1,000

124 127
125
126
128
127 128
Arapaho Beaded Hide Paint Pouch, c. last Northern Plains Beaded and Quilled Hide
quarter 19th century, the tab-bottom form with Belt Set, possibly Hidatsa, c. last quarter
traces of red and yellow pigment and beaded 19th century, geometric beadwork with quilled
with classic Arapaho designs, lg. 10 in. rawhide slats and tin cone and horsehair
$400-600 danglers; a buffalo hide knife sheath, two paint
bags in the form of miniature pipe bags, and
a flap pouch with dentalium and horsehair
danglers all with similar decoration hang from
the belt, (some quill loss and fading), lg. of belt
51, knife sheath lg. 10 1/4 in.
Provenance: Deaccessioned from a Western

museum; Ex Barry Goldwater collection.
$5,000-7,000

129
Possible Lakota Quilled and Beaded
129 Buffalo Hide Bag, c. last quarter 19th
century, front partially quilled with an “Elk
Dreamer” design, with geometric beadwork
on the ends and flap, and with dentalium shell
and horsehair danglers, (some quill loss), lg.
21 x ht. 11 in.
$5,000-7,000
130
Plains Beaded Buffalo Hide Possible Bag,
c. mid-19th century, the ends and flap beaded
with geometric designs in white-heart red,
yellow, white, blue, and black pony beads, the
front panel with striped pattern using white-
heart red, medium blue, white, and black seed
beads, remnant tin cone danglers down the
sides, includes custom stand, (bead loss), 21
1/2 x 14 1/2 in.
Provenance: Mordecai Thomas Bartram

(1843-1904), collected between 1871 and
1873, then descended within the family;
Skinner, Sale 2408, Lot 258.
$35,000-45,000
130

131
Cree or Athabascan Beaded Hide and
Cloth Shot Pouch, c. third quarter 19th
century, calico lining and with two rows of
tin cone danglers, the front fully beaded with
stylized floral design, the blue trade cloth
back partially beaded with floral designs, cloth
strap, 10 1/2 x 7 in.
$1,500-2,000
132
Sioux Beaded and Quilled Hide Bag,
c. 1870s, shaped like a bladder and with
multicolored geometric beadwork, quilled
rawhide slats and dentalium shell danglers, lg.
of bag minus drop 11 in.
$800-1,200
133
Lakota Beaded Commercial Leather
“Dispatch” Bag, c. 1870s, the front beaded 131 132
with geometric designs done in multicolored
glass and faceted brass seed beads, remnant
buffalo hide ties along the sides, old period tag
on the back reads “Sioux Indian Ammunition
Pouch. Found on the field of the Custer
Massacre,” (much leather loss, bead loss), 9
x 6 in.
$2,500-3,500
133

134
134
Lakota Beaded Buffalo Hide Double Literature: For saddlebags probably by the
Saddlebags, c. 1870, attributed to the same maker, see Vestiges of a Proud Nation,
Hunkpapa tribe, with red trade cloth panels The Ogden B. Reed Northern Plains Indian
and detail, and beaded with geometric Collection, cat. #66.
designs and stylized buildings, fringe down $20,000-25,000
the sides and along the bottoms, (minor bead
loss, trade cloth loss), lg. including fringe 72 x
wd. 14 in.

135
135
Lakota Beaded Buffalo Hide Double
Saddlebags, c. 1870, attributed to the
Hunkpapa tribe, with fringe down the sides
and along the bottom, beaded with classic
Lakota multicolored geometric designs on a
light blue background, with red trade cloth
trim and a row of small German silver buttons
along both panel tops, (bead loss, minor
damage), lg. including fringe 74 x wd. 13 in.
$20,000-25,000

136
137
136
Large Sioux Three-sided Woman’s Pipe
Bag and Pipe, c. late 19th century, partially
beaded with abstract floral designs using small
multicolored faceted beads, with crescent
moon and five-point star on one side, includes
a pipe with file-branded ash stem and elbow-
shaped catlinite bowl, (minor bead loss), bag
lg. without beaded drop 18 1/2 in.
$2,500-3,500
137
Blackfoot Beaded Hide Warrior’s Bag, c.
last quarter 19th century, with double roll-
beaded cloth strap, fringe from the bottom
and beaded on the front with multicolored
geometric designs on a blue background,
overall lg. 42 x wd. 7 1/2 in.
$4,000-6,000
138
Lakota Pictorial Beaded Hide Pipe Bag,
c. late 19th century, beaded with four flags,
crosses, and geometric designs on a white
background, with tin cone and horsehair
danglers beneath the quilled panel, (damage
to hide, some stiffness, bead loss), lg. 35 in.
$1,500-2,000

138
139
Southern Cheyenne Beaded Hide Pipe
Bag, c. 1870, beaded with a classic
multicolored bar design, the long tabs and
quill-wrapped fringe with tin cone and red
trade cloth danglers, (minor damage to fringe),
lg. 20 in.
Provenance: Thought to have been collected

by Major General William August Kobbe
(1840-1931), Kobbe had a long distinguished
career in the military, including being
“appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the 19th Infantry
(regular army) in 1866, serving on the frontier 139
in New Mexico and Kansas during Indian
hostilities.”
$15,000-20,000
140
140
Nez Perce Painted Parfleche Envelope, c.
last quarter 19th century, with bold geometric
designs on the front, lg. 28 x wd. 13 in.
Provenance: Purportedly from the collection

of Craig Bates.
$1,500-2,000
141 141
Umatilla Polychrome Parfleche Envelope,
c. late 19th century, with bold geometric
designs and unusual inner flap designs of
paired diamonds, lg. 27 x wd. 13 in.
$1,200-1,600
142
Plateau Painted Parfleche Case, c. last
quarter 19th century, painted with multicolored
geometric designs and with long buffalo (?)
hide fringe and strap, lg. of cylinder 15 3/4 in.
142
Provenance: Christie’s, January 12, 2006,
Lot 198.
$4,000-6,000
143
Crow Beaded and Fringed Hide Rifle
Scabbard, c. 1870s, thick buffalo (?) hide
decorated at both ends with red trade cloth
inserts and classic Crow geometric designs,
lg. 43 1/2 in.
Provenance: Christie’s, January 12, 2006,

Lot 180.
$16,000-20,000
144
Lakota Skull Cracker Club, c. 1870s, the
wood handle covered with buffalo hide, with
wrist strap and bead-wrapped yellow-dyed
horsehair drop, (stone head detached), lg. 27
in.
$800-1,200
145
Plains Skull Cracker Club, c. last quarter
19th century, quartz head, the rawhide-
wrapped wood handle with red/ochre and
brass tacks at grip, fringed drop, custom
stand, lg. 26 in.
$600-800
143

