Sale 2685B November 9, 2013 Boston - Skinner

American Indian & Ethnographic Art Sale 2685B November 9, 2013 Boston

American Indian & Ethnographic Art

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1Jalisco Sheepface Drummer, western Mexico, c. 100 B.C.-250 A.D., red/brown form with decorated cape, large ear spools, and coiled headband, remnant white painted details, ht. 6 1/4 in.

Provenance: New England collection, collected in the 1960s.$600-800

2Nayarit Seated Female Figure, western Mexico, c. 100 B.C.-250 A.D., holding a bowl to her right shoulder, with ear and nose ornaments, (repairs, minor clay loss), ht. 9 1/2 in.


3Jalisco Painted Pottery Warrior, western Mexico, c. 100 B.C.-250 A.D., carrying a club and with red and white details, ht. 8 1/2 in.


4Large Colima Seated Male Figure, western Mexico, c. 100 B.C.-250 A.D., seated on a two-legged stool, one hand to his waist, the other to his thigh, (repairs, restoration, clay loss), ht. 22 1/2 in.

Provenance: New England collection, collected in the 1960s.$3,000-4,000

5Jalisco Seated Male Figure, western Mexico, c. 100 B.C.-250 A.D., hands to his knees and grimacing facial expression, (spotted surface, clay loss), ht. 15 in.


6Jalisco Seated Male Figure, Mexico, c. 100 B.C.-250 A.D., with hands to his knees and wearing studded armbands, with red and black pigments on a buff terra-cotta, ht. 15 in.

Provenance: New England private collection, collected in the 1960s.$1,200-1,600

7Nayarit Female Figure with Bowl and Fan (?), Mexico, c. 100 B.C.-250 A.D., standing figure with bowl on her shoulder, traces of pigment, (restoration, clay loss), ht. 13 1/4 in.


8Jalisco Seated Pottery Figure, western Mexico, c. 100 B.C.-250 A.D., male form with wrists resting on his knees, wearing arm and leg decorations, (clay loss), ht. 14 1/2 in.


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9Jalisco Female Figure, western Mexico, c. 100 B.C.-250 A.D., the seated form with one arm outstretched, the other extended to her left ear, with white and black pigment, (some restoration), ht. 15 1/2 in.


10Jalisco Kneeling Female Figure, western Mexico, c. 100 B.C.-250 AD., one hand holding a bowl to her chest, the other hand behind her left ear, ht. 13 1/4 in.


11Jalisco Seated Female Pottery Figure, western coast of Mexico, c. 100 B.C.-250 A.D., with upswept arms to the shoulders, one holding a small bowl, (reconstructed from pieces, clay loss), ht. 15 in.


12Colima Pottery Dog, western Mexico, c. 100 B.C.-250 A.D., plump standing redware form, (restoration to spout tail, rear leg and one ear), ht. 9 1/4 x lg. 14 1/2 in.


13Nayarit Seated Female Figure, c. 100 B.C.-250 A.D., with arms resting on one knee, exposed rib cage, painted with red, black, and white pigments, (minor clay loss), ht. 9 3/4 in.


14Chinesco Seated Female Figure, Nayarit, Mexico, c. 100 B.C.-250 A.D., with one hand to her knee, the other to her face, red pigment detail, ht. 6 1/2 in.


15Nayarit Seated Figure, western Mexico, c. 100 B.C.-250 A.D., crossed legs and wearing ear and nose ornaments, (clay loss, repairs), ht. 11 1/2 in.


16Nayarit Seated Female Figure, c. 100 B.C.-250 A.D., left hand holding a bowl on her shoulder, traces of red, black, and white pigments, (clay loss, repairs), ht. 12 in.

Provenance: New England private collection, collected in the 1960s.$500-700


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17Olmec Terra-cotta Bowl, Mexico, c. 1000-500 B.C., cylindrical form with incised abstract avian design on one side, ht. 3 3/4, dia. 5 1/4 in.


18Olmecoid Standing Female Figure, Mexico, c. 800-400 B.C., solid buff-color form with rolls of fat (?) on arms and legs, with cross device at base of cranium, traces of red pigment, ht. 5 1/2 in.


19Olmec Seated Baby Figure, Mexico, c. 1000-500 B.C., the hollow terra-cotta form with classic facial features, arms extended to the knees, a small pierced cross at back of head, (reassembled from pieces), ht. 10 3/4 in.



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20Mayan Relief-carved Bone Fragment, c. 500-900 A.D., central face surrounded by abstract glyphs, lg. 7 1/2 in.

Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess collection, 1960s.$400-600

21Pre-Columbian Carved Bone (?) Figure, Mexico, face with olmecoid features, standing form with hands crossed below the abdomen, (repair), ht. 5 in.


22Pre-Columbian (?) Carved Bone Figure, Mexico, standing human figure with hands to the abdomen, ht. 4 in.


23Mayan Three-piece Shell Profile, Mexico, c. 550-950 A.D., man’s upper torso, head, and headdress, incised detail with remains of red pigment, possibly set in wood originally, ht. 3 1/8 in.

Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess collection, 1960s; Sotheby Park Bernet #3792, No. 493; Ex Jay C. Leff collection.$800-1,200

24Two Mezcala Carved Stone Figures, Guerrero, Mexico, c. 500 B.C., both abstract standing human figures, ht. to 4 5/8 in.

Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess collection, 1960s$400-600

25Mezcala Carved Stone Mask, Guerrero, Mexico, c. 600-400 B.C., buff-color form with ovular eyes and mouth, pierced for suspension, 3 x 2 7/8 in.

Provenance: Ex Leo and Lillian Fortess collection, 1960s.$250-350

26Mezcala Carved Stone Figure, Mexico, c. 500-200 B.C., abstract figure in black stone, ht. 8 1/4 in.


27Collection of Pre-Columbian Stone Ornaments, Mexico, includes a Mixtec face bead, ear spools, and several stone and obsidian labrets, some fragments.

Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess collection, 1960s; some from the Stendahl Collection.$300-400

28Fourteen Miscellaneous Carved Stone and Jade Items, Mexico, includes ear spools, beads, and labrets, some fragments, dia. to 1 1/4 in.

Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess collection, 1960s; many from the Stendahl or J.C. Leff collections.$300-400

29Four Stone Items from the Stendahl Collection, two Tairona tubular beads, a Mexican pectoral, and an obsidian ear disc, lg. to 3 1/2 in.


30Pair of Mayan Jadeite Ear Spools, c. 500-800 A.D., both with small perforation on the back, wd. to 2 1/2 in.

Provenance: Ex Leo and Lillian Fortess collection, 1960s.$250-350

31Colima Janiform Jade Bowl, Mexico, c. 300 B.C.-250 A.D., diminutive form with stylized faces and pierced eyes, dia. 1 1/4 x ht. 1 in.

Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess collection, 1960s; Sotheby Park Bernet #3824, No. 69; Ex Jay Leff collection.$600-800


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32Mixtec Bronze Bowl, Mexico, c. 800 A.D., pedestal form with stylized glyph frieze, ht. 1 1/4, dia. 1 3/4 in.

Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess collection, 1960s; Ex Jay C. Leff collection.$400-600

33Nicoya Mace Head, Costa Rica, c. 800-1200 A.D., white stone with stylized feline head on one side, ht. 2 5/8, dia. 3 in.

Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess collection, 1960s$250-350

34Vera Cruz Basalt Serpent, Mexico, Tres Zapote area, c. 600-900 A.D., carved in the form of a stylized serpent head, lg. 5 7/8 in.

Provenance: Ex Jay C. Leff collection; Ex Leo and Lillian Fortess collection, collected in the 1960s.$500-700


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35Costa Rican Standing Female Figure, Watershed region, c. 800-1000 A.D., volcanic stone form with oversize hanging arms, wood base, ht. 9 1/2 in.


36Three Pre-Columbian Jade Items, bat-wing pendant from Costa Rica, long pendant with central ridge, and a tubular bead, lg. to 4 3/4 in.


37Twelve Pre-Columbian Jadeite Beads, Mexico, nine tabular forms and three Mixtec figural pendants, lg. to 3/8 in.



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38Three Large Jade Cylinder Beads, Colombia, (one repaired), lg. to 7 in.

Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess collection, 1960s; the largest from the Stendahl collection.$300-400

39Three Costa Rican Jade Pendants, an axe god half and two blade-shaped forms, lg. to 5 1/2 in.

Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess collection; one from Sotheby’s London, April 9, 1984.$400-600

40Two Costa Rican Stone Axe Gods, both light green jadeite avian forms, smaller probably made from a larger fragment, ht. to 3 1/2 in.


41Pre-Columbian Wood and Shell Ear Ornaments, Peru, shell discs with stone and shell attachments, (some loss, old repair), lg. to 2 in.


42Pre-Columbian Jadeite Necklace with Animal Head Pendant, Mexico, with small gold (?) globular bead spacers, (restrung), lg. of pendant 1 3/4 in.

Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess collection, 1960s; Ex Stendahl collection.$250-350

43Moche Sodalite Necklace, c. 200-700 A.D., various size beads and three deity heads with modern silver findings, (restrung), lg. 25 in.$400-600

44Pre-Columbian Necklace, Peru, Chimu (?), shell beads, small bronze bells, and Tumi pendant, (restrung), lg. of pendant 4 3/8 in.

Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess collection.$200-250

45Proto Nasca Textile Panel, c. 200-600 A.D., fine blue gauze panel with knit “munecas” on one side and trophy heads along the other, mounted on cloth frame, 43 x 31 in.

Provenance: Collected in the 1920s by Ernest Mitchell.$500-700

46Moche Stirrup Spout Vessel, c. 200-500 A.D., mountain sacrificial scene that includes humans, a lizard, a feline, and a serpent, (cracks to spout), ht. 6 1/2 in.



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47Chavinoid (Salinar Influence) Effigy Bowl, Jequetepeque Valley, c. 500-300 B.C., blackware bowl in the form of an open-mouthed man, custom stand, ht. 7 in.

Literature: “Sun Gods and Saints,” Art of Pre-Columbian and Colonial Peru, Andre Emmerich Inc., December 6 to 31, 1969, No. 20 (exhibition catalog).$300-500

48Central American Gold Pendant, Veraguas or Diquis, c. 700-1500 A.D., in the form of a lobster, weight 13.1 grams, lg. 1 3/4 in.$600-800

49Central American Gold Warrior Pendant, Veraguas or Diquis, c. 700-1500 A.D., with elaborate headdress and holding a weapon (?), weight 12.1 grams, lg. 1 3/4 in.$600-800

50Central American Gold Frog Pendant, Veraguas or Diquis, c. 700-1500 A.D., the lower feet plated (may be a restoration), weight 11.8 grams, lg. 1 3/8 in.$600-800

51Panamanian Gold Pectoral Ornament, c. 800-1500 A.D., stylized frog with flattened feet, protruding eyes, and scrolled projections from the head, lg. 1 1/2 in.


52Three Tolita Gold Fishhooks, Ecuador, lg. to 1 3/4 in.


53Four Cast Gold and Tumbaga Items, Costa Rican pendant, two Tairona hollow cast feline heads (flaws), and a small Tairona bell, lg. to 2 in.

Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess collection, 1960s; pendant from the Jay Leff collection.$300-400

54Three Tairona Hollow Crescent Nose Rings, Colombia, c. 800-1400 A.D., approx. 14 karat, (damage), dia. to 2 3/4 in.


55Two Tairona Solid Gold Nose Ornaments, Colombia, c. 800-1400 A.D., with flaring and flattened terminals, approx. 10 karat, 46 dwt, dia. to 1 5/8 in.

Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess collection, 1960s.$800-1,200

56Chimu Hollow Gold Pendant, Peru, c. 1000-1425 A.D., depicting a human figure wearing an elaborate headdress, ht. 1 5/8 in.


57Tairona Gold Jaguar Figure, Colombia, c. 800-1400 A.D., “bell”-form, hollow-cast, and wearing elaborate headdress, claws pierced for attachment, approx. 18 karat, 41.8 dwt.

Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess collection, 1960s.$3,000-4,000


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58Tairona Gold Earrings, Colombia, c. 800-1500 A.D., elaborate four-coil lacework, tested 10 karat or better, 3 x 2 1/4 in.

Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess collection.$1,500-2,000

59Darien Cast Gold Pendant, Colombia, abstracted figure playing twin flutes with elaborate headdress, (flaws), ht. 3 1/2 in.


60Five Fragmentary Items, two Muisca gold ceremonial scoops (?) and three Tairona bat-flanged nose ornaments, lg. to 2 7/8 in.



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61Muisca Cast Gold Eagle Pectoral, Columbia, c. 1000-1500 A.D., head projecting from the wing-tail plane, edged with braid roping, approx. 18 karat, 29.7 dwt, ht. 3 3/8 x wd. 2 7/8 in.


62Muisca Cast Gold Bird Pectoral, Colombia, c. 800-1500 A.D., projecting bird framed by a lattice centered headdress with rope braid edging, (defects), approx. 18 karat, 29.2 dwt.


63Muisca Cast Gold Nose Ornament, Columbia, c. 800-1500 A.D., in filigree bar form with abstract bird ends, edged with rope braiding, approx. 14 karat, ht. 1 5/8 x wd. 4 7/8 in.



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64Tairona Gold Nose Ornament, Colombia, c. 1000-1500 A.D., broad-wing form with braided edging, approx. 10 karat, 2 3/4 x 1 5/8 in.