146
146 147
Plains Pipe Tomahawk, c. first half 19th Plains Cree Buffalo Hide Bowcase and
century, the ash handle with dark patina, the Quiver, c. third quarter 19th century, bowcase
head made by Joseph Jourdain, “signed” with and quiver with fringe and decorated with
a small copper crescent moon inlaid on one multicolored geometric panels using small
side of the blade, file decoration on chevrons seed beads, some faceted; the cloth strap
probably a later embellishment, lg. 20 3/4; lg. with pony trader blue, white, and black
of head 6 1/4 in. beaded foliate designs on a red trade cloth
$8,000-12,000 backing, includes seven arrows, (one steel
point remaining), and a sinew-backed ash
bow decorated with multicolored quill-
wrapped trade cloth grip, and two beaded
and quill-decorated panels, (some bead and
quill loss), includes a custom wall mount, lg.
of bowcase excluding fringe 35, lg. of bow 33
1/2 in.
$35,000-45,000

147

149
148
Plains Stone-headed Effigy Dance Wand,
c. last quarter 19th century, with wood
handle wrapped with multicolored beadwork,
horsehair drop, and stone head in the form
of an abstract bird head, (minor bead loss,
repair), lg. without tail 24 1/2 in.
$800-1,200
148
149
Plains Skull Cracker Club, c. last quarter
19th century, with stone head, rawhide-
wrapped wood handle and red horse hair from
the end, traces of red pigment, lg. of shaft and
head 26 in.
$600-800
150
Plains Wood Quirt, c. 1870s, the tapered
form decorated with brass wire and tacks,
with a buffalo rawhide wrist strap and lashes,
lg. of handle 12 3/4 in.
$1,500-2,000
151
151
Crow Beaded Hide Rifle Scabbard, c. last
quarter 19th century, buffalo hide and with
buckskin (?) fringe, with typical red trade
cloth insets and beaded with classic Crow
153
multicolored geometric designs, edge beading
in white pony beads, (minor bead loss), lg.
41 in.
$12,000-16,000
152
Carved Wood Rasp, possibly Ute, c. 1900,
notched form with stylized bird head, includes
custom stand, lg. 15 1/4 x wd. 1 1/4 in.
$400-600
153
Plains Elk Antler Hide Scraper, c. mid-19th
century, with hide-wrapped metal blade and
decorated with incised rings and dots, custom
stand, lg. 15 in.
$700-900
154
157
Central Plains Red Pipestone Pipe Bowl,
c. mid-19th century, T-bowl form with faceted
stem and flared bowl, very faint incising on the
bottom, possibly “Jacob Hill, Wis.,” on the top
possibly “July 1869,” lg. 7 in.
Provenance: W. Scott Ferriss collection.

$250-350
156
155
Eastern Plains Catlinite Pipe and Stem, c. 155
last quarter 19th century, the bowl with incised
geometric and floral devices, the stem in the
form of a fish with incised detail, (damage),
includes custom stand, lg. 17 in.
$2,500-3,500
156
Plains Quill Decorated Pipe Stem, c. last
quarter 19th century, ash with traces of red
pigment and decorated with plaited wrapped
quillwork and horsehair drop, lg. 28 in.
$1,000-1,500
157 158
Plains Pipe, c. 1870s, with ash stem and
incised catlinite T-bowl, dark patina, (minor
wood loss), includes custom stand, lg. 27 in.
$1,000-1,500
158
Southern Plains Wood Peyote Box, c. first
half 20th century, with paintings of peyote
ritual objects on each panel, includes a
drumstick, a rattle with carved handle, two
German silver pins, and a beaded rawhide
circle and cross, box lg. 15 x ht. 4 1/2 x wd.
4 1/4 in.
$1,200-1,600
161
162
160
159
Plateau Pictorial Beaded Cloth and Hide
Pouch, c. 1920s, beaded on the front with
the profile of a warrior, with crossed tomahawk
and arrow, beaded carrying strap, 8 x 6 in.
$400-600
160
Plateau Pictorial Beaded Hide and Cloth
Bag, c. first quarter 20th century, a horse
framed with stylized floral devices on a light
blue background, not examined out of frame,
12 1/2 x 11 in.
$1,500-2,000
161
Plateau Pictorial Beaded Leather and Cloth
Flat Bag, c. second quarter 20th century,
cotton-lined and beaded on one side with
a cowboy on a rearing horse, commercial
leather straps, 13 x 11 in.
$1,000-1,500
162
Plateau Beaded Hide and Cloth Pictorial
Pouch, c. early 20th century, with two buffalo
below two large arrows on one side, and a
warrior on horseback holding a spear framed
by two large arrows on the reverse, with shell
disc strap, cotton-lined, and with a zipper
closure probably added later, 12 x 8 3/4 in.
$1,200-1,600 163

166
163
Plateau Pictorial Beaded Cloth and Hide
Flat Bag, c. late 19th/early 20th century,
beaded on one side with a spreadwing eagle
perched on an arrow, with a floral sprig in its
beak, and two animal heads below, 15 x 12 in.
$1,500-2,000
164
Great Lakes Beaded Cloth Bandolier Bag,
Ojibway, c. 1900, red cloth backing probably
a replacement, beaded with multicolored 167
floral designs on a two-color translucent
background, (bead loss), lg. 36 x wd. 10 1/2
in.
$800-1,200
165
Large Prehistoric Carved Stone Axe Head,
an old tag reads “Portage County Ohio,” lg. 9
1/2 x ht. 4 3/4 in.
$200-250
166
Cree Multicolored Wool Assumption Sash,
c. mid-19th century, with traditional “arrow”
design, lg. without fringe 89 x wd. 8 in.
$800-1,200
167
Naskapi Beaded Cloth Toque, c. last
quarter 19th century, with red and black
wool panels, cotton liner, the edge beaded
with multicolored C-scrolls and detailed with
mother-of-pearl buttons, ht. 11 in.
$400-600
168
Great Lakes Feathered Cape, c. mid-19th
century, crescent-shaped cloth cape with
two long tabs at front, feather tufts on the
interior, exterior with various domesticated
bird feathers in a tripartite design, mounted on
cloth-covered frame, cape dia. 27 in.
$1,200-1,600
168
169
Seneca Beaded Cloth Bag, c. mid-19th
century, partially beaded on both sides with
abstract floral and six-point star devices,
(beaded edging damaged), ht. 5 3/4 x wd. 7
3/4 in.
$400-600

171
172
170
170
Iroquois Beaded Cloth Pouch, c. mid-
19th century, with cord carrying strap and
beaded on both sides with a multicolored
bisymmetrical floral design, ht. 6 3/4 x wd. 5
in.
$400-600
171
Seneca Beaded and Moose Hair-
embroidered Cloth Pouch, c. second quarter
19th century, elaborate contour beaded
designs framing black wool insets decorated
with moose hair floral designs, silk edging,
(some loss to moose hair), 5 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.
$800-1,200
172
Seneca Beaded Cloth Pouch, c. second
quarter 19th century, red trade cloth with
remnant silk edging and with multicolored
geometric designs, 7 x 6 1/2 in.
$600-800
173
Two Huron Moose Hair-embroidered Items,
c. mid-19th century, a pincushion with a
border of avian, foliate, and human devices,
(hair loss), and a plaque with elaborate floral
border, not examined out of frames, dia. to 14
3/4 in.
$1,000-1,500
174

177
174
Two Framed Huron Moose Hair-
embroidered Cloth Panels, c. mid-19th
century, the first an eagle framed by a floral
176 border, the second a floral spray, (some loss
to the first), not examined out of frames, panel
size to 14 x 11 in.
$1,500-2,000
175
Huron Moose Hair-embroidered Birch Bark
Cigar Case, c. mid-19th century, decorated
on both sides with detailed floral designs,
(some loss to moose hair), ht. 5 1/2 x wd. 3 in.
$500-600
176
175 Glove Box, c. mid-19th century, covered with
red wool and decorated with delicate floral
designs, (minor damage), lg. 8 1/2 x ht. 2 3/8
x wd. 2 1/2 in.
Provenance: Acquired in London.

$500-700
178
177
Tray, c. mid-19th century, decorated with floral
designs and two bees in center panel, (minor
damage), 10 3/4 x 8 3/4 in.
$500-700
178
Tomah Joseph Decorated Birch Bark Glove
Box, decorated on the sides and lid with
various camp scenes, animals and “Tomah
Joseph” on one end, lg. 11 x wd. 3 1/2 x ht.
2 1/4 in.
$800-1,200

179
Northeast Crook Knife, c. late 19th century,
181
the metal blade secured with brass wire, the
burlwood handle with stylized human face,
custom stand, lg. 8 1/4 in.
179
$1,000-1,500
180
Small Northeast Carved Burl Bowl, c. first
180 half 19th century, carved from a black ash
burl, lg. 5 in.
$500-700
181
Northeast Carved Wood Crook Knife, c.
last quarter 19th century, metal blade secured
with copper wire, the handle in the form of a
human hand, dark patina, custom stand, lg.
10 in.
$1,500-2,000
183 184
182
Penobscot Carved Burl-headed Club, c.
late 19th century, handle with deep incised
designs, head with three protruding bird heads
and a large human (?) face, lg. 29 1/2 in.
182 185 $800-1,200
183
Penobscot Carved Burl-headed Club,
c. late 19th century, with deep chip-carved
handle and two abstract faces at the burl end,
(old repair), lg. 30 3/4 in.
$800-1,200
184
Penobscot Carved Wood Root Club, c.
early 20th century, with elaborate incised
designs on the handle and polychrome
“Chief’s” head at the root end, lg. 30 in.
$800-1,200
185
Penobscot Carved Burl-headed Club, c.
late 19th century, faceted handle with deeply
incised foliate and geometric designs, root end
186 with two animal heads, lg. 29 in.
$800-1,200
186
Northeast Carved Wood Ball-headed Club,
c. last quarter 19th century, with serrated-
edge spear point set in the head supported by
a carved human hand, the handle with relief
carved snake on one side, remnant blackened
surface, lg. 24 in.
$800-1,200
187
187
Northeast Carved Wood Effigy Club, c. late
19th century, one end in the form of a human
head with animal hair cap, one remaining
glass eye, (cracks), lg. 16 in.
$1,500-2,000
Southeast,
Northwest Coast,
Eskimo &
West Coast
188
188
Pair of Creek Beaded Hide Child’s
Moccasins, c. second quarter 19th century,
with silk-lined cuffs and partially beaded with
multicolored abstract designs, lg. 6 1/4 in.
Provenance: Hickory Hill, Hanover County,

Virginia; the home of John Wickham and
Confederate General Carter Wickham.
$5,000-7,000

189
189
Historic Ishi Glass Point, made c. 1911-
14, named for the last “wild” Indian in North
America, the lot includes a casting of the
point in resin made to look like obsidian, a
large original photograph of Ishi taken when
he was “captured,” and complete documents
and provenance related to the Ishi point, lg. of
point 2 13/16, photograph 17 x 11 3/4 in.
Provenance: Ex collection Charles Shewey

and University of California Museum of
Anthropology at Berkeley.
Literature: Illustrated in Story in Stone by D.C.

Waldorf and Selected Points and Preforms
by Gregory Perino; referenced in Ishi in
Two Worlds, by Theodora Kroeber, 1963,
chronicling Ishi’s entrance into a “civilized”
society.
Note: Ishi was the last known survivor of

the Yahi Tribe in California when he entered
the “white man’s world” in 1911. He lived his
remaining years at the University of California
Museum of Anthropology at Berkeley where
he died in 1916. The clear glass point retains
traces of the original museum number.
$7,000-9,000

190
190
Athabascan Beaded Hide “Chief’s” Coat, c.
late 19th century, smoked hide with fringe at
the seams, partially beaded with abstract floral
designs using multicolored glass and metallic
seed beads, lg. 35 in.
$800-1,200

191
191
Rare Wasco-Wishram Beaded Hide Man’s Provenance: Collected by George H. Himes,
Shirt and Trousers, c. third quarter 19th founder of the Oregon Historical Society, late
century, beaded with both loom and single- 19th century.
lane techniques with thread and sinew, the
panels with bold geometric designs and Literature: Indian Rock Art of the Columbia
the bibs probably representing the mythical Plateau, James D. Keyser, pp. 98-100.
Tsalagle, “the one who watches,” a prominent $80,000-120,000
rock art feature along the Columbia River near
the Wishram area; both shirt and trousers
trimmed with red stroud and both with
extensive fringe, the shirt with traces of red
pigment at the neck, (some restoration to red
trade cloth), lot includes the book From Oxcart
to Airplane, a biography of George H. Himes,
1939, shirt lg. 28 1/2, trousers lg. 37 in.