65Three Muisca Cast Gold Tunjos, Colombia, c. 800-1500 A.D., woman with elaborate necklace and earrings, man holding a whip (?), and a man with a poporo (?) ht. to 2 3/4 in.$800-1,200

66Muisca Cast Tunjo Figure, Colombia, c. 800-1500 A.D., wearing elaborate necklace and ear ornaments, carrying a spear thrower (?) in one hand, ht. 3 in.


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67Three Muisca Cast Gold Tunjos, Colombia, c. 800-1500 A.D., all abstract human figures, two men and a woman, two holding something in one hand, ht. to 2 1/2 in.


68Muisca Cast Gold Cacique on a Raft (El Dorado Legend), Colombia, c. 800-1500 A.D., figure wearing a coiled headdress, approx. 14 karat, 13.1 dwt, 2 1/8 x 1 1/4 in.


69Muisca Cast Gold Tunjo on a Raft, Colombia, c. 800-1500 A.D., possibly a Cacique on a balsa or litter in the El Dorado tradition, (casting defects), approx. 14 karat, ht. 2 1/16 x lg. 2 1/4 in.

Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess collection.$800-1,200

70Five Pre-Columbian Gold and Tumbaga Items, includes a Muisca votive figure with feline (?) head on one end and human face button, a Darien figure, a flat Chimu (?) figure, a copper terminal, and a grill-shaped ornament, lg. to 3 1/4 in.


71Three Gold Items, Colombia, c. 800-1400 A.D., Quimbayan nose ornament, two Tairona nose rings, one solid, wd. to 2 1/8 in.


72Quimbaya Gold Mask with Elaborate Headdress and Ear Ornaments, Colombia, c. 500-1000 A.D., approx. 18 karat, 58.9 dwt, (defects), wd. 4 7/8 in.



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73Quimbayan-style Gold Poporo (Lime Container), standing male figure wearing multiple ear ornaments, tested to 14 karat or better, weight 106.5 grams, ht. 3 9/16 in.


74Quimbayan-style Gold Poporo (Lime Container), flask-style, with a mask wearing multiple ear ornaments on each side, approx. 16 karat, weight 144 grams, ht. 3 3/4 in.


75Rare African Carved Wood Commemorative Statue, Cameroon, Bangwa, standing female figure with partial staff (?) in one hand, wearing waist cloth, necklace of round beads, and carrying a backpack with wood (?), (damage), ht. 47 in.$8,000-12,000

76Senufo Carved Wood Chair, the front legs classic Senufo female forms, the back two legs male forms with locked arms, (minor wood loss), ht. 37 1/2, wd. 19 in.$400-600

77African Carved Wood Staff, Pende (?), the top in the form of a standing female figure with hands to the abdomen, incised detail, (broken and repaired at the calves), lg. 45 1/2 in.$400-600

77AToma Carved Wood Side-blown Trumpet, Sierra Leone, in the form of a bird with articulated feet, cloth strip around neck, custom stand, lg. 24 1/2 in.

Provenance: Jean and Noble Endicott collection.$400-600

78Yombe Carved Wood Female Figure, c. first quarter 20th century, standing on a base and with hands to her breasts, with incised detail, includes two photos of Edward Neal Harrington (born 1914) as a child holding the carving, ht. 10 1/2 in.$800-1,200

79Baule Carved Wood Female Figure, standing on a base, with metal ankle ring and a beaded strand at the waist, ht. 9 3/4 in.$600-800


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80Dogon Carved Wood Figure, the stylized kneeling figure with hands to the face, dark patina, ht. 11 1/2 in.$800-1,200

81Yoruba Carved Ivory Divination Tapper, kneeling female form with one hand holding an object below the abdomen, the other hand to the side of the abdomen, fine incised detail, ht. 14 1/2 in.$2,500-3,500

81AOwo Carved Wood Altar Figure, c. 19th century, in the form of a ram’s head, with weathered patina, ht. 15 in.

Provenance: Purportedly from the Duke of Owo Ogudele II.$3,000-5,000


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82Large Congo Carved Ivory Tusk, c. second half 19th century, with a continuous relief-carved spiraling scene of exotic animals and human figures, incised detail, (cracks), lg. 38 in.$3,000-5,000

83Congo Ivory Carving, c. 19th century, with a seated female figure at the tip and a spiral of human figures in various positions, custom stand, ht. 9 3/4 in.$300-400

84Northwest Amazon Beaded Woman’s Apron, c. first half 20th century, woven on natural cotton with trade beads, seeds, and two shell discs, 17 x 11 in.$300-400


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85New Guinea Carved Wood Ancestral Mask, middle Sepik River region, with stylized face and beard, traces of red pigment, ht. 19 in.


86New Guinea Carved Wood Ancestral Mask, lower Ramu River region, the stylized form with traces of red pigment, ht. 14 1/2 in.


87New Guinea Carved Wood Ancestral Mask, Sepik River region, stylized nose and pierced eyes, ht. 21 1/2 in.


88Trobriand Islands Carved Wood Bowl, with two concentric relief-carved circles on outside and zigzag band at rim, (repaired crack), dark patina, ht. 5, dia. 14 3/4 in.


89New Guinea Carved Wood Totem Mask, middle Sepik River region, a stylized face on a stylized bird form, 19 1/2 x 8 in.


90Two New Guinea Carved Wood Ancestral Masks, Ramu River region, both highly stylized and one with polychrome pigments, lg. to 18 in.


91Solomon Island Carved Wood Dance Club, the curved blade with black pigment, lg. 38 in.


92Solomon Island Carved Wood Club, the tapered form with dark patina, lg. 28 in.


93New Guinea Carved Wood Hafted Adze, Sepik River region, with cord-wrapped stone blade and stylized human faces at each end of handle, lg. 22 1/2 in.



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94New Guinea Carved Wood Totem Pounder, middle Sepik River region, the bat-shaped form with crocodile finial, inlaid shell eyes, lg. 21 1/4 in.


95Two New Guinea Carved Wood Items, Sepik River, a pounder with stylized finial, and a carver’s mallet with stylized turtle head finial, lg. to 19 1/2 in.

Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess collection; finial collected by Mark Lissauer in the 1960s.$250-350

96Gilbert Island Wood, Fiber, and Shark’s Tooth Knife, c. 19th century, the curved form with a dark patina, (tooth loss), lg. 13 1/2 in.$250-350

97Hawaiian Carved Wood Bowl, carved from koa wood, ht. 8 1/2, dia. 11 1/2 in.$800-1,200

98Rare Hawaiian Decorated Gourd, Umeke Pawehe, and Two Coconut Shell Cups, 19th century, decorated with geometric designs, old tag reads “Calabash, Griswold,” ht. 11 1/4, cup lg. 5 3/4 in.$1,500-2,500

99Polynesian Model Outrigger Canoe, c. last quarter 19th century, carved wood with black painted detail, includes a rolled-up sail, rudder, and three paddles, with a custom wood box (contemporary), lg. 40 1/2 in.

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100Easter Island Carved Wood Male Figure, c. 19th century, an aberrant form with arms carved away from the sides extending to a rotund abdomen, the oversized head with hatched brows, pendant ears, and goatee, (eye inlays missing, cracks), ht. 12 1/2 in.$4,000-6,000

101Easter Island Male Figure, Moai Kavakava, c. third quarter 19th century, carved of hard wood, the emaciated standing form with long arms attached to the hips, incised ribs and spine, the elongated head with inlaid mother-of-pearl and obsidian chip eyes, with incised cylindrical earlobe pendants and three incised fish across the top of the head, (broken and repaired at the neck and on one earpendant), custom stand, ht. 20 in.

Provenance: Collected by Charles Warren Stoddard.$4,000-6,000


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102Maori Carved Wood Door Lintel, c. 19th century, one male and two female figures with arms upraised and standing on a manaia-headed base representing Papatuanuko, the earth mother, with a background of pierced spirals, “to allow light into this world,” one original haliotis inlay remains, (cracks, minor wood loss, back with late reinforcement), lg. 57 1/2 x ht. 20 1/2 in.

Provenance: Collected by the present owner’s grandfather in the South Pacific during World War II.

Literature: For a very similar door lintel in the British Museum possibly by the same maker, see Maori Art and Culture, edited by D.C. Starzecka, p. 107, no. 70.$20,000-30,000


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103Pair of Lakota Beaded Hide Moccasins, c. last quarter 19th century, stepped triangles on a blue and crystal background, lg. 10 in.$500-700

104Lakota Beaded Buffalo Hide Moccasins, c. 1880, multicolored geometric and cross devices on a pony trader blue background, (tears to hide), lg. 10 in.

Provenance: Purportedly from the collection of Western artist Joe De Young.$1,200-1,600

105Pair of Lakota Beaded Hide Moccasins, c. last quarter 19th century, the bifurcated tongues and uppers beaded with multicolored geometric designs on a white background, lg. 10 in.$500-700

106Cheyenne Beaded Hide Infant’s Moccasins, c. last quarter 19th century, yellow pigment and partially beaded with a multicolored checkered design, (minor damage), lg. 6 in.$200-250

107Pair of Cheyenne Beaded Hide Moccasins, c. last quarter 19th century, the vamps decorated with geometric and thunderbird designs, lg. 9 in.

Provenance: W. Scott Ferriss collection.$1,500-2,000

108Lakota Fully Beaded Moccasins, c. last quarter 19th century, buffalo hide with tripartite beaded tongues, beaded allover with multicolored geometric designs, (repairs to one), lg. 10 1/2 in.$2,000-2,500

109Pair of Cheyenne Youth-size Beaded Buffalo Hide Moccasins, c. 1870s, with painted parfleche soles, and beaded with “bowtie” design and checkered vamps, lg. 8 1/4 in.$800-1,200

110Cheyenne Beaded Hide Man’s Moccasins, c. last quarter 19th century, with geometric and cross devices on a white background (minor bead loss), lg. 10 in.$800-1,200

111Cheyenne Youth-size Beaded Hide Moccasins, c. last quarter 19th century, the buffalo hide uppers with multicolored geometric designs, (some bead loss, repair), lg. 8 3/4 in.$500-700

112Cheyenne Beaded Hide Child’s Moccasins, c. last quarter 19th century, buffalo hide with traces of yellow pigment and beaded with typical Cheyenne designs on a white background, lg. 6 3/4 in.$600-800


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113Pair of Lakota Woman’s Beaded Hide High-top Moccasins, c. last quarter 19th century, moccasin-legging set with multicolored geometric beaded designs using glass and brass seed beads, (minor bead loss), foot lg. 9 3/4, ht. 15 in.$2,500-3,500

114Lakota Beaded Hide and Cloth Cradle, c. 1880s, the buffalo hide form with muslin lining and flannel back, the rawhide tab at top and sides beaded with classic Lakota designs on a white background, (bead loss, one side of the back has become unsewn), lg. 24 in.$2,000-2,500

115Shoshone Beaded Hide Female Doll, c. last quarter 19th century, wearing a finely detailed dress, bead belt and choker, with olivella shell ear ornaments, ht. 13 in.$2,000-3,000

116Arapaho Beaded Hide Possible Bag, c. last quarter 19th century, beaded on the front, sides, and flap with multicolored track and cross designs on a white background, remnant tin cone and horsehair danglers, 21 x 13 in.


117Large Cheyenne Buffalo Hide Beaded Possible Bag, c. third quarter 19th century, with classic bar designs on the flap and sides, tin cone danglers with remnant yellow horsehair, (some bead loss, tears to hide), lg. 26 in.$1,500-2,000

118Lakota Beaded Buffalo Hide Possible Bag, c. last quarter 19th century, the flap, ends, and front with bold geometric and cross designs on a white background, with yellow dyed horsehair and tin cone danglers, (minor bead loss), lg. 21 1/2 x ht. 13 in.$3,000-4,000


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119Pair of Plains Beaded Buffalo Hide Possible Bags, c. last quarter 19th century, the front, sides, and flap beaded with geometric designs on a clear background, detailed with quill-wrapped laces, and tin cone danglers with red horsehair, 19 1/2 x 12 in.


120Central Plains Beaded and Quilled Buffalo Hide Possible Bag, c. last quarter 19th century, beaded on the ends and flap with typical geometric designs, with multicolored quilled feather devices on the front, tin cone and red horsehair danglers, (some fallen off), 20 x 14 1/2 in.



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121Lakota Round-bottom Painted Parfleche Container, c. late 19th century, with multicolored geometric designs on all four sides and flap, fringe at the seams, ht. 12 1/2 x lg. 12 x wd. 4 1/2 in.

Provenance: W. Scott Ferriss collection.$800-1,200

122Lakota Polychrome Parfleche Box, c. last quarter 19th century, painted on all four sides and top with multicolored geometric designs, remnant green trade cloth trim, lg. 15 x wd. 10 x ht. 8 in.


123Small Lakota Painted Parfleche Box, c. late 19th century, with multicolored geometric designs on all four sides and top, red trade cloth trim, lg. 8 1/2 x ht. 5 1/2 x wd. 7 in.

Provenance: W. Scott Ferriss collection.$600-800

124Crow Painted Parfleche Envelope, c. last quarter 19th century, buffalo hide with classic Crow designs on the front, 24 x 12 in.$800-1,200

125Blackfoot Painted Buffalo Hide Parfleche Case, c. 1860s/70s, painted on the front with geometric designs in red, green, yellow, and blue, with large brass beads strung on string along both sides, contains cloth-wrapped bundles and a stone, 10 x 10 in.

Provenance: Purportedly from the collection of western artist Joe De Young.$1,500-2,000

126Pair of Northern Painted Parfleche Cylinders, c. 1900, both with multicolored geometric designs and hide ties, ht. to 15 in.