194
196 Eskimo Miniature Kayak and Dog Sled,
wood, hide, and bone details, both with
detailed attachments, lg. of kayak 26 in.
$300-400
195
Eskimo Carved Walrus Tusk, c. 1900,
possibly a tool, in the form of a seal with
stylized features, (broken and repaired), lg. 9
1/2 in.
$300-400
196
East Greenland Miniature Wood Chest with
Bone Attachments, c. early 20th century,
decorated with riveted human figures, animals,
whales, and seacraft, and with bone slat trim,
(weathered surface, loss), 6 x 3 3/4 x 2 1/4 in.
Literature: The Art of Greenland, by Bodil

Kaalund, 1979, pp. 110-11.
$2,500-3,500
197
Eskimo Carved and Painted Wood Mask,
Nunivak Island, c. second quarter 20th
century, a stylized seal head with toothy grin,
encircled by two wood hoops with various
attached animals and animal appendages, dia.
of largest hoop 10 1/4 in.
$2,500-3,500
198
Haida Argillite Carving, c. last quarter 19th
century, depicting back to back shamans (?)
wearing traditional clothing, (with remnant
bone detail, repair, minor loss), ht. 6 3/4 x lg.
4 1/2 in.
$3,000-4,000
199
Northwest Coast-style Carved Stone Maul,
20th century, in the form of a wolf’s head, 6
1/2 x 3 1/2 in.
$600-800
200
Haida Argillite Model Totem Pole, with
various human and animal totemic figures,
(cracks, damage), ht. 13 1/2 in.
$500-700
197
201
Northwest Coast Carved Wood Model
Totem Pole, c. early 20th century, with flat
back and depicting various totemic animal
figures, decorated with commercial paints,
(minor wood loss), ht. 24 in.
192 193 $1,000-1,500
Three Contemporary Inuit Bracelets, strung Three Eskimo Carved Walrus Tusk Animals,
on elastic, the plaques with various animals a seal with a fish in its mouth, a bear, and a
and seals. walrus, lg. to 3 1/2 in. 202
$300-400 $250-350 Northwest Coast Carved Wood Canoe
Model with Paddle, c. late 19th century, the
outside painted with classic form line designs,
lg. of canoe 17 1/4 in.
$600-800
200 201
199
198
204
203 204 205

Northwest Coast Carved Wood Plaque, Northwest Coast Carved Wood Bowl, c. Northwest Coast Carved Sheep Horn
with relief-carved stylized bird face, red and late 19th/early 20th century, with stylized faces Ladle, c. first half 19th century, the underside
black pigment, (wood loss), 7 x 5 in. on the sides, and a grimacing bear at each and handle carved with form line designs and
$400-600 end, inlaid with shell, bone (?), and white seed totemic animal, human, and avian forms, old
beads, darkened surface, lg. 16 x ht. 6 1/2 in. copper clamp repair, (the tip of ladle missing),
$1,500-2,000 lg. 21 x wd. 5 in.
$800-1,200

205
207
206
Northwest Coast Carved Horn Spoon, the
handle with various animal and bird heads,
and inlaid with abalone shell, lg. 12 1/2 in.
$400-600
210
207
Rare Wasco Wishram Carved Mountain
Sheep Horn Spoon, c. first half 19th century,
with stylized animal finial and worn geometric
designs overall, (old metal rivet repair on one
side of scoop), dark patina, lg. 8 1/2 in.
$2,500-3,500
208
Pair of August Buerman “Super Never
Rust” Spurs, with rocker-engraved hearts and
the initials HP on one side, with leather straps,
lg. 6 1/2 x rowel dia. 2 in.
$300-400
209
Pair of Western Spurs, with heel chains and
Navajo silver and turquoise decorations on
one side, one of the leather straps marked
with a cattle brand, lg. 6 1/4 in.
$500-700
210
Youth’s Half Seat Cowboy Saddle, c. late
19th century, with Sam Stagg rigging and
stampwork overall, with old wood stand, lg.
22 in.
Note: Collected in Oklahoma.

$500-700
Jewelry,
Fine Art &
Textiles
215
217
219
216
220
218
211
Zuni Inlaid Pin, depicting a rainbow dancer,
ht. 3 in.
$250-350
221 212
Three Navajo Silver and Turquoise Crosses,
the largest with stampwork by Herman
Morgan, ht. to 4 in.
$400-600
213
Eight Navajo Silver and Turquoise Rings,
various shapes and sizes, two with multiple
stone settings.
$400-600
214
Two Navajo Stamp-decorated Silver
Bracelets, inner dia. to 2 3/8 in.
$400-600
215
Navajo Silver and Turquoise Bracelet,
with seven stone settings, four drilled, set
in delicate serrated bezels, and with fine
222
stamped detail, inner dia. 2 3/8 in.
$400-600
216
Navajo Silver and Turquoise Bracelet, with
stamp-decorated band and three rectangular
settings with scalloped bezels, inner dia. 2
1/2 in.
$300-400

217
Navajo Silver and Turquoise Bracelet, with
stampwork and six oval stone settings, inner
dia. 2 3/8 in.
$300-400
218
Zuni Silver and Turquoise Bracelet, with
three rows of oval and round stone settings
tipped with silver spheres, inner dia. 2 5/8 in.
$500-700
219
Two Navajo Silver and Turquoise Bracelets,
both with multiple stone settings, inner dia. to
2 3/8 in.
$600-800
223
220
Navajo Silver and Turquoise Bracelet, the
heavy form with small arrows stamped on the
terminals and three small oval stone settings,
inner dia. 2 3/8 in.
$800-1,200
221
Navajo Concha Belt, with stamped and
repoussé rectangular buckle and ten jello mold
domed conchas each with single turquoise
setting, lg. of belt 38, lg. of concha 2 in.
$800-1,200
222
Navajo Silver and Turquoise Concha Belt,
six large conchas with single stone setting, five
butterfly spacers, and buckle all with repoussé
and stamped work, the buckle and conchas
with old commercial leather backing, conchas
4 1/8 x 3 1/4 in.
$2,000-2,500
223
Two Matching Inlaid Zuni Jewelry Items
by Sam Poblano, a large bracelet and pin,
both with multicolored inlaid dancers, ht. to 4
3/4 in.
$400-600
224
Pueblo Silver Cross Necklace, with ten small
crosses, the silver beads and larger cross
pendant of more recent manufacture, lg. 21 in.
$800-1,200
225
225
Two Southwest Turquoise and Silver
Necklaces, attributed to Dan Simplicio
and Leekya Desyee, a graduated nugget
necklace with large leaf pendant, (broken and
repaired), and a link necklace with silver and
turquoise pendant, the first lg. 19 in.
$600-800
232
226 231
226 229 232

Contemporary Santo Domingo Necklace Navajo Silver Squash Blossom Necklace, Navajo Silver and Turquoise Squash
by Frank Atencio, with various stone and with fourteen blossoms and sand-cast naja, Blossom Necklace, with fourteen blossoms
shell heishi beads and five shaped silver forms lg. 25 in. and stamp-decorated naja, lg. overall 26 in.
with fine stone and shell inlays on one side, $600-800 $2,500-3,500
lg. 25 in.
$600-800
230
Two Navajo Silver Necklaces, the first 233
227 with diminutive naja, the terminals shaped Polychrome Carved Wood Bulto by Jose
Navajo Silver and Turquoise Necklace, with like human hands, the second with stamp- Rafael Aragon, c. 1826-50, depicting St.
twelve quarters dating to 1930 or earlier, the decorated domed pendants, lg. to 21 in. Bonaventure, ht. not including stand 14 in.
naja with single stone setting, lg. 20 1/2 in. $400-600
$600-800 Provenance: The Log Cabin Museum,
Hokah, Minnesota; the Convent Church of
the Blessed Sacrament, Hokah, Minnesota;
231 includes a history of the convent.
228
Navajo Silver and Turquoise Squash
Navajo Silver Mercury Head Dime
Blossom Necklace, with compressed, Note: Lot includes extensive information
Necklace, with ten dime pendants and simple
stamped hollow beads and earlier sand-cast concerning the restoration and attribution
naja with single stone setting, lg. 20 1/2 in.
naja set with three green stones, overall lg. by Carol Forsythe and Alan C. Vedder of the
$400-600
30 in. Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe.
$1,000-1,500 $4,000-6,000

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234
Hopi Polychrome Carved Wood Kachina,
probably Badger Kachina, ht. 10 in.
$600-800
235
Hopi Polychrome Carved Wood Kachina,
attributed to Wilson Tawaquaptewa, ht. 7 1/2
in.
$800-1,200
236
Hopi Polychrome Carved Wood Kachina, a
Hemis Maiden by Jimmy Koots, ht. 10 3/4 in.
$1,000-1,500
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Two Large Mexican Tin Retablos, c. late Seven Hispanic Retablos, five of polychrome Framed Polychrome Advertising Tin of
19th century, one framed, signed “La Mano tin, one on wood, and one with tin and glass Seneca Chief Red Jacket, (Sagoyewatha),
Poderosa de Dios,” the largest 20 x 14 in. frame containing a print of the crucifixion, (Keeper Awake), c. 1750-1830, a thermometer
$300-400 sizes to 10 3/4 x 7 5/8 in. on the back, (not examined out of frame),
$300-400 image size 16 x 14 in.
$1,500-2,000
238
Six Mexican Polychrome Tin Retablos, 242
depicting crucifixion scenes and various saints Eight Mexican Polychrome Tin Retablos, c. 247
including Saint Vincent, (condition varies), mid-20th century, sizes to 13 1/4 x 12 in. Large Framed Photograph by Joseph K.
sizes to 14 x 10 in. $400-600 Dixon, “Here Custer Fell (Four Crow Scouts
$400-600 at Custer Battlefield),” print c. 1915, date
1909, silver print, taken during the Wanamaker
243 Expedition, 1908-13, lot includes a second
239 Seven Mexican Polychrome Tin Retablos, edition of The Vanishing Race by Dr. Joseph
Six Mexican Polychrome Tin Retablos, 20th century, sizes to 14 x 8 3/4 in. K. Dixson, 1913, p. 142, print size 39 1/2 x
depicting crucifixions and various Christian $400-600 34 1/2 in.
scenes, (condition varies), one framed, sizes $6,000-8,000
to 10 1/4 x 14 in.
$400-600
244
Framed Painting of a Navajo Hunter on
240 Horseback, Narciso Abeyta, Ha-so-de,
Six Mexican Polychrome Tin Retablos, signed “Ha-so-de,” (spotting), image size 19
various saints and depictions including the x 16 1/2 in.
Trinity and St. Francisco de Paula, (condition $800-1,200
varies), sizes to 14 x 10 in.
$400-600
245
Framed Print Attributed to George Catlin
(1796-1872), depicting Plains Indians
snowshoeing on a winter buffalo hunt, image
size 17 1/2 x 12 in.
$250-350

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250 252
248
Navajo Rug, with three sawtooth columns Navajo “Acacia” Fraternity Weaving, in
Rio Grande Weaving, woven in two pieces,
on a variegated gray background, natural and natural and synthetic dyed homespun wool,
with concentric serrate diamond center,
synthetic dyed homespun wool, 73 x 42 in. (faded on one side), 36 x 26 in.
striped ends, and multicolored banded design,
$400-600 $400-600
69 x 40 in.
$800-1,200
251
Navajo Regional Rug, with two concentric 253
serrate-edge diamonds on a variegated Navajo Pictorial Weaving, natural and
249
rust/brown background and with geometric synthetic dyed homespun wool, with central
Late Classic Saltillo Serape, woven in
devices along two sides, (minor damage), 62 stacked diamonds enclosing stylized human
two pieces, with conglomerate diamond
x 40 1/2 in. figures and multiple bow and arrow designs,
center on a field of sawtooth columns, (some
$600-800 with multiple borders of cross, fret, and
restoration), 78 x 42 1/2 in.
$4,000-6,000 sawtooth devices, (minor damage), 90 x 39 in.
$3,000-5,000

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253
254 256 258

Navajo Regional Rug, with an overall Navajo Regional Rug, with central cross and Large Navajo Yei Weaving, featuring twenty-
stepped diamond design on a variegated stepped corners, 47 1/2 x 28 1/2 in. eight multicolored dancers on a variegated
ground, bold zigzag border, natural and $200-250 brown background with zigzag border, 86 x
synthetic dyed homespun wool, (repairs, 59 in.
fading), 91 x 50 in. $3,000-4,000
$1,200-1,600 257
Navajo Regional Rug, tightly woven in a
storm pattern, (minor wool loss), 84 x 40 1/2 259
255 in. Navajo Pictorial Rug, woven with natural and
Navajo Rug, loosely woven with natural and $400-600 synthetic dyed homespun wool, with stepped
synthetic dyed homespun wool, with central hourglass and feathers on a variegated
striped diamond and various crosses on a background and large border with small
variegated gray background and with multiple concentric diamonds, (some dye run), 57 1/2
borders, (stains, dye run), 84 1/2 x 55 in. x 39 1/2 in.
$1,000-1,500 $600-800

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261
260 262 264

Navajo Yei Weaving, four dancers on a Navajo Two Grey Hills Weaving, 51 1/2 x Navajo J.B. Moore Rug, an unusual variant
variegated background, (fading on one side), 33 1/2 in. form with design elements that include latch
44 x 28 in. $400-600 hooks, spider woman crosses, and a stylized
$250-350 spider at the center, all on a variegated white
background, (small repair, minor wear), 78 x
263 54 in.
Navajo Regional Rug, natural and synthetic $1,000-1,500
261 dyed homespun wool, geometric designs on
Navajo Pictorial Weaving, with single Yei a variegated gray background, (wool loss,
figure, feathers, birds, and arrows enclosed repair), 74 x 45 1/2 in. 265
by a rainbow figure and double border, $250-350 Navajo Regional Rug, with stepped and
homespun wool in natural and synthetic serrate geometric designs on a cream-colored
colors, (one side faded, minor wool loss), 80 ground, (minor wool loss), 54 1/2 x 44 1/2 in.
x 48 in. $600-800
$4,000-6,000