Provenance: Dr. and Mrs. Butler collection, Houston, Texas.$800-1,200

127Pair of Ute Beaded Hide Legging (?) Strips, c. last quarter 19th century, with multicolored geometric designs on a white background, (minor bead loss), lg. 30 1/4 x wd. 3 1/2 in.

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128Lakota Beaded Hide Strip, c. late 19th century, with multicolored geometric and cross devices done with glass and metallic seed beads, (minor bead loss), lg. 29 3/4 x wd. 2 3/4 in.$500-700

129Lakota Tacked Commercial Leather Belt, c. 1870s, with a repeat diamond design using square shank brass tacks, early roller buckle, lg. 32, wd. 2 1/2 in.

Provenance: From the collection of Gertrude and Jim Romine, Chadron, Nebraska.$2,000-2,500

130Plateau Beaded and Tacked Commercial Leather Panel Belt, c. late 19th century, with red pigment on the open panels, lg. 38 in.$300-400


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131Two Plains Trade Bead and Bone Hairpipe Necklaces, c. last quarter 19th century, one with multiple strands, some of the hairpipes dyed red, old tag reads “Sioux, near White River S. Dak,” hairpipe lg. to 4 in.$250-350

132Plains Quilled Hair Drop, c. 1870s, quill-wrapped rawhide slats with cloth-wrapped hide backing, with long horsehair drop and quill-wrapped drops with tin cone danglers, (some quill loss), lg. 27 in.

Provenance: Deaccessioned from the Maryland Academy of Arts and Science.$800-1,200

133Pair of Plains Cree or Ojibway Beaded Cloth Woman’s Leggings, c. last quarter 19th century, multicolored linear designs on red trade cloth, lg. to 8 in.$300-400


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134Lakota Beaded Cloth and Hide Woman’s Leggings, c. last quarter 19th century, with muslin uppers, the buffalo hide panels beaded with geometric designs on a white background, (minor bead loss), lg. to 18 in.$600-800

135Lakota Beaded Hide Gauntlets, c. late 19th century, the front with geometric and cross devices on a white ground, the reverse with checkered cuffs, lg. 13 in.$600-800

136Lakota Beaded Canvas and Hide Boy’s Shorts, c. late 19th century, beaded on both sides with multicolored geometric designs on a white background, lg. 14 1/2 in.$2,000-2,500

137Lakota Fully Beaded Hide and Cloth Vest, c. last quarter 19th century, cloth-lined and with multicolored geometric and cross designs on a white background, the name “Horse Road” beaded on the back, (bead loss), lg. 20 1/2 x wd. 17 1/2 in.


138Plateau Beaded Hide Vest, c. early 20th century, with partial cloth lining, front with multicolored floral and butterfly designs on a blue background, with floral work on the shoulder, lg. 25 in.


139Plains Pipe, c. second half 19th century, the round ash stem appears to have been cut down to fit the catlinite pipe bowl, lg. 22 3/4 in.$600-800

140Unusual Kiowa Rattle, c. 1870s, long hide-covered wood handle with traces of red and green pigment, gourd head beaded with typical Kiowa colors, (bead loss), lg. 19 in.$800-1,200

141Sioux Catlinite Effigy Pipe, c. late 19th century, bowl in the form of a kneeling male figure with rocker-engraved detail, stem in the form of a fish with incised detail, lg. 11 3/4 x ht. 4 in.$800-1,200

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142Kiowa Beaded Commercial Leather Strike-a-Light Pouch, c. last quarter 19th century, with multicolored geometric designs on a wine-red background, tin cone danglers, and with green dyed twisted fringe from the bottom, lg. with cones 4 7/8 in.$2,500-3,500

143Apache Beaded Hide Pouch, c. last quarter 19th century, front beaded with a geometric banded design, tin cone danglers, pouch size 6 x 5 3/4 in.$1,000-1,500

144Apache Beaded Hide Pouch, c. 1870, thick buffalo hide with Maltese cross at center, tin cone danglers, and traces of red and green pigments, lg. including tin cones 5 in.$800-1,200

145Mescalero Apache Beaded Hide Whetstone Case, c. last quarter 19th century, stepped diamonds on a greasy yellow background, beaded drops, lg. including drops 7 in.$800-1,200

146Arapaho Beaded Commercial Leather Strike-a-Light Pouch, c. last quarter 19th century, the front with multicolored geometric designs on a greasy yellow background, tin cone danglers and twisted fringe with traces of red pigment, size excluding fringe 5 1/4 x 4 in.$1,500-2,000

147Ute/Jicarilla Beaded Hide Tail Bag, c. 1870s, with multicolored geometric designs on a white background, traces of red pigment, lg. 12 1/4 in.$1,500-2,000


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148Lakota Beaded Commercial Leather Strike-a-Light Pouch, c. last quarter 19th century, beaded on the front with bold multicolored geometric designs, tin cone danglers from the flap and bottom, (minor bead loss), 6 x 4 1/2 in.$1,500-2,000

149Ute Beaded Buffalo Hide Tail Bag, c. 1880, beaded on the front with geometric and cross devices on a white ground, lg. 12 in.

Provenance: The Adolph Spohr collection.$1,500-2,000

150Arapaho Beaded Commercial Leather Whetstone Case, c. last quarter 19th century, beaded on both sides with geometric designs, large brass beads on the strap, lg. 4 5/8 in.$300-400

151Two Plains Items, a Lakota buffalo hide pouch with beaded drops, and a Southern Plains beaded commercial leather awl case with tin cone danglers, lg. of awl case minus fringe 6 in.$500-700

152Plains Beaded Hide Tab Bag, c. last quarter 19th century, beaded on both sides with multicolored geometric designs, with long bone hairpipe and brass hawk bell on the drawstring, lg. 8 in.$600-800


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153Plains Beaded Buffalo Hide Mirror Bag, c. last quarter 19th century, beaded on both sides with multicolored geometric designs on a light blue background, with cloth-covered strap, quill-wrapped twisted fringe, and detailed with brass beads and shoe buttons, lg. including fringe 24 in.

Literature: Illustrated in First American Art, the Charles and Valerie Diker Collection of American Indian Art, p. 144, Cat. No. 94.$12,000-16,000

154Plateau Beaded Belt Pouch, c. last quarter 19th century, beaded on both commercial leather and buffalo hide, the flap beaded with a morning star inside a seven-point star on a pumpkin-colored background, 6 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.$1,500-2,000

155Sioux Pictorial Beaded Hide Pouch, c. 1890, the U-shaped form with edge fringe and partially beaded with a cross on one side, a buffalo head and morning stars on the reverse, 9 x 6 in.$400-600

156Plateau Contour Beaded Cloth Flat Bag, the front with multicolored abstract floral devices on a white background, 9 x 7 1/2 in.$1,500-2,000

157Plateau Beaded Cloth Flat Bag, c. 1900, front with two horses and floral design on a milky white background, 14 x 12 3/4 in.$800-1,200


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158Unique Northern Plains Beaded and Quilled Hide Belt Set, Hidatsa (?), c. last quarter 19th century, geometric beadwork with quilled rawhide slats and tin cone and horsehair danglers, with similar decoration and hanging from the belt are a buffalo hide knife sheath, two paint bags in the form of miniature pipe bags, and a flap pouch with dentalium and horsehair danglers, (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.$6,000-8,000

159Crow Buffalo Hide Pouch Made from the Flap on a Bowcase and Quiver, c. 1870s, classic Crow geometric designs with remnant red trade cloth insets, fringe, hide pocket and ties likely added later, lg. including fringe 32 in.

Provenance: Van Zelst Family collection; Park Bernet, The Green Collection, 1972, Lot 153.$1,500-2,000

160Cree Beaded Cloth Shot Pouch, c. mid-19th century, red trade cloth pouch with cotton lining, partially beaded with a bilateral floral design in pony trader blue, black and white beads, the blue trade cloth straps with a multicolored meandering abstract floral design, remnant silk ribbon edging, includes a custom mount, lg. 35 in.$7,000-9,000


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161Sioux Quilled and Beaded Hide Pipe Bag, c. last quarter 19th century, the top with border beadwork, the central panel and rawhide slats with multicolored geometric and floral designs, with purple and light blue panel, the top with floral and morning star design, (quill loss).

Provenance: Dr. and Mrs. Butler collection, Houston, Texas.

Exhibitions: Houston Museum of Art, 1990.$5,000-7,000

162Plains Beaded Hide Pipe Bag, Arapaho (?), c. last quarter 19th century, with yellow pigment and multicolored geometric designs on a white background, (damage), lg. 26 in.$1,000-1,500

163Lakota Beaded and Quilled Hide Pipe Bag, c. last quarter 19th century, the beaded panel with triangle and stripe design, quill-wrapped rawhide slats, and short fringe along the bottom, traces of green pigment, (quill loss), lg. 24 in.$1,000-1,500

164Northern Plains Beaded Hide Pipe Bag, c. last quarter 19th century, with scallop-edge flap and beaded on one side in a multicolored banded design, lg. with flap extended 27 in.$800-1,200

165Santee Sioux Beaded Hide Pipe Bag, with pony beaded edging at mouth and beaded with morning stars and abstract designs, (minor bead loss), lg. 18 1/2 in.$600-800

166Arapaho Beaded Hide Pipe Bag, c. last quarter 19th century, with fringe from the opening and partially twisted fringe from the bottom, beaded on both sides with hourglass devices on a white background, lg. 37 in.$1,500-2,000

167Lakota Beaded and Quilled Pipe Bag, c. last quarter 19th century, beaded on both sides with multicolored geometric designs, one side with a white background, the reverse medium blue, with quill-wrapped rawhide slats and fringe from the bottom, lg. 40 in.


168Arapaho Beaded and Quilled Hide Pipe Bag, c. last quarter 19th century, beaded on both sides with a track design on a blue background, quilled panel and fringe with yellow pigment from the bottom, lg. 31 1/2 in. Provenance: W. Scott Ferriss collection.$2,000-2,500

169Lakota Beaded and Quilled Hide Pipe Bag, c. late 19th century, the beaded panels with different geometric designs, the quilled slats with multicolored designs, the upper bag painted green, (quill loss), lg. 38 in.$1,500-2,000

170Plains Beaded and Quilled Hide Pipe Bag, c. last quarter 19th century, the beaded panel with box and border design, quilled rawhide slats and fringe along the bottom, (quill loss), lg. 30 in.



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171Cheyenne Beaded Hide Pipe Bag, c. 1880, beaded with a classic bar design and with fringe at bottom, lg. 34 in.$6,000-8,000

172Cheyenne Beaded and Quilled Hide Pipe Bag, c. 1870, with a classic multicolored bar design, single long beaded tab from the top with horsehair and tin cone danglers, with quill-wrapped fringe from the top and below beaded panel, (quill loss), custom mount, lg. 30 in.

Provenance: Sotheby’s, November 15, 1980, “Collected in Leadville, Colorado, 1881.”$15,000-20,000


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173Central Plains Beaded Hide Knife Sheath, c. last quarter 19th century, with multicolored geometric and tipi designs on a white background, includes an unmarked butcher knife, lg. 9 in.

Provenance: W. Scott Ferriss collection.$800-1,200

174Lakota Beaded Hide Knife Sheath, c. late 19th century, geometric designs on a yellow background, traces of yellow pigment, lg. minus drop 9 1/2 in.$400-600

175Lakota Beaded Buffalo Hide Knife Sheath, c. last quarter 19th century, with elaborate multicolored geometric designs on both sides, the tin cones attached with string, lg. excluding bead drops 9 1/2 in.$1,000-1,500

176Blackfoot Beaded Hide Knife Sheath, c. last quarter 19th century, fringed at sides and with beaded concentric diamonds on one side, made for a stabber-type knife, lg. 14 in.$500-700

177Central Plains Beaded Hide Knife Sheath, c. last quarter 19th century, rawhide liner with cloth back, the front with geometric designs on a hide backing, (minor bead loss), lg. 9 1/4 in.$600-800

178Plains Cree Beaded Buffalo Hide Knife Sheath, c. third quarter 19th century, with a thick buffalo hide liner, the front beaded with multicolored geometric designs using very small seed beads, the back partially beaded, (bead loss), includes old knife, lg. 9 1/4 in.$3,000-5,000

179Lakota Beaded Buffalo Hide Knife Sheath, c. 1870, beaded with geometric designs on a blue background, the reverse on a pink background, with a metal button with embossed horse on one side, and a harness leather belt loop on the reverse, includes a pewter inlaid knife, (bead loss), lg. 9 1/8 in.$2,500-3,500

180Lakota Fully Beaded Buffalo Hide Knife Sheath, c. 1870s, with geometric designs on a blue background on one side, the reverse on a greasy yellow background, (minor bead loss), includes a pewter-inlaid butcher knife, lg. 10 in.$4,000-6,000

181Central Plains Beaded Buffalo Hide Knife Sheath, c. 1860s, the front beaded with multicolored geometric designs on a pink background, (bead loss, damage to hide in places), includes an old butcher knife, lg. 10 in.$1,500-2,000

182Cheyenne Beaded Buffalo Hide Knife Sheath, c. 1870, beaded on both sides with multicolored geometric designs, includes a pewter inlaid knife, (bead loss), lg. 8 1/2 in.$2,500-3,500


183Crow Painted and Beaded Rawhide Knife Sheath, c. 1880s/90s, the front painted red and with classic Crow sawtooth beaded design, red trade cloth edging, includes a period knife, custom stand, (minor bead loss), lg. minus drops 12 1/2 in.$2,000-2,500

184Plains Cree Beaded Buffalo Hide Knife Sheath, c. last quarter 19th century, with fringe on one side, beaded on one side with stacked diamond design on a white background, includes a heavy knife and custom stand, lg. minus fringe 10 1/2 in.$1,500-2,000

185Blackfoot Painted Parfleche Knife Sheath, c. 1880s-90s, tied with hide thongs and painted with multicolored geometric designs on the front and blue designs on the reverse, includes a period knife made from a file, custom stand, lg. 15 in.$1,000-1,500


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186Baldwin and Hill Trade Knife, c. third quarter 19th century, with remnant stamped hunting scene on the wood handle, the double stabber-style blade with “Baldwin Hill and Co, New York Cast Steel,” lg. 14 1/8 in.$6,000-8,000

187Large Blackfoot Buffalo Rawhide Knife Sheath, c. 1870s, the upper panel on muslin and buffalo hide and beaded with multicolored geometric designs, with remnant design along one side, includes a large period knife marked “J. Russell and Co. Green River Works,” lg. of sheath 14 1/2, lg. of knife 15 1/4 in.$5,000-7,000

188Plains Pipe Tomahawk, c. 1900, the faceted ash handle with brass tack and fringed hide decoration, lg. 15 in.