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268
266 268 271

Navajo Rug, woven with natural and synthetic Navajo Pictorial Rug, woven with natural Navajo Transitional Weaving, loosely woven
dyed homespun wool with a diamond lattice and synthetic dyed homespun wool, the with a multicolored zigzag pattern and striped
pattern on a red background, 52 x 41 in. central square with opposing thunderbirds and ends, (wool loss, repairs), 74 x 52 1/2 in.
$500-700 arrows, framed by perched birds, arrows, and $800-1,200
crosses, (wear), 64 1/2 x 42 in.
$600-800
267
Navajo Double Saddle Blanket, loosely 272
woven with natural and synthetic dyed 269 Navajo Regional Rug, woven with natural
homespun wool in a banded pattern, (repair), Navajo Regional Rug, natural and synthetic and synthetic dyed homespun wool, with
45 1/2 x 31 in. dyed homespun wool, multicolored geometric concentric serrate diamonds floating on a
$400-600 designs on a variegated background, variegated yellow/ochre background, 77 1/2
(damage, stains), 68 x 43 1/2 in. x 67 in.
$250-350 $1,200-1,600
270
Navajo Eye Dazzler Rug, with overall serrate-
edge concentric diamond design, (minor wool
loss), 57 1/2 x 43 in.
$400-600

273
Navajo Transitional Weaving, woven with
natural and synthetic dyed homespun wool,
with a multicolored eye dazzler pattern, 68 x
56 in.
$1,000-1,500
274
Navajo Transitional Weaving, softly woven
with natural and synthetic dyed homespun
wool in a banded pattern with narrow border,
(minor wool loss), 70 x 51 in.
$1,000-1,500
275
Navajo Transitional Weaving, woven
wool with a bold geometric design and four
weaving combs on a variegated gray/brown
background, (wool loss), 61 1/2 x 63 in.
$1,200-1,600
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275

277 276
Navajo Transitional Weaving, loosely woven
wool, with serrate zigzag bands on an off-
white background, (repairs), 69 x 43 in.
$600-800
277
Navajo Blanket/Rug, woven with natural
and synthetic homespun wool with a bold
serrate diamond design on a variegated red
background, 76 x 51 in.
$2,500-3,500
278
Navajo Banded Weaving, woven with natural
and synthetic homespun wool, (stains), 53 1/2
x 36 in.
$400-600
279
Navajo Banded Weaving, the design overlaid
with a stacked diamond pattern, 59 1/2 x 39
in.
$1,000-1,500
280
Navajo Rug, woven with natural and synthetic
dyed homespun wool with a serrate diamond
design on a variegated red background, (large
repair), 76 x 56 in.
$800-1,200
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281 282
Navajo Double Saddle Blanket, both sides Navajo Transitional Weaving, loosely woven
with colorful geometric central panels and in natural and synthetic dyed homespun
bold multicolored borders, (minor dye run), 54 wool, with four abstract devices on a striped
1/2 x 31 1/2 in. background, (minor wool loss), 66 x 41 in.
$800-1,200 $1,000-1,500

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Navajo Transitional Weaving, c. last quarter
19th century, loosely woven with synthetic
dyed homespun wool in a banded design with
stepped cross, serrate diamond, and diagonal
striped designs, 83 x 58 in.
Provenance: Ex collection Mary Hunt

Kahlenberg.
$4,000-6,000
284
Navajo Chief’s-style Weaving, woven with
natural and synthetic dyed wool in a third
phase variant design, (one side faded, one
edge repaired), 77 1/2 x 55 in.
$1,500-2,000
285
Navajo Germantown Sampler, with an
elaborate concentric cross design and four
weaving combs, (minor wool loss), 27 x 22 in.
$800-1,200
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286 287
Navajo Germantown Weaving, tightly Navajo Germantown Weaving, stacked
woven in a multicolored serrate diamond black and white serrate diamonds on a red
lattice design on a red background, (some ground and with two-color border, (minor wool
restoration), 70 1/2 x 47 1/2 in. loss, fringe cropped), 50 1/2 x 32 in.
$2,000-3,000 $1,500-2,000

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Navajo Germantown Weaving, c. late 19th
century, tightly woven in a striped Moki pattern
with concentric multicolored diamonds, (minor
damage, minor stains), 54 x 57 1/2 in.
$4,000-6,000
289
Navajo Pictorial Germantown Weaving,
tightly woven with multicolored concentric
diamond center on a red background with
arrows and small crosses, (minor wool loss),
70 x 42 in.
$4,000-6,000
289
290
Navajo Multiple Pattern Germantown
Weaving, c. 1880-95, with six different
patterns bordered with a multicolored fret
design and red outer border, 88 x 46 in.
$7,000-9,000
291
Navajo Germantown Weaving, tightly
woven with an intricate serrate diamond and
triangular design on a red background, 93 1/2
x 60 1/2 in.
$8,000-12,000
290

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292
292 Navajo Late Classic Manta, natural and
synthetic dyed homespun yarns, with deep
indigo (?) panels, crosses, and yellow/green
dots on a variegated red background, (stain),
42 x 34 in.
$1,000-1,500
293
Hopi Twilled Manta, the indigo (?) end panels
woven in a diamond twill, with a variegated
indigo (?) center, red and green yarn detail, 48
x 39 1/2 in.
$1,500-2,000
294
Navajo Germantown Child’s Dress, tightly
woven in two panels using aniline dyed
commercial yarn, with crosses framed by
stepped triangles, each panel 31 1/2 x 17
1/2 in.
$1,500-2,000
295
Navajo Two-panel Woman’s Dress, woven
with natural and synthetic dyed yarn with
striped end panels and variegated centers,
(minor wool loss), 49 x 34 in.
$2,000-2,500
293
296
Navajo Late Classic Child’s Blanket, tightly
woven with a two-color stepped diamond
design over a red field, using various shades
of raveled red yarns, (some old repairs), 48 x
36 in.
$2,500-3,500

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297 298
Navajo Late Classic Wearing Blanket, Navajo Late Classic Moki Blanket, with
woven in a banded pattern with variegated concentric stepped diamond and half-
stripes alternating with serrate diamond and diamond designs in synthetic red and natural
zigzag designs, indigo (?), synthetic dyed red, white, and a fine striped background of indigo
and natural colors, (some wool loss, repairs), (?), brown, and gray, (a few small repairs), 60
76 x 51 in. 1/2 x 42 1/2 in.
$4,000-6,000 $6,000-8,000

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299
Navajo Classic Chief’s Blanket, finely woven
in a second phase variant pattern, with box
and border crosses on a banded ground,
in natural, indigo and cochineal-dyed yarns,
(wool loss, repairs), 75 x 54 in.
$5,000-7,000

Pottery &
Basketry
300
300 302 305

Cochiti Polychrome Figure of a Storyteller, Jody Naranjo Carved and Incised Pottery Margaret Tafoya Carved Black-on-black
Helen Cordero, depicted seated in traditional Jar, with a band of delicately incised female Pottery Bowl, Santa Clara Pueblo, with
attire and with eight grandchildren, two sitting figures holding various pottery jars, the red deeply carved Avanyu design at the shoulder,
on one leg, two on each shoulder, and two background with an overall stepped cross signed, (minor scratch), ht. 7 1/2, dia. 9 1/4 in.
clutching the back, includes a photograph design, signed “Jody Naranjo 2007,” ht. 5 1/2, $5,000-7,000
of Helen holding this figure c. 1985, signed dia. 5 1/4 in.
“Helen Cordero Cochiti, N. Mex.,” ht. 7 3/4 in. $1,500-2,000
$5,000-7,000 306
Two San Ildefonso Pottery Items by Rose
303 Gonzales, a carved bowl with Avanyu design
Helen Shupla Carved Wedding Vase, Santa and a bird-shaped shallow bowl, both signed
301 “Rose,” largest ht. 4 1/2, dia. 6 1/4 in.
Tina Garcia Pottery Jar, the polished red Clara Pueblo, with a contrasting Avanyu
design, ht. 8 in. $400-600
form with stylized bear paw design, ht. 9 1/2,
dia. 8 in. $800-1,200
$800-1,200
304
Santa Clara Carved Pottery Vessel,
Margaret Tafoya, with classic Avanyu design at
shoulder, (two small chips at rim, scratches),
ht. 11 1/4, dia. 10 in.
$600-800

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304
305
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Small San Ildefonso Black-on-black Plate Maria Popovi Black-on-black Plate, San Hopi Polychrome Seed Jar, c. first quarter
by Maria and Santana, with bisymmetrical Ildefonso Pueblo, with an Avanyu design, 20th century, with an abstract bird design on
design on the inside, dia. 5 3/4 in. (scratches), dia. 6 1/2 in. the shoulder, (some paint loss), ht. 3 3/4, dia.
$300-400 $400-600 8 in.
$250-350
309
Two Southwest Pottery Items, a small cup
with rain cloud and flower designs, and a
small Hopi seed jar with abstract designs, ht.
to 3 3/4 in.
$250-350

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312 314
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Large Hopi Pottery Bowl, painted on the Acoma Three-color Pottery Olla, c. late 19th Acoma Polychrome Pottery Jar, c. 1930s,
inside with red and black abstract designs on century, with red underside and decorated decorated with stylized geometric designs,
a cream ground, (a couple of hairline cracks with a three-banded design, with geometric, (hairline crack from rim), ht. 8 1/2, dia. 11 1/2
from the rim), dia. 14 1/4, ht. 6 in. fine line, and foliate devices, ht. 10, dia. 10 in.
$800-1,200 1/2 in. $1,000-1,500
$1,000-1,500
312 317 322

Acoma Polychrome Bird Jar, two parrots Acoma Polychrome Pottery Jar, c. first Acoma Polychrome Jar, c. first quarter 20th
framed by geometric and foliage designs, quarter 20th century, with an overall feather, century, with circular designs framed with
(small chip at rim), ht. 7 1/2, dia. 10 in. fine line, and stepped design, ht. 8 1/4, dia. abstract feather devices, ht. 8, dia. 9 in.
$1,000-1,500 10 1/2 in. $600-800
$1,000-1,500
323
313 318 Acoma “Flute Player” Jar, 20th century,
Acoma Polychrome Pottery Jar, c. second Acoma Pottery Jar, c. early 20th century, painted with black and orange designs on a
quarter 20th century, with checkered decorated with an abstract geometric design, white slip, ht. 8 1/4, dia. 9 1/4 in.
diamonds surrounded by abstract bird, cloud, (damage at rim, paint loss), ht. 9, dia. 10 1/2 $400-600
and stepped designs, ht. 9 1/2, dia. 10 in. in.
$600-800 $600-800
324
Large Zia Polychrome Pottery Jar, with
319 geometric and floral devices framing three
314 Southwest Black-and-white Pottery Jar, c. stylized birds, (hairline cracks), ht. 12 1/4, dia.
Acoma Polychrome Jar, c. first quarter 20th mid-20th century, with curvilinear designs on a 16 3/4 in.
century, with a stylized volute design, ht. 7, white slip, ht. 7, dia. 9 1/4 in. $1,000-1,500
dia. 8 1/2 in. $400-600
$600-800
320 325
315 Acoma Polychrome Pottery Jar, with large Early Pottery Olla, possibly Zia, c. second
Acoma Four-color Pottery Jar, c. 1900, scallop-edged medallions framing three pairs half 19th century, decorated with a graceful
with balanced zigzag, foliate, and curvilinear of stylized birds, ht. 10, dia. 12 in. curvilinear and floral design, (crack, damage),
designs overall, (some paint loss), ht. 10 1/2, $1,500-2,000 ht. 11, dia. 14 in.
dia. 11 in. $2,000-2,500
$2,500-3,500

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330
328
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333
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Zia Four-color Pottery Jar, c. early 20th San Ildefonso Black-on-red Pottery Jar, c. Zia Polychrome Pottery Canteen, the front
century, with four large stylized birds partially early 20th century, with long tapered neck and with two stylized birds and floral sprigs, ht. 7,
framed by floral designs, (some wear to a banded geometric design, (some loss at rim dia. 6 in.
surface), ht. 9 3/4, dia. 10 3/4 in. and base, cracks), ht. 9, dia. 9 1/2 in. $500-700
$2,000-2,500 $800-1,200