189Plains Skullcracker 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

190Plains Pipe Tomahawk, c. 1870s, the ash handle with brass tacks along the bottom edge and near the head, with incised lines (possibly representing combat feats), and incised horse tracks on each side, the blade notched on each edge, dark patina, lg. 17 1/2, lg. of blade 7 1/2 in.$5,000-7,000

191Early Spontoon Tomahawk, c. first half 19th century, the slightly down-curved forged iron blade with central ridge, the tapered ash handle possibly later, lg. 22, blade lg. 10 in.

Note: Tag reads “from the M.M. Deffen Baugh Collection, Stanten Virginia.”$6,000-8,000

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192Early Sword with Buffalo Hide Scabbard, c. second quarter 19th century, scabbard fringed along the sides and with brass hawk bell to secure the flap, with blue trade cloth strap, made to fit over an early 19th century sword and scabbard, lg. 37 1/2 in.


193Lakota Beaded Hide Bowcase and Quiver, c. late 19th century, decorated with multicolored geometric designs, the bowcase with crosses and tin cone and horsehair danglers, with silk ribbon, and red trade cloth edging, includes painted bow and two metal-tipped arrows with “Ogalala Sioux 1872” written on them, lg. not including fringe 38 1/2, bow lg. 47 in.$2,500-3,500

194Plains Osage Orange Sinew-backed Bow with a Metal-tipped Arrow, c. last quarter 19th century, bow lg. 42 1/2 in.$400-600

195Plains Sinew-backed Bow and Two Arrows with Obsidian Points, c. last quarter 19th century, bow lg. 44 in.$400-600


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196Rare Plains Pony Beaded Bowcase and Quiver, c. mid-19th century, buffalo hide set beaded with a multicolored geometric banded design with pony beads, with painted black stripes on both cases and fringed ends, includes two original arrows with tag reading “‘Quiver and arrows of a Sioux Warrior at the Black Hills’ Donor-Francis M. Thompson,” includes an ash bow from the period, lg. 36 in.

Provenance: Memorial Hall Museum, Deerfield, Massachusetts; donated to the museum by Francis M. Thompson before 1886, deaccessioned in 1986; Francis M. Thompson (1833-1916).

Literature: “A Tenderfoot in Montana: Reminiscences of Gold Rush, the Vigilantes, and the Birth of Montana Territory,” Kenneth N. Owens, Thompson’s Memoir.$25,000-35,000


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197Blackfoot Beaded and Painted Hide Shirt, c. 1920s, open at sides and with painted tadpole devices on front, back, and sleeves, with ermine tail decoration along the beaded strips, lg. 37 in.



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198Lakota Beaded Hide Shirt, c. last quarter 19th century, with long fringe from the sleeves and short edge fringe, the buffalo hide strips with classic “box and border” design on a yellow background, the strips may pre-date the shirt, shows wear, sinew and thread-sewn, lg. 32 in.$5,000-7,000


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199Exceptional Sioux Beaded and Quilled Hide Shirt, c. third quarter 19th century, lg. 32 x wd. through body 23, from sleeve end to sleeve end 56 in.

Literature: Brasser, Ted, Native American Clothing (Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books, 2009), pp. 166-67; Wooley, David, ed., Eye of the Angel: Selections from the Derby Collection (Northampton, MA: White Star Press, 1990), essay by F. Dennis Lessard, “A Wicasas Shirt in the Derby Collection,” pp. 27-29.

Exhibitions: Heritage Museums and Gardens, Sandwich, Massachusetts, 1993 (Formerly known as Heritage Plantation); George Walter Vincent Smith Museum, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1992; Slayter Memorial Museum, February 15–March 15, 1975.$150,000-250,000

The Sioux Shirt in the Derby CollectionIn “A Wicasas Shirt In the Derby Collection,” published in Eye of the Angel: Selections from The Derby Collection, F. Dennis Lessard discusses in depth not only the materials, construction, and elaborate techniques, but also the profound cultural importance of this garment. To underscore the significance attributed such shirts by the Sioux and other Plains tribes, Lessard uses the term “Wicasas” [“Wicasa’s”] in the title of his essay. In the Dakota and Lakota languages, “Wicasa” (pronounced wee-CHA-sha) was an adult male who deserved respect, honor, and esteem. Not only had he accumulated great knowledge and considerable personal experience, he’d been fully educated in the proper and complex ways of his tribe. He was a counselor and a provider as well as a warrior who protected the people. He’d won many battle honors confronting enemies and led a courageous, ethical, principled life. The occasion of awarding a shirt of this magnitude was in effect a declaration of the man’s stature and status for all to witness, and the people deemed an individual of such character worthy to wear a shirt like this imposing example in the Derby Collection. When worn on special occasions the shirt served as a decoration of honor—a medal of sorts. Indeed, when the leaders of his Oglala Band of Lakota (Western Sioux) singled out the legendary Crazy Horse and three other outstanding young men to be “Shirt Wearers,” each received a shirt similar to this to denote their elevated positions and responsibilities in their tribe.

The Derby shirt is constructed of three beautifully tanned pronghorn (“antelope”) skins—one each for the front and back of the shirt body, and the third divided to form the two sleeves. The leg skin of the hides form appendages of the sleeves, and at the lower corners of the body. The sleeves are sewn closed for a short distance towards the wrists. Self fringes enhance most of the margins throughout. The front and back neck flaps are made of red trade cloth bordered with rows of “lanestitch” beadwork, along with relatively long hide fringe. Porcupine quillwork in red, yellow, and pale blue (perhaps faded from darker blue) covers the shoulder and sleeve strips; typically, a single row of lanestitch beadwork borders the quillwork. At some time in the distant past, the quilled strips now present on the shirt replaced wider and longer strips—as evidence of former strips can be seen. In the classic manner, areas of the entire shirt are richly painted yellow ochre or dark blue, which according to information that Tribal informants gave to Father Peter John Powell represent the earth and the sky (published in Maurer, Evan, The Native American Heritage, “Beauty For New Life: An Introduction to Cheyenne and Lakota Sacred Art,” pp. 47–50, Art Institute of Chicago, 1977). Numerous “hairlocks” (small bundles) of human hair border the back side of each quilled sleeve strip and the outer margins of the quilled body strips. The base of each hairlock is wrapped with porcupine quills, either dyed red or natural white. It was a common custom to obtain hairlocks from relatives and friends of the shirt’s owner so that he could be connected in a material and spiritual way to those who admired him.

A historic photograph of a mature American Indian man wearing the Derby shirt1 was recently discovered by a European researcher who noticed it on an internet auction site. Unfortunately, the wearer’s name was not indicated and the present location of this photograph is unknown. However, there may possibly be photographs of the same warrior when he was much younger. The cardboard frame surrounding this black and white photograph was typical of the 1890-1910 period. It was embossed on the lower right hand side with “Unruh, Avon, SD.” A preliminary search of the Avon business directory of 1909 identified H.A Unruh’s occupation as a photographer. There are indications that he worked as early as 1890. For those who love a good detective story, this represents a wonderful opportunity to explore the origins of the shirt and positively identify its owner.

—Benson L. Lanford, September 2013

1. Conversation with Blanche Derby, September 18, 2013, 10:29 AM

200Lakota Dentalium Dress, Beaded Moccasins, Beaded Leggings, and German Silver Concha Belt, c. late 19th century, blue trade cloth dress with dentalium shell yoke and rosettes, silk ribbon trim at the bottom, collected as an ensemble, dress lg. 50 in.

Provenance: Ex Van Zelt collection, Ex Al Momaday collection.$5,000-7,000

201Lakota Pictorial Beaded Hide Dress, c. late 19th century, fully beaded yoke with multicolored birds and crossed lances, two crosses on one side and one cross on the reverse, with multicolored geometric devices below the neck, with beaded fringe, beaded lanes, and multiple tin cones along the bottom, (minor bead loss), lg. 57 in.$15,000-20,000


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202Lakota 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, from the rondel centers are twisted hide fringe with metal thimbles and green silk ribbon, blanket 54 x 60 1/2, wd. at rondel 5 in.


203Lakota Beaded Buffalo Hide Blanket Strip, c. last quarter 19th century, four rondels with crosses separated by multicolored track devices on a white background, (minor bead loss), lg. 56 x wd. 3 in.


204Lakota Beaded Buffalo Hide Blanket Strip, c. last quarter 19th century, beaded with geometric designs using glass and faceted brass seed beads on a white background (bead loss), lg. 60 1/2 x wd. at rondel 4 1/2 in.


205Plains Pictorial Beaded Buffalo Hide Blanket Strip, c. 1870, with three multicolored sawtooth-edged rondels and four stylized pronghorns on a light blue background, lg. 59 3/4, dia. of rondel 6 7/8 in.

Provenance: Charles H. Heyl II collection.

Note: Charles Heath Heyl II (1849 -1926), a U.S. Army Officer who received a Medal of Honor for his actions during the Indian Wars. He was appointed Second Lieutenant in 1873. He advanced in rank to Assistant Adjutant General of the army in 1898. Most of his Indian collection was given to the Smithsonian Institute. The two items offered here have descended in the family.$20,000-30,000

206Plains Willow Backrest, c. last quarter 19th century, multiple sinew-laced willow rods, with beaded buffalo hide and cloth attachment at top, (bead loss, patina of long use), lg. 51 x wd. 3 in.$400-600


207Ute Woman’s Painted Buffalo Hide Robe, c. 1870, box and border design, the inner design done in red, green, blue, black, and white pigments on a yellow ground, the perimeter with red ochre pigment and the original stake holes, lg. 85 in.

Provenance: Collected by William Baillie-Grohman (1851-1921), an Austrian sportsman and mountaineer, during a five-month hunting trip in the Wind River Mountains on the Shoshone Indian Reservation, Wyoming, in the autumn of 1880.$25,000-35,000


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208Pair of Apache Painted Hide Moccasins, c. last quarter 19th century, thick rawhide soles, brass buttons on the ankle covers and painted with blue and red geometric designs, lg. 11 in.

Provenance: Henry F. Metcalf Museum, Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania.$300-400

209Apache Hide Saddlebags, c. last quarter 19th century, pierced and cutout geometric designs, tin cone danglers, lg. folded 27 in.


210Small Pair of Apache Buffalo Hide Saddlebags, c. last quarter 19th century, with cutout designs, tin cone danglers, and remnant blue cloth insets, lg. folded 18 in.



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211Twenty-one Apache Polychrome Rawhide Playing Cards, 19th century, includes a 1961 Southwest Museum leaflet on Apache playing cards, approx. 3 1/8 x 1 3/4 in.$5,000-7,000

212Plateau Cornhusk Martingale, c. 1900, decorated with repeating multicolored eight-point stars and stepped diamond design, with hide fringe and metal bells at the bottom, lg. with fringe 37 in.

Provenance: Dr. and Mrs. Butler collection, Houston, Texas.$1,500-2,000

213Plateau Polychrome Cornhusk Bag, c. early 20th century, with bold geometric designs on both sides, 20 x 16 in.$400-600


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214Wasco/Wishram Beaded Wedding Hat, c. 1880s/90s, a blue cloth cap with multicolored lanes of beadwork, the beaded drops with rawhide spacers, custom stand, lg. of drops 14 in.

Literature: “As in a Vision,” The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection, p. 33.$1,500-2,000

215Pair of Mesquaki Beaded Hide Man’s Moccasins, c. last quarter 19th century, the large cuffs edge beaded with multicolored abstract floral designs, lg. 10 in.$3,000-4,000

216Delaware Beaded Cloth and Hide Moccasins, c. last quarter 19th century, the cloth cuffs with beaded detail, (insect damage to hide), lg. 9 in.



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217Western Great Lakes Otter Skin Bag, c. 1870s, with cloth panels at the paws and tail beaded with multicolored abstract floral designs, fringed with metal thimbles, remnant silk edging, (bead loss), lg. 46 x wd. 8 in.


218Great Lakes Loom-beaded Sash, c. last quarter 19th century, with tabs on the ends and beaded with multicolored geometric and foliate designs, (minor bead loss), lg. 52 x wd. 3 1/4 in.$500-700

219Chippewa Beaded Cloth Bandolier Bag, c. 1900, with multicolored floral designs on a medium blue background, beaded wool tassels along the bottom, (bead loss), lg. 38, wd. 14 in.$1,000-1,500


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220Great Lakes Loom-beaded Cloth Bandolier Bag, c. last quarter 19th century, with multicolored geometric and abstract floral designs on a pink and crystal background, green wool tassels from the bottom, (bead loss), lg. 38, wd. 10 1/2 in.


221Four Prehistoric Stone Items, a large 3/4 grooved axe found in New Mexico, a stone bowl with incised decoration and green pigment, New Mexico, a large celt form, and a banner stone, lg. to 9 3/4 in.


222Six Prehistoric Stone Items, includes pendants, gorget, etc., four with printed locations, lg. to 4 7/8 in.


223Dark Green Eastern Clovis Point, written on one side, “Found at Lake Carey PA,” lg. 3 3/8 in.


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225Thirty Prehistoric Stone Points, Blades, Etc., many with location tags for Pennsylvania, lg. to 5 7/8 in.


226Southeast Pottery Effigy Vessel, Mississippian period, c. 1300-1700 A.D., in the form of a hunchback female figure, (clay loss), ht. 5 1/2 in.



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227Northeast Beaded Cloth Glengarry Cap, c. last quarter 19th century, floral beadwork done with “crystal” beads on red trade cloth, (minor bead loss), lg. 10 1/2 in.


228Two Woodlands Items, c. last quarter 19th century, pair of Seneca beaded cloth and hide moccasins, and a cloth wall pocket, both with multicolored floral designs, ht. of pocket 9 1/2, lg. of moccasins 10 in.$300-400

229Wabanaki Beaded Cloth Bag, c. mid-19th century, beaded on both sides with geometric and abstract floral devices on a red trade cloth background, ht. 4 7/8 x wd. 4 1/2 in.$400-600

230Rare Pair of Woodlands Beaded Cloth and Hide Moccasins, c. mid-18th century, possibly Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) from the eastern Great Lakes region, with embroidered trade cloth cuffs, the front seams with silk ribbon and outlined with small white cylindrical beads, the curvilinear foliate offshoots with silk inlay, (damage), lg. 9 in.$5,000-7,000

231Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Quilled Hide Child’s Moccasins, c. mid-19th century, with multicolored geometric and abstract designs on the cuffs and vamps, the cuffs edged with white beads and remnant silk ribbon, (minor loss), lg. 6 in.$2,500-3,500

232Pair of Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)Moccasins, c. late 18th/early 19th century, soft hide forms with polychrome quillwork done in various techniques, cuffs with remnant silk edging, (quill loss), lg. 9 in.$6,000-8,000


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233Birch Bark Model Canoe Attributed to Tomah Joseph, Passamaquoddy, signed “F Tomah,” with depictions of animals, canoes, tipi, etc., lg. 18 3/4 in.$600-800

234Micmac Polychrome Quilled Birch Bark Box, c. third quarter 19th century, oval form with wood bottom and decorated with geometric and foliate designs, (quill loss), ht. 5 x lg. 9 in.$1,500-2,000

235Micmac Polychrome Quilled Birch Bark Box, c. mid-19th century, with wood inner box and decorated with geometric designs on the lid, and repeat chevron design on the sides, (quill loss), lg. 7 5/8 x wd. 6 3/4 x ht. 5 1/2 in.

Provenance: Dr. Henry Brown collection.$800-1,200

236Mohawk Carved and Painted Wood Cradle Board, c. third quarter 19th century, with relief-carved foliate designs and birds on the back, lg. 32 in.$10,000-15,000


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237Northeast Wood Box with Lid, Micmac (?), c. mid-19th century, lid incised with central circle, and semicircles and small triangle and cross designs, collected in Nova Scotia, ht. 5 1/2 x dia. 15 in.

Literature: Pleasing the Spirits, Douglas C. Ewing, p. 338, #408.$4,000-6,000

238Large Northeast Birch Bark Box, c. mid-19th century, lid with a classic four quarter C-scroll design, sides with repeat “X” design, (minor damage), ht. 10 x dia. 13 3/4 in.$1,500-2,000

239Carved Wood Effigy Staff, Woodlands (?), 19th century, with stylized human head finial, ht. 25 1/4 in.$600-800

240Mesquaki Carved Wood Ladle, c. last quarter 19th century, finial in the form of a dog’s head with glass bead eyes, custom stand, lg. 9 1/2 in.$2,500-3,500

241Small Woodlands Burl Bowl, c. 19th century, oval form with handle at one end, dark patina, lg. 6 1/8 x ht. 2 in.$600-800

242Western Great Lakes Carved Elmwood Bowl, c. second half 19th century, flat bottom with projections on the ends, ht. 3 1/4 x lg. 10 3/8 in.$2,000-2,500

243Two Small Woodlands Burl Bowls, 19th century, one with a small pedestal, the other teardrop-shaped, lg. to 4 1/8 in.$600-800

244Large Western Great Lakes Carved Burl Bowl, c. second half 9th century, ends with slotted handles, dark patina, lg. 17 3/4 x ht. 7 1/4 in.$8,000-12,000


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245Exceptional Northeast Carved Wood Belt Cup, Micmac (?), c. first quarter 19th century, the bottom carved and incised with the face of a “voyageur,” framed by incised geometric decoration and with a small relief-carved female figure peering over the edge, the toggle in the form of a beaver with geometric decoration, attached by a hide strap to the woman’s waist, honey-brown patina, custom stand, lg. of cup 4 1/2, toggle lg. 3 in.$25,000-35,000


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246Athabascan Double Volute Forged Dagger, second half 19th century, with hide- and cloth-wrapped handle, lg. 13 1/2 in.$800-1,200

247Athabascan Cloth and Caribou Hide Rifle Scabbard, c. last quarter 19th century, trade cloth panels and end tabs with edge beading and floral devices, edged with large trade bead and two-color wool tufts, lg. 53 in.$600-800

248Athabascan Beaded Cloth and Smoked Hide Rifle Scabbard, c. last quarter 19th century, cloth panels and bifurcated ends with multicolored abstract floral designs, with beaded wool tassels along the seam, lg. 50 in.


249Contemporary Inuit Soapstone Carving, depicting a child being tossed in the air by five adults on a hide blanket, incised detail, dia. 12, ht. to 7 in.$300-500

250Contemporary Inuit Soapstone Carving, depicting two porcupines, ht. including base 10 1/2 in.$150-200

251Two Inuit Soapstone Carvings, a hunter with his catch, and a seal, lg. to 7 1/2, ht. to 6 in.$400-600

252Eskimo Carved Ivory Cribbage Board, c. first quarter 20th century, three carved walruses attached to the top and scrimshaw coastline of Alaska on the bottom, (minor loss), lg. 17 in.$400-600


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253Eskimo Walrus Tusk Scrimshaw Cribbage Board, c. first quarter 20th century, top with birds, bees, seals, and separate pegs that spell out “Nome,” the bottom with a coastal view of Nome, Alaska, 1912, lg. 17 in.$400-600

254Eskimo Scrimshaw Walrus Tusk Cribbage Board, with bear, fish, and avian imagery on top and various animals on the bottom, lg. 24 1/2 in.$400-600

255Eskimo Scrimshaw Walrus Tusk Cribbage Board, with kayaks and seals on ice floes on the upper surface, the coast of Alaska pictured on the bottom, lg. 29 in.$600-800

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256Collection of Eskimo Carved Ivory Pendants or Buttons, c. 1900, includes eleven seals, six whales, and a stylized rabbit, (minor damage), lg. to 2 3/8 in.$300-500

257Eskimo Carved Ivory Female Figure, c. 19th century, wearing a traditional parka, leggings, and mukluks, (damage), ht. 7 in.$800-1,200

258Yupik Carved and Painted Wood Mask, Nunivak Island, c. mid-20th century, stylized human face with pierced eyes, mouth, and nostrils, painted mustache, eyebrows, and eyes, encircled by two wooden hoops with attached symbolic wood pieces, dia. without attachments 10 1/4 in.$2,500-3,500

259Eskimo Carved and Painted Wood Mask, c. late 19th century, stylized human face with bird head emerging from the chin, red-brown and black pigments, remnant wood pegs along top might have secured animal fur, ht. 6 3/4 in.$3,000-5,000


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260Large Eskimo Model Umiak, c. 19th century, the wood frame covered with rawhide, (damage to hide), lg. 45 in.$400-600

261Two Northwest Coast Halibut Hooks, c. early 20th century, one with a raven head, the other with abstract human, with cord bindings, lg. to 10 1/4 in.$800-1,200

262Northwest Coast Carved Wood Fishhook, c. last quarter 19th century, metal point wrapped with cedar bark, ht. 6 1/2 in.

Provenance: Collected by Charles Warren Stoddard.$250-350

263Northwest Coast Carved Mountain Sheep Horn Ladle, the handle with stylized beaver and form line designs, (repaired), lg. 13 1/2 in.$800-1,200


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264Northwest Coast Carved Horn Spoon, c. second half 19th century, two-piece form with stylized head handle, inlaid abalone eyes, lg. 13 1/4 in.

Provenance: A New England Historical Society.$400-600

265Northwest Coast Carved Wood Ladle, c. last quarter 19th century, scoop in the form of a seal, with human head-form finial, traces of red and black pigment, lg. 19 in.$1,200-1,600

266Northwest Coast Painted Pot Latch Ladle, with massive scoop and handle in the form of a bear, with form line painting in black and red pigments, (minor wood loss), ht. 35 in.$1,500-2,000


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267Northwest Coast Carved Wood Bowl, c. 1900, with stylized frogs (?) at each end and relief-carved frog on the interior, flat rim with shell inlay, with abalone inlaid eyes and remnant shell teeth, lg. 13 1/2 x ht. 4 1/2 in.$800-1,200

268Northwest Coast Carved Wood Bowl, c. 1900, in the form of a seal, with various shell and glass bead inlays, lg. 12 1/2 in.$800-1,200


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269Carved Wood and Metal Rattle, Makah (?), c. late 19th century, with animal and avian features done in an unusual blend of traditional and folk art styles, detailed with small metal studs and red, black, and gold pigments, custom stand, lg. 12 in.$5,000-7,000

270Carved Wood Rattle, Northwest Coast (?), in the form of a whale with animal head projection, black, white, and red pigments, lg. 12 1/4 in.$400-600


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271Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwakiutl) Carved Wood Mask by Henry Hunt (1923-1985), stylized cedar mask signed on the inside “Henry Hunt,” and labeled “Man from the Sea,” ht. 13 in.$1,000-1,500

272Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwakiutl) Carved Wood Mask by Mungo Martin (1879-1962), tutor to Henry Hunt, the two-piece cedar mask labeled “Echo Beaver Mask” and signed “Mungo Martin,” ht. 12 1/4 in.$1,000-1,500

273Northwest Coast Carved Stone Effigy Pestle, handle terminating in the head of a seal, ht. 9 1/2, dia. to 3 1/4 in.

Provenance: The Bear Totem Store, Wrangell, Alaska.$1,500-2,000


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274Northwest Coast Carved Whale Bone Mortar, 19th century, vertebra carved and incised in the form of an eagle (?), lg. 11 in.

Provenance: Dr. W.C. Martin collection; Skinner, American Indian Art & Ethnographica, November 18, 1989, Lot 352.$800-1,200

275Northwest Coast Whale Bone and Pewter Presentation Piece, c. early 19th century, a whale neck vertebra carved and incised in the image of a raven, the reverse incised with the face of a dogfish or shark, dark patina, spinal column with custom-fitted covered pewter box of European manufacture, the lid engraved with heraldic symbol of “Cross Crosslet Fitche Gule” and motto “Veritas Ad Finem” (Truth to the end) within an encompassing knight’s belt or garter device with “Alaska” above and “1828” below, ht. 6 1/4 x lg. 12, box dia. 4 1/4 in.

Provenance: Skinner, American Indian Art & Ethnographica, Sale 1290, November 18, 1989, Lot 210Y.$4,000-6,000


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276Tlingit Beaded Cloth Tunic, c. late 19th century, front with a large X-ray style beaver shown from above, the yoke, cuffs, and front partially beaded with abstract foliate designs done in multicolored glass and metallic beads, (some stitch separation), lg. 40 in.$6,000-8,000

277Northwest Coast Chilkat Blanket, c. last quarter 19th century, woven of mountain goat wool and cedar bark in pale yellow and blue against a two-color brown background in a classic form line pattern incorporating animal parts relating to a clan’s crest animal, wd. 67 x lg. including fringe 52 in.$40,000-60,000


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278Haida Argillite and Platter, c. second half 19th century, with central relief-carved frog framed by form line totemic animal profiles, with incised crosshatched detail, the flat rim with carved bone diamond-shaped inlays, lg. 17 1/4 in.$4,000-6,000

279Haida Argillite Model Totem Pole Carving by John Cross (1867-1939), inscribed on the back “made by John Cross, Skidegate Mission B.C.,” ht. 11 1/2 in.

Provenance: John L. Blake, who worked for various newspaper companies and traveled extensively in the Pacific Northwest in the 1920s through the 1960s.$5,000-7,000

280Northwest Coast Carved Wood Totem Pole, c. early 20th century, hollow-back cedar form with green, black, and red pigments, ht. 23 1/2 in.$500-700

281Northwest Coast-style Carved Wood Totem Pole, 20th century, with flat back and attached wings, ht. 24 in.$500-700


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282Haida Carved Wood Totem Pole, attributed to John Cross, c. 1900, hollow-back form with top figure probably representing Wasgo, or Sea Wolf, holding a whale in its mouth, below is a human face with raven beak, below that are two bears, one holding a human, the other a frog (?) in its mouth, (probably repainted with white, gray, black, and red paint, weathered surface), ht. 11 ft.