329
Anasazi Black-on-white Pottery Pitcher, 341
with classic abstract fret design, ht. 8 in.
$300-400
330
Santo Domingo/Cochiti Painted Pottery
Jar, c. 1900, with abstract floral and
geometric designs and partially indented
surface, (chip at rim), ht. 8, dia. 8 1/2 in.
$600-800
331
Cochiti Painted Pottery Bowl, the inside
painted with four bees and abstract floral
devices, the outside with abstract diagonal
designs from the rim, ht. 4 3/4, dia. 7 5/8 in.
$600-800
332
Small Cochiti Painted Pottery Bowl, painted
on the outside with alternating rain cloud and
bird designs, ht. 4, dia. 6 in.
$400-600
333
Santo Domingo Pottery Jar, c. early 20th
century, with black and cream banded design, 342
ht. 10, dia. 9 in.
$600-800
334
Zuni Polychrome Pottery Jar, c. 1900, with
a stepped arch design framing four heartline
deer, ht. 7, dia. 9 1/4 in.
$800-1,200
340
335
Santo Domingo Polychrome Pottery Jar, c.
first quarter 20th century, with two bold floral
devices, (slightly crimped rim), ht. 7 1/2, dia.
9 1/2 in.
$500-700 339 342
Zuni Terraced Frog Bowl, 20th century, Zuni Polychrome Frog Jar, c. 1900, with
the inside with single frog and tadpoles, the alternating relief-modeled frogs, and painted
outside with two frogs and two dragonflies, ht. frogs and abstract butterflies, (minor loss), ht.
336 3 1/4, dia. 7 1/4 in. 8 1/2, dia. 12 1/2 in.
Zia Polychrome Bird Jar, c. early 20th $300-400 $4,000-6,000
century, decorated with geometric devices
and four stylized standing birds, ht. 7 1/2, dia.
10 in. 340 343
$800-1,200 Zuni Polychrome Frog Jar, c. 1900, with Baleen Basket, with seal on the top, signed
three relief-modeled frogs alternating with “Marilyn Hank, Pt. Brw. AK 1994,” dia. 3 5/8
painted butterflies and abstract devices from x ht. 3 in.
337 the rim and bottom, ht. 9, dia. 12 1/2 in. $500-700
Two Southwest Pottery Items, a small Zuni $4,000-6,000
canteen with rosette designs and a small
Acoma jar with single lug, ht. to 5 in. 344
$400-600 Four Makah Twined Basketry Items, a
341 basketry-covered bottle, two handbags, and a
Zuni Polychrome Pottery Jar, c. 1900, with basketry-covered abalone shell, the first three
338
two split circles framing four heartline deer with avian and canoe designs, the shell with
Zuni Polychrome Pottery Jar, c. second half
between two large rosettes, ht. 9 1/4, dia. 11 an old tag from the “Indian Industries League,
19th century, with scrolls and heartline deer,
1/2 in. Boston,” (damage), ht. of bottle 11 in.
(much surface loss), ht. 7, dia. 7 in.
$4,000-6,000 $400-600
$250-350

345
345 349
Northwest Polychrome Imbricated Fishing Tlingit Polychrome Rattle-top Twined
Creel, c. early 20th century, with multicolored Basket, c. 1900, with banded geometric
arrow and/or tree designs, hide ties, (one designs, ht. 3 1/8, dia. 4 3/4 in.
corner has bleached out), lg. 14, ht. 8 1/2, $400-600
wd. 9 1/2 in.
$1,000-1,500
350
346 Tlingit Polychrome Twined Basket, c. early
Two Northern California Twined Baskets, c. 20th century, a central band with “Douglas
early 20th century, a small plaque with wicker- Alaska” framed by multicolored fret designs,
like edging (damage), and bowl with openwork (damage), ht. 7 1/2, dia. 9 in.
below the rim, largest ht. 4 3/4, dia. 9 in. $300-400
$400-600
351
347 Two Tlingit Twined Baskets, the larger with
Two Northern California Twined Basketry fret design, the smaller with a polychrome
Bowls, c. early 20th century, both with diagonal sawtooth design, larger has a split,
geometric designs, (the larger with two ht. to 4 1/2 in.
repairs), largest ht. 6 1/4, dia. 9 1/2 in. $500-700
$500-700
348
Northern California Twined Basketry Bowl,
c. early 20th century, with an overall serrated
zigzag band, ht. 6, dia. 8 1/4 in.
$300-400

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346
348
350
351
349
352 353 354

Two California Basketry Bowls, a small Yokuts Coiled Basketry Bowl, c. last quarter California Polychrome Coiled Basketry
Pomo feathered bowl with stepped triangle 19th century, with a banded “rattlesnake” Bowl, c. 1900, with flared sides and bold
design, and a flared bowl with quail tail pattern, (stains, small breaks at rim), ht. 5, dia. diagonal stepped design, (multiple repairs to
pattern, (damage to second), ht. to 2 3/4, dia. 13 1/2 in. rim), ht. 7 1/4, dia. 16 in.
to 6 3/4 in. $500-700 $600-800
$400-600

355
359
357
358
360
355 359
Chumash Basketry Bowl, c. first half 19th Pima Coiled Basketry Bowl, with a radiating
century, with three-rod foundation and classic four-point star design, ht. 3 1/4, dia. 15 1/2 in.
Chumash designs overall, (stitch loss, the $300-400
bottom repaired), ht. 7 1/2, dia. 15 1/2 in.
$1,500-2,000
360
Apache Pictorial Basketry Bowl, c. early
356
20th century, woven in a banded design, the
Pima Coiled Basketry Bowl, c. 1920s, with a
central band with alternating standing human
whirling log design, ht. 5 3/4, dia. 14 1/4 in.
figures and multiple quadrupeds, ht. 4 7/8,
$300-400
dia. 14 1/4 in.
$3,000-4,000
357
Apache Coiled Basketry Bowl, c. early 20th
century, decorated with a concentric five-point End of Sale 2745B
star pattern and five small animals, ht. 4, dia.
16 1/4 in.
$800-1,200
358
Apache Coiled Basketry Bowl, c. 1900,
woven with a radiating concentric cross
design, ht. 4, dia. 12 in.
$500-700

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Sale 2745B Septemer 6, 2014 Boston

Saturday, September 6 Thursday, September 4 T: 617.874.4318

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Mordeci Thomas Bartram (1843-1904)

Hickory Hill, Hanover County, Virginia

Charles Shewey and the University of California Museum of Anthropology at Berkeley

George H. Himes, founder of the Oregon Historical Society

The Charles Miles Collection

The Collection of Leo and Lillian Fortess

The Collection of Mary Sue Rosen and Paul Peter Rosen

The J.C. Leff Collection

George Collins, New Bedford, Massachusetts

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Exhibitions: The Pen and Brush Gallery,

Provenance: Eric and Esther Fortess

Provenance: J.C. Leff Collection.

Exhibitions: Carnegie Institute, 1959, #253;

Provenance: Collected by Eliot Elisofon; Leo

Provenance: Collection of Alexander S.

Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess

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Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess

Exhibitions: Honolulu Academy of Arts.

Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess

Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess

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Provenance: Ex collection Mark Lissauer; Leo

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Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess

Provenance: Ex collection Roger Brooke; Leo

Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess

Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess

Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess

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Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess

Provenance: Collected in the 1960s.

Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess

Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess

Provenance: Collected in the 1960s.

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