Provenance: John L. Blake.$20,000-25,000

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283New Mexican Polychrome Wood Retablo, c. 19th century, representing St. Francis of Assisi, possibly the work of Jose Aragon, (some surface loss), 15 x 9 1/4 in.$1,500-2,000


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284Hopi Polychrome Carved Wood Kachina, possibly “Early Morning Kachina,” with lightning cloud decoration on the case mask, ht. 11 1/2 in.

Provenance: Skinner, American Indian Art & Ethnographica, November 18, 1989, Lot 135.$800-1,200

285Hopi Polychrome Carved Wood Kachina, c. late 19th century, possibly “Ang-ak-China,” traces of polychrome pigments, (wood loss), ht. 9 1/2 in.


286Hopi Polychrome Carved Wood Kachina, “Ho-o-te” carrying a rattle and staff with detailed paint work, ht. 10 in.

Provenance: Skinner, American Indian Art & Ethnographica, November 18, 1989, Lot 181.$600-800

287Hopi Polychrome Carved Wood Kachina, with separately carved legs and remnant red and yellow pigments, (wood loss), ht. 11 in.


288Hopi Polychrome Carved Wood Kachina, with long snout and arms carved to the sides, ht. 9 3/4 in.$400-600


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289Navajo Silver and Turquoise Bracelet, with six stone settings and stamp work on the sides, inner dia. 2 1/2 in.$400-600

290Denise Wallace “Woman in Moon” Bracelet, limited edition 26/200, sterling silver and ivory, signed “Denise Wallace 1991,” inner dia. 2 1/4 in.$800-1,200

291Contemporary Navajo Ring by Clarence Lee, highly detailed Chevrolet truck hauling water, silver, with coral, tiger’s-eye, and turquoise inlay, lg. 2 in.

Literature: First Peoples, First Contact, Native Peoples of North America, I.C.H. King, p. 276, #296, the British Museum collection.$400-600

292Commercial Leather Rifle Scabbard, c. 1900, marked “P.R. Barnard, Maker, Del Rio, Texas,” lg. 30 1/2 in.$400-600

293Early Western Hat, 19th century, with gold braid stars around the crown and under the brim, (some insect damage), dia. 16 1/2 in.

Provenance: Purchased in Clinton, Massachusetts, from a woman who claimed her grandfather worked in the stables in Clinton. Buffalo Bill, while touring Clinton in the 1880s, gave the hat to him.$250-350


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Prints, Paintings & Photography

294McKenney and Hall Hand-colored Lithograph of “Wa-Na-Ta,” the Charger, Grand Chief of the Sioux, Philadelphia: F.W. Greenough, 1838, matted, image size 17 x 12 1/2 in.$800-1,000

295Two Uncolored Lithographs by George Catlin (1796-1872), the first Assiniboine Chief “Wi-Jun-Jon,” coming and returning from Washington, the second framed, depicting three North American Indians, Day and Haghe Lith to the Queen, 17 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.$300-500

296Colored Lithograph of “Mah-To-Toh-Pa” by George Catlin (1796-1872), “The Mandan Chief (from Catlin’s N.A. Indian Collection),” Day and Haghe Lith to the Queen, image size 17 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.$1,000-1,500

297Colored Lithograph by George Catlin (1796-1872), of “Joc-o-sot” (The Walking Bear), “A Sauk Chief from the upper Missouri, U.S. Am.,” image size 16 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.$1,000-1,500

298Two Paintings by Julian Martinez, “Pocano” (1879-1943), San Ildefonso, both depicting warriors on horseback and carrying a shield and lance, (damage), both 14 x 11 in.$600-800

299Framed Painting of a Male Dancer by Jack Hokea (1900-1969), Kiowa, one of “The Kiowa Five,” from Oklahoma, framed painting of a male dancer playing a flute or whistle, signed “Hokea,” 12 x 8 1/2 in.$300-400


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300Watercolor by Stephen Mapope (1898-1974), Kiowa, member of “The Kiowa Five,” painting of a male dancer with fan, signed “Mapope,” 13 x 9 1/2 in.$600-800

301Framed Painting of an Eagle Dancer by Stephen Mapope (1898-1974), Kiowa, member of “The Kiowa Five,” signed “Mapope ‘33,” image size 11 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.$300-400

302Framed Painting by Hopi Artist Riley B. Sunrise (Quoyavema), Hopi, depicting an eagle dancer, signed “Quoyavema,” (not examined out of frame), 11 x 7 1/4 in.$600-800

303Framed Painting of an Eagle Dancer by Riley B. Sunrise (Quoyavema), Hopi, photo of artist verso, image size 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.$600-800

304Framed Painting by Riley B. Sunrise, (Quoyavema), Hopi, depicting an eagle dancer and signed “Quoyavema,” photo verso of the artist with archaeologist at the Heye Foundation, c. 1930s, image size 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.$600-800

305Framed Painting by Riley B. Sunrise, (Quoyavema), Hopi, depicting two eagle dancers on a black background, signed “R. Quoyavema,” image size 20 1/2 x 14 1/4 in.$800-1,200


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306Two Framed Paintings of Horses by Narciso Abeyta (Ha So De) (1918-1998), (not examined out of frame), 17 x 14 1/4 in.$1,500-2,000

307Framed Painting of a Dancer in Front of a Fire with Billowing Smoke by Ande Tsihnahjinnie (1916-2000), Navajo, (not examined out of frame), 18 x 11 1/4 in.$400-600

308Seven Cabinet Card Photographs Depicting Wild West Show Performers, includes four women (one a child) holding rifles, Prairie May and Georgia White; and three men wearing cowboy gear, from Eastern Photograph Studios.$300-400

309Two Framed Photographs of Blackfoot Chief Two Guns, White Calf, c. first quarter 20th century, (not examined out of frame), image size 11 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.$250-350

310Framed Photograph of a Wichita Mother and Child by Frank A. Rinehart (1861-1928), image size 8 7/8 x 6 3/4 in.$300-400

311Framed Photograph of Chief Grant Richards by Frank A. Rinehart (1861-1928), framed, copyright 1898, image size 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.$300-400

312Four Cabinet Cards Depicting Yuma Indians by Elia A. Bonine (1843-1916), Lamanda Park, Los Angeles Co., California.$600-800

313Three Cabinet Cards Depicting Yuma Indians by Elia A. Bonine (1843-1916), Lamanda Park, Los Angeles Co., California.$600-800


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314Framed Photograph of “Francisco” by Karl Moon (1879-1948), “A Taos Indian Now Living on the Reservation Which is Located Near Taos New Mexico, May 1916,” stamped “Karl Moon” at lower left corner, image size 16 x 12 in.$800-1,200

315Framed Photograph of a Flute Player by Karl Moon (1879-1948), titled “Before the Dance,” Karl Moon imprint lower left, lower right stamped “Copyright 1900 by Fred Harvey,” image size 19 1/4 x 11 1/8 in.$800-1,200


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Weavings, Blankets & Rugs


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316Rio Grande/Mexican Weaving, woven in two panels and with a multicolored stacked serrated diamond design, 80 x 54 in.$400-600

317Late Classic Saltillo Serape, tightly woven in one piece, with central concentric serrated edge diamond on a diagonal striped ground and with diamond lattice border, extensive use of indigo, 90 x 50 in.$2,000-2,500

318Navajo Transitional Weaving, c. late 19th century, soft handspun “pound rug” with a multicolored banded pattern separated by natural gray, (damage), 50 x 60 in.$500-700

319Navajo Transitional Crystal Rug, c. late 19th century, with three joined red and black crosses on a white field, (minor stains, minor damage), 46 x 72 in.$1,500-2,000

320Navajo Pictorial Rug, tightly woven, the central panel with eight-point stars and four weaving combs (?) framed by feathers and two-color border, (damage), 112 x 46 in.$800-1,200


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321Navajo Transitional Crystal Rug, handspun “pound rug” with central cross and radiating stepped design, with a fletched arrow at each end, (minor damage), 46 x 72 in.$800-1,200

322Navajo Two Grey Hills Weaving, central rectangle with elaborate black and cream geometric designs framed by a similar design on two variegated color fields, (minor stain), 71 x 49 1/2 in.$1,000-1,500

323Navajo Transitional Crystal Rug, c. late 19th century, handspun “pound rug” with a multicolored stacked diamond design along the sides and down the center, white background, (some damage), 40 x 60 in.$600-800

324Large Navajo Storm Pattern Rug, Klagetoh, woven with natural and synthetic dyed yarns, with a serrate border, feather devices, and a variegated background, (minor dye run), 125 x 78 1/2 in.$3,000-4,000


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325Navajo Transitional Crystal Rug, handspun “pound rug” in black and white on a natural gray field, with cross devices at each end framed by interwoven crosses, (some damage), 66 x 84 in.$800-1,200

326Large Navajo Contemporary Ganado Rug, tightly woven with bold crosses on each end, central stepped triangles and track-like cornices, with elaborate border and geometric designs on a dark red background, 10 7 1/2 x 72 in.$2,000-2,500

327Navajo Third Phase Chief’s-style Weaving, with multicolored serrated diamond over a banded background, (stains, wool loss), 63 1/2 x 46 1/2 in.$500-700

328Navajo Chief’s-style Weaving, done in a Third Phase design with homespun yarn and natural and synthetic colors, (minor dye run), 62 x 52 in.$1,500-2,000


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329Navajo Late Transitional Woman’s Chief’s-style Weaving, woven with handspun natural and synthetic dyed wool, with central concentric stepped diamond, concentric stepped triangles at the corners, on a striped background, (fading to one side), 56 1/2 x 48 in.$1,000-1,500

330Navajo Third Phase Chief’s Weaving, homespun yarn with natural and synthetic dyed colors, with nine spot checkered-edge diamond pattern over a banded background, 71 x 64 1/2 in.$3,000-4,000

331Navajo Sand Painting Textile, c. 1930s, with four spirit figures forming a cross, separated by corn stalks, with two lizards below and enclosed by a rainbow device, (damage, wool loss), 67 x 63 1/2 in.

Provenance: Dr. Henry Brown collection.$5,000-6,000


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332Two Navajo Handspun Samplers, c. late 19th century, one with a black whirling log design with serrated frame on a white ground, the second with a multicolored concentric serrated diamond design on a red field, largest 23 x 25 in.$400-600

333Four Navajo Germantown Samplers, Three on Looms, c. late 19th century, all with multicolored geometric designs, size with loom to 16 1/4 x 17 3/4 in.$1,200-1,600

334Three Navajo Germantown Samplers on Looms, c. late 19th century, all with tightly woven multicolored designs, size including loom to 13 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.$1,200-1,600

335Navajo Germantown Triple Sampler on Connected Looms, c. late 19th century, all with bold multicolored geometric designs, (minor damage), 14 x 52 in.$1,500-2,000


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336Navajo Germantown Sampler, c. late 19th century, with central white cross framed by serrated diamonds and four smaller crosses on a red background, 18 x 19 1/2 in.$500-700

337Navajo Germantown Pictorial Sampler on a Loom, c. late 19th century, a “gandy dancer” with setting tool walks toward a handcart, in the background are two buildings, one with smoke coming from the chimney, 11 x 9 3/4, lg. with loom 18 in.$1,500-2,000

338Navajo Germantown Pictorial Sampler on a Loom, with two “gandy dancers” on a handcart riding along a track, a female figure with long red skirt and green hat in the background, 12 x 12 1/2 in.$1,500-2,000


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339Navajo Germantown Runner, c. late 19th century, tightly woven with a bold serrate “X” design and stacked diamonds at each end, (some edge raveling), 29 x 70 in.$3,000-4,000

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340Navajo Germantown Multiple Sampler Runner, c. late 19th century, tightly woven in multicolored four-ply yarn, four sample patterns woven together as a runner, (minor dye run, some edge raveling), 23 x 67 in.$3,000-4,000

341Navajo Germantown Weaving, c. last quarter 19th century, woven in a Moki variant pattern, with a bold red stepped diamond design on a finely striped ground, (minor damage), 84 1/2 x 44 1/2 in.



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342Navajo Late Classic Woman’s Chief’s Blanket, with twelve-spot block pattern of yellow and green zigzag devices over a thin striped ground, with indigo blue and synthetic dyed red, (minor damage), 49 x 42 in.


343Navajo Late Classic Wearing Blanket, woven in a variant First Phase chief’s design, with handspun wool in natural cream and brown and synthetic red and indigo blue, 72 x 60 in.

Provenance: Charles H. Heyl II collection.$15,000-20,000

344Navajo Classic Woman’s Dress, finely woven in two panels, both ends with a stepped diamond banded pattern flanking an open center, in raveled cochineal and lac dyed red, indigo, green, and natural yarns, each panel 50 x 34 in.

Literature: Illustrated in Pleasing the Spirits, Douglas Ewing, p. 201, No. 194, “Woman’s Dress, Navajo, c. 1860.”$15,000-20,000


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345Classic Navajo Man’s Wearing Blanket, woven in a chief’s Third Phase pattern, the nine sawtooth edged diamond devices enclosing stacked bars, all against a classic banded ground, colors are natural cream and dark brown, cochineal red, and indigo blue, (minor damage, small repair), 74 1/2 x 57 in.$30,000-40,000


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346Mimbres Black on White Pottery Bowl, with an elaborate design on the interior featuring zigzag, fret, and hachured elements, (reconstructed from pieces), ht. 5 1/2 x dia. 12 in.$1,000-1,500

347Mimbres Black and White Pictorial Pottery Bowl, the interior decorated with an abstract beaver (?) encompassing a circle and concentric stepped cross and hachured design, with two size frame lines below the rim, (reconstructed from pieces), custom stand, ht. 4 x dia. 9 in.

Literature: “Re-Creating the World: Painted Ceramics of the Prehistoric Southwest,” The Bill Schenck Collection, Plate 127, p. 198.$5,000-7,000

348Papago Pottery Jar, c. 1900, shaped like a gourd with human face on the stem, with two slots for coins, old tag reads, “Papago Indian Savings Bank,” ht. 7 7/8 in.$250-350

349Hopi Polychrome Pottery Bowl, signed “Fannie Nampeyo,” with repeat abstract feather design, (minor surface wear), ht. 3 3/4 x dia. 6 1/4 in.$500-700

350Zuni Polychrome Pottery Owl, standing form with bold painted detail, ht. 6 1/2 in.$400-600

351San Juan Polished Blackware Bowl, with high shoulder and flared rim, (some surface wear), ht. 9 x dia. 11 1/2 in.$1,500-2,000

352Santo Domingo Painted Pottery Jar, with gracefully flared neck and painted with black geometric designs on cream-colored slip, old sticker “From the Pueblo of Santo Domingo,” ht. 9 1/2 x dia. 8 1/4 in.$1,500-2,000


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353San Ildefonso Polychrome Jar, with two-banded design showing abstract foliate design below stylized birds and small checkered devices, the interior rim with repeat kite-like design, (repairs, loss), ht. 10 x dia. 13 in.$800-1,200

354Polacca Pictorial Pottery Bowl, c. late 19th century, the interior painted with a kachina face in black and red on cream-colored slip, ht. 2 3/4 x dia. 7 in.$2,000-2,500

355Polacca Polychrome Pictorial Pottery Jar, the shoulder decorated with diamond devices framed by hatched bars with a scallop-edged band with alternating small bird heads and flowers below the slightly flared rim, ht. 7 3/4 x dia. 11 in.$8,000-12,000

356Zuni Polychrome Pottery Olla, c. late 19th century, with bold hachured bands framing geometric hourglass devices, (surface loss), ht. 10 1/2 x dia. 12 in.$2,000-3,000

357Large Zuni Polychrome Pictorial Canteen, c. last quarter 19th century, the lugs and back painted black, the front with central rosette medallion framed by four heartline deer, with an early red dyed braided fiber carrying strap decorated with large various color trade beads, canteen ht. 11, dia. including lugs 12 1/4 in.$6,000-8,000

358Zuni Polychrome Terraced Frog Bowl, c. last quarter 19th century, the interior decorated with splayed frog framed by a heartline serpent, the exterior with two facing serpents and pollywogs, (repair, clay loss), ht. 5 3/4 x dia. 11 in.$1,500-2,000


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359Zuni Polychrome Serpent Jar, c. 1900, with scalloped band below the rim and four high-relief serpents framing heartline bears and mountain lions (?), ht. 8 x dia. 10 3/4 in.$6,000-8,000


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360Large Cochiti Painted Storage Jar, c. first quarter 19th century, round form with flared rim and decorated with circular devices, sawtooth edged arms, and crosses, (damage, cracks, large restored area at bottom), ht. 18 x dia. 19 in.

Provenance: Henry F. Metcalf Museum, Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania.

Literature: For a jar possibly by the same maker, see American Indian Art Magazine, Autumn 2010, p. 58, #11.$4,000-6,000


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361Acoma Polychrome Pottery Jar, c. 1900, with a flowing design composed of stepped volutes, arched devices at top and bottom, and hatched detail, ht. 10 1/4 x dia. 11 in.$2,000-2,500

362Acoma Polychrome Pottery Jar, four-color jar with crimped rim and decorated with stylized flowers, ht. 6 3/4 x dia. 8 in.$1,000-1,500

363Acoma Polychrome Pottery Jar, c. first quarter 20th century, with bold vertical bands of stacked triangles framing an elaborate stepped geometric design with two-color hatching, ht. 8 1/2 x dia. 10 1/2 in.$1,500-2,000

364Acoma Four-color Pottery Olla, c. late 19th century, elaborate swirling design incorporating abstract floral devices, (some paint loss, chip at rim), ht. 10 3/4 x dia. 12 3/4 in.$2,500-3,500

365Acoma Four-color Pottery Jar, c. late 19th century, with long tapered neck and flared rim, two handles at the shoulder (one repaired), and decorated with a stepped hachured design at the neck, the body with elaborate concentric circle and propeller design, one of them square, separated by a checkered line, ht. 10 1/4 x dia. 10 in.$1,500-2,000


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366McCartys Polychrome Jar, c. last quarter 19th century, with high shoulder and short neck, the large midsection decorated with an elaborate geometric and foliate design, (crack, chips), ht. 11 1/4 x dia. 11 1/2 in.$2,500-3,500

367McCartys Polychrome Pottery Jar, c. second half 19th century, swirling geometric and foliate design framing bold red/orange cross devices, ht. 10 3/4 x dia. 11 in.$4,000-6,000

368Acoma Four-color Pottery Olla, c. 1900, with a repeating stepped design at the neck, the body with stylized birds standing on floral sprigs and framed by hachured cross devices, ht. 10 1/2 x dia. 11 1/2 in. (photo page 126)$8,000-12,000


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369Acoma Polychrome Pottery Jar, c. late 19th century, four-color jar with two different styles of birds standing on flowering plants two under arched bands, ht. 10 1/2 x dia. 10 1/2 in.$4,000-6,000

370Zia Polychrome Pottery Jar, c. last quarter 19th century, decorated with three stylized birds and foliate devices, ht. 6 3/4 x dia. 9 in.$2,000-2,500


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371Large Zia Four-color Storage Jar, c. 1930s, with two stylized birds and abstract floral devices framed by a rainbow band and separated by abstract floral and geometric panels, ht. 16 1/2 x dia. 18 in.$25,000-35,000


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372Eskimo Baleen Basket, 20th century, the lid with two ivory polar bears, the bottom signed on the inside, “765, Omnik, Pt. Hope, Alaska,” ht. 4 x dia. 4 in.$500-700

373Large Tlingit Polychrome Twined Basket, c. early 20th century, the lidded form with a multicolored banded design, ht. 9 1/4, dia. 10 1/2 in.


374Tlingit Twined Basket, c. early 20th century, with open weave technique and two bands of repeat hourglass devices, ht. 6 1/4, dia. 6 in.


375Tlingit Polychrome Twined Basket, c. early 20th century, decorated with a bold interlocking diamond design, ht. 7, dia. 8 1/2 in.


376Panamint Coiled Basketry Bowl, tightly woven with a bold zigzag band, ht. 4, dia. 7 3/4 in.


377Yokuts Polychrome Basket, c. 19th century, decorated with columns of stacked triangles, traces of red cloth, (stitch loss), ht. 4 1/4, dia. 7 3/4 in.

Provenance: Purportedly belonged to Nancy Kelsey, the first white woman to cross the Sierra Nevada.$250-350


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378Mission Polychrome Basketry Bowl, the shallow form with repeat block pattern and central pinwheel motif, ht. 2 3/4, dia. 14 in.


379Mission Polychrome Basket, c. late 19th century, oval form with bold zigzag band in variegated color, ht. 3 5/8 x lg. 15 in.

Provenance: Label on bottom reads, “Very Choice Mission Indian, made by Cahuilla Indians, Riverside Co., CAL. about 1902.”$1,500-2,000

380Yokuts Polychrome Basketry Bowl, a bottleneck form with single zigzag band and vertical stacked diamonds from the bottom, ht. 5, dia. 6 3/4 in.


381Yokuts Polychrome Coiled Basketry Bowl, decorated with a zigzag open band design, (minor stitch loss), ht. 4 3/8, dia. 11 1/2 in.


382Small Yokuts “Friendship” Basket, with alternating men and women holding hands, ht. 2 1/2, dia. 6 in.


383Large Yokuts Coiled Basketry Bowl, c. 1900, with two rows of abstract figures, some holding hands, (stains, minor stitch loss), ht. 10, dia. 18 in.



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384Yokuts Bottleneck Basketry Bowl, c. late 19th century, tightly woven with four bands of pendant-like devices, ht. 5, dia. 10 in.


385Chemehuevi Pictorial Coiled Basket, decorated with four geometric designs below four spreadwing eagles, ht. 3 7/8, lg. 6 in.


386Modoc Twined Basket with Stylized Flower Design, c. late 19th century, ht. 5 1/2, dia. 8 in.

Provenance: Dr. Henry Brown collection.$500-700

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387Northern California Polychrome Twined Basketry Hat, c. first quarter 20th century, dia. 7 in.$400-600

388Pomo Twined Burden Basket, conical form with wrapped rim and bands of geometric design, (minor stitch loss at rim), ht. 17 x dia. 21 1/2 in.$1,500-2,000

389Pima Coiled Basketry Bowl, with a concentric pinwheel design, ht. 4 x dia. 16 in.$500-700

390Pima Coiled Basketry Bowl, with a pinwheel, fretwork design, ht. 6 x dia. 17 1/2 in.$500-700

391Pima Coiled Basketry Bowl, with a stepped fretwork design, ht. 3 1/2 x dia. 15 in.$400-600

392Two Southwest Coiled Basketry Plaques, one with a four-point center, the other with a banded fret design, (minor stitch loss), dia. to 10 3/4 in.$400-600

393Navajo Polychrome Wedding Basket, bands of stepped triangles and central red band, ht. 2 3/4 x dia. 12 1/2 in.$500-700

394Apache Pictorial Basketry Olla, c. early 20th century, with human and animal forms and zigzag designs from the neck, ht. 14 in.$4,000-6,000


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395Apache Polychrome Pictorial Basket, c. first quarter 20th century, with five-point star at center, enclosed by a meandering band, towards the rim are two red and black flags and two plants, one with small birds (?), (minor stitch loss, the red on one flag has been touched up), ht. 3 1/4 x dia. 13 1/4 in.$2,500-3,500

396Apache Pictorial Coiled Basket, c. first quarter 20th century, with central star and alternating deer and humans in a positive-negative design, ht. 1 3/4, dia. 9 1/8 in.


397Apache Pictorial Flat Tray Basket, c. first quarter 20th century, with central thunderbird surrounded by seven horses, (minor stitch loss), dia. 19 1/4 in.


398Pima Pictorial Coiled Basket, c. early 20th century, with an inner band of six women surrounded by seven quadrupeds, ht. 2 7/8, dia. 12 3/4 in.



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399Large Apache Pictorial Basketry Bowl, c. 1900, with central cross framing five standing human figures, one small cross, and four pointed geometric devices, (stitch loss at rim), ht. 4 3/4 x dia. 24 in.$1,000-1,500

400Apache Coiled Basketry Bowl, c. early 20th century, with central flower and radiating track design, ht. 3 5/8 x dia. 12 in.$250-350

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mt. kearsarge indian museum

New Hampshire’s only museum dedicated to Native American art and culture, past and present.

PO Box 142 18 Highlawn Road Warner, NH 03278

603-456-2600 [email protected]

www.IndianMuseum.org

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Conditions of Sale1. Some of the lots in this sale are offered subject to a reserve. The reserve is a confidential minimum price agreed upon by the consignor and Skinner, Inc. below which the lot will not be sold. In most cases, the reserve will be set below the estimated range, but in no case will it exceed the estimates listed. A representative of Skinner, Inc. will execute such reserves by bidding for the consignor. In any event and whether or not a lot is subject to a reserve, the auctioneer may reject any bid or raise not commensurate with the value of such lot.

2. All property is sold “as is,” and neither the auctioneer nor any consignor makes any warranties or representation of any kind or nature with respect to the property, and in no event shall they be responsible for the correctness, nor deemed to have made any representation or warranty, of description, genuineness, authorship, attribution, provenance, period, culture, source, origin, or condition of the property and no statement made at the sale, or in the bill of sale, or invoice or elsewhere shall be deemed such a warranty of representation or an assumption of liability.

3. Except as provided in paragraph 1 above, the highest bidder as determined by the auctioneer shall be the purchaser. In the case of a disputed bid, the auctioneer shall have sole discretion in determining the purchaser and may also, at his or her election, withdraw the lot or reoffer the lot for sale. The auctioneer shall have sole discretion to refuse any bid, or refuse to acknowledge any bidder. Any bidder that plans on spending in excess of $100,000 should make arrangements with the accounting department at least five (5) days in advance of the sale, as a deposit may be required to participate.

4. All merchandise purchased must be paid for and removed from the premises the day of the auction. Skinner Inc. may impose, and the purchaser agrees to pay, a monthly interest charge of 1.5% of the purchase price of any lot or item lot not paid for within thirty-five (35) days of the date of sale.

Skinner, Inc. shall have no liability for any damage or loss to property left on its premises for more than three (3) days from the date of sale. If any property has not been removed within three (3) days from the date of sale, at the option of Skinner, Inc. (a) Skinner Inc., may impose, and the purchaser agrees to pay, a monthly storage charge of 1.5% of the purchase price of any lot or portion of a lot not removed within the three days, and/or (b) Skinner Inc. may place the merchandise in a subsequent auction, without Reserve, to be sold to the highest bidder, and after deducting the standard commission and any additional charges that may apply, remit the proceeds to the purchaser.

5. Skinner accepts cash or check for payment. Personal checks will be acceptable only if credit has been established with Skinner, Inc. or if a bank authorization has been received guaranteeing a personal check. Skinner, Inc. reserves the right to hold merchandise purchased by personal check until the check has cleared the bank. The purchaser agrees to pay Skinner, Inc. a handling charge of $25.00 for any check dishonored by the drawee. Please contact Accounting for additional payment methods. Skinner does not accept payment by credit card for merchandise purchases.

6. If the purchaser breaches any of its obligations under these Conditions of Sale, including its obligation to pay in full the purchase price of all items for which it was the highest successful bidder, Skinner Inc. may exercise all of its rights and remedies under the law including, without limitation, (a) canceling the sale and applying any payments made by the purchaser to the damages caused by the purchaser’s breach, and/or (b) offering at public auction, without reserve, any lot or item for which the purchaser has breached any of its obligations, including its obligation to pay in full the purchase price, holding the purchaser liable for any deficiency plus all costs of sale.

7. In no event will the liability of Skinner, Inc. to any purchaser with respect to any item exceed the purchase price actually paid by such purchaser for such item.

8. Shipping is the responsibility of the purchaser. Upon request, our staff will provide the list of shippers who deliver to destinations within the United States and overseas. Some property that is sold at auction can be subject to laws governing export from the U.S., such as items that include material from some endangered species. Import restrictions from foreign countries are subject to these same governing laws. Granting of licensing for import or export of goods from local authorities is the sole responsibility of the buyer. Denial or delay of licensing will not constitute cancellation or delay in payment for the total purchase price of these lots.

9. All purchases are subject to the Massachusetts 6.25% sales tax unless the purchaser possesses a Massachusetts sales tax exemption number. Exemption numbers from other states are accepted in Massachusetts if presented with a business card or letterhead. Dealers, museums, and other qualifying parties can apply for a Massachusetts exemption number prior to the auction by contacting the Massachusetts Department of Corporations and Taxation at 100 Cambridge Street in Boston.

10. Except for property purchased via On-line Auctions, a premium equal to 20% of the final bid price up to and including $500,000, plus 12% of the final bid over $500,000, will be applied to each lot sold, to be paid by the Buyer as part of the purchase price. The buyer’s premium on property purchased via On-line Auctions will be in an amount up to 23% of the final bid price.

11. Bidding on any item indicates your acceptance of these terms and all other terms printed within, posted, and announced at the time of sale whether bidding in person, through a representative, by phone, by Internet, or other absentee bid.

12. Skinner, Inc. and its consignors make no warranty or representation, express or implied, that the purchaser will acquire any copyright or reproduction rights to any lot sold. Skinner, Inc. expressly reserves the right to reproduce any image of the lots sold in this catalog. The copyright in all images, illustrations and written material produced by or for Skinner, Inc. relating to a lot, including the contents of this catalog, is, and shall remain at all times, the property of Skinner, Inc. and shall not be used by the purchaser, nor by anyone else, without our prior written consent.

13. These conditions of sale shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (excluding the laws applicable to conflicts or choice of law). The buyer/bidder agrees that any suit for the enforcement of this agreement may be brought, and any action against Skinner in connection with the transactions contemplated by this agreement shall be brought, in the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or any federal court sitting therein. The bidder/buyer consents to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of such courts and waives objections that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such suit.

Revised December 17, 2012

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63 Park PlazaBoston, MA 02116617.350.5400Fax 617.350.5429

274 Cedar Hill StreetMarlborough, MA 01752508.970.3000Fax 508.970.3100 www.skinnerinc.com

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63 Park PlazaBoston, MA 02116617.350.5400Fax 617.350.5429

274 Cedar Hill StreetMarlborough, MA 01752508.970.3000Fax 508.970.3100

www.skinnerinc.com

Board of Directors

Administration

Expert Departments

Chairman of the Board - Nancy R. SkinnerRichard AlbrightJohn DeightonBarnet FainStephen L. FletcherKaren M. KeaneAndrew Payne

President/Chief Executive Officer - Karen M. Keane

Chief Financial Officer - Don Kelly

Executive Vice President - Stephen L. Fletcher

Vice Presidents - Eric Jones, Marie Keep, Gloria Lieberman, Carol McCaffrey, Kerry Shrives, Stuart G. Slavid, Robin S.R. Starr

20th Century Design - Jane D. PrentissAssistant: Shannon M. Ames

American & European Paintings & Prints - Robin S.R. StarrAssistants: Kathy Wong, Elizabeth C. Haff, Michelle Lamunière

American Furniture & Decorative Arts - Stephen L. FletcherDeputy Director: Chris Barber; Assistants: Karen Langberg, Kelli Lucas Stewart

American Indian & Ethnographic Art - Douglas Deihl

Antique Motor Vehicles - Jane D. Prentiss

Asian Works of Art - Judith DowlingAssistants: Karen Mak, Suhyung Kim

Books & Manuscripts - Devon Gray

Bottles, Flasks & Early Glass - Stephen L. Fletcher

Ceramics - Stuart G. Slavid

Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - Robert C. CheneyAssistant: Jonathan Dowling

Couture - Anne Fallon

Discovery Auctions - Anne FallonAssistants: Melissa Riebe, Kyle Johnson

European Furniture & Decorative Arts - Stuart G. SlavidAssistants: Leah Kingman, Stephanie Opolski

Fine Wines - Marie KeepAssistant: Michael J. Moser

Historic Arms & Militaria - Joel Bohy

Jewelry - Victoria BratbergAssistant: John Colasacco

Judaica - Kerry Shrives

Musical Instruments - Director Pro Tem: Jill ArbetterAssistant: Horst Kloss

Oriental Rugs & Carpets - Lawrence KearneyAssistant: Erika Jorjorian

Silver - Stuart G. Slavid

Toys & Dolls - Anne Fallon

Auctioneers - LaGina Austin, Chris Barber, Robert C. Cheney,John Colasacco, Stephen L. Fletcher, Karen M. Keane, Marie C. Keep,Gloria Lieberman, Jessica R. Lincoln, Kerry Shrives, Stuart G. Slavid,Robin S.R. Starr, Laura V. Sweeney

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Marlborough: Warehouse Manager - Fred Trottier, 508.970.3261

Auction Coordinator - Melanie Trottier-Mitcheson, 508.970.3103

Boston: Property Distribution Manager - Jessica R. Lincoln, 617.874.4308

Auction Coordinator - Benjamin Evans, 617.874.4329

Marlborough: Accounts Receivable - Denise Johnson, 508.970.3269

Accounts Payable, Consignment - Kathleen Hayes, 508.970.3268

Accounts Payable, Trade - Kevin Rota, 508.970.3283

Credit Supervisor - William Madden, 508.970.3266

Marlborough: Jessica Turner, 508.970.3240

Appraisal & Auction Services - LaGina Austin, Christine E. Finn, Rachel Kingsley,Ava Pandiani

Advertising Production - Pamela Van de Houten

Boston Gallery Director - Laura V. SweeneyAssistant Gallery Director: Paige Lewellyn

Catalog Production - Pamela Van de Houten, Kristina Harrison

Consignment Services - Patricia Walker King, Carol Zeigler, Kealyn Garner

Customer Relations - Carol McCaffrey

Institutional Relations - L. Emerson Tuttle

Human Resources - Carol McCaffrey

Information Technology & Internet Auctions - Kerry ShrivesAssistants: Timothy Shaughnessey, Melissa Riebe

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Marketing & Public Relations - Kate de Bethune, Kathryn Gargolinski, Jessica Turner

Photographers - Stanley P. Bystrowski, Jeffrey R. Antkowiak, John Cornelius

Receptionists - Marlborough: Katie Fitzgerald

Boston: Sarah L. Collins

Staff Portraits - Cheryl Richards Photography

Transportation - Eric Jones

Service Departments

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Directions to Skinner’s Boston Gallery/63 Park Plaza, Boston, MA 02116

617.350.5400

From the West:Take the Massachusetts Turnpike to the Prudential/Copley exit located in the Prudential tunnel. Once on the exit ramp, stay in the right hand lane and follow the signs for Copley. The ramp exits onto Stuart Street. Drive straight through five sets of lights and take a left onto Charles Street South. Take your first left off of Charles St. South onto Park Plaza. Skinner is at 63 Park Plaza, one block up on the right.

From the South:Take 93-N to Exit 20 for I-90 W toward Worcester. Follow signs for Chinatown/South Station. Bear left at the fork to continue towards Kneeland Street. Turn left onto Kneeland Street. Kneeland Street becomes Stuart Street. Turn right onto Charles Street South. Turn left onto Park Plaza. Skinner is at 63 Park Plaza, one block up on the right.

From Logan Airport:Take the Ted Williams Tunnel. Take Exit 25 toward South Boston and bear left at the fork in the ramp. Bear right onto B St. Turn left onto Northern Ave which becomes Seaport Blvd. Turn left onto Surface Rd. Turn right onto Kneeland Street which becomes Stuart Street. Turn right onto Charles Street South. Turn left onto Park Plaza. Skinner is at 63 Park Plaza, one block up on the right.

From the North:Take I-93 South towards Boston. Take exit 26 towards Storrow Drive. Merge onto MA-28 South via the ramp on the left. Turn left onto Beacon Street. Turn right onto Arlington Street. Turn left onto Boylston Street. Turn right onto Hadassah Way. Skinner is on the right at 63 Park Plaza.

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Boston Hotels with SkinnerCorporate Rates

Parking

Boston Hotels

Indoor Parking

City Place Parking Garage8 Park Plaza (access on Charles Street)Mon.-Fri.: up to 1 hr.-$8, $4 each additional hr., to max $20Evenings (5pm-2:30am): $20 flat rateSat & Sun (6am-5pm): $5 per 1/2 hr.

MCCA Boston Common GarageZero Charles Street (between the Boston Common & Public Garden)Mon.-Fri.: up to 1 hr.-$10, $4 each additional hr., up to 10m hrs. $23, to max $28Evenings & Weekends: $12 flat rate

The Four Seaons Hotel Parking Garage200 Boylston Street$26 up to 2 hrs., $30 up to 3 hrs.,$35 up to 6 hrs., $49 all day

The Taj Hotel Parking Garage15 Arlington StreetUp to 24 hrs.-$44

LAZ Parking Back Bay Garage500 Boylston Street (222 Berkeley Street)617.266.7006Night & Day rates: 1/2 hr.- $8, 1 hr.- $10, 1 1/2 hr.- $18, 2 hrs.- $20, 2 1/2 hrs.- $26,3-24 hrs.- $37Weekend Rates: 1/2 hr.- $8, $2 each additional 1/2 hr., to max $22

Motor Mart Garage201 Stuart StreetUp to 1 hr.-$8, 1 to 2 hrs.-$12,2-3 hrs-$16/3-12 hrs.-$20/12-24 hr.-$31 weekends up to 3 hrs/$8

200 Stuart Street GarageAt Revere Hotel Boston Common200 Stuart Street 3-12 hrs.-$2212-24 hrs.-$40

Outdoor Parking(recommended for trucks)

LAZ Parking 130 Arlington Street617.426.0604$7 per 1/2 hr.$20 all day (weekdays only)$15 nights (starting at 4pm) and weekends

Billy’s Parking222 Stuart Street617.632.2881Mon-Fri 7:30am-5pm-$6 each 1/2 hr., $20 max$30 vans or trucks$25 during events in areaSat., Sun. & evenings $20 flat fee

Beacon Hill Hotel & Bistro25 Charles StreetBoston, MA 02114617.723.7575

The Colonnade120 Huntington AvenueBoston, MA 02116617.424.7000

Eliot Hotel370 Commonwealth Ave. Boston, MA 02215617.267.1607

Loews Boston Back Bay Hotel350 Stuart StreetBoston, MA 021161.855.495.6397

The Park Plaza64 Arlington StreetBoston, MA 02116617.426.2000

The Revere Hotel Boston Common200 Stuart StreetBoston, MA 02116Tel: 617.482.1800 Fax: 617.451.2750

Boston Harbor Hotel70 Rowe’s WharfBoston, MA 02110Tel: 1.800.654.2000Fax: 617.345.6799

Fairmont Copley Plaza138 St. James AvenueBoston, MA 02116Tel: 617.267.5300Fax: 617.375.9648

Four Seasons200 Boylston StreetBoston, MA 02116617.351.2036

The Liberty Hotel215 Charles St.Boston, MA 02114617.224.4000

Marriott Copley Place110 Huntington AvenueBoston, MA 02116Tel: 1.800.228.9290Fax: 617.236.5885

Nine Zero Hotel90 Tremont St.Boston, MA 02108617.772.5800

The Ritz-Carlton Boston Common10 Avery Street Boston, MA 02111Tel: 617.912.3315 Fax: 617.912.3375

Taj Boston15 Arlington St.Boston, MA 02116617.536.5700

Westin-Copley Plaza10 Huntington AvenueBoston, MA 02116Tel: 1.800.228.3000Fax: 617.424.7483

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American Furniture & Decorative Arts $120 $143

European Furniture & Decorative Arts $120 $143

American & European Works of Art $120 $143

Fine Jewelry $120 $143

20th Century Design $60 $73

Asian Works of Art $60 $73

Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets $18 $25

American Indian & Ethnographic Art $60 $73

Fine Books & Manuscripts $30 $36

Fine Ceramics $60 $73

Fine Musical Instruments $60 $73

Science, Technology & Clocks $60 $73

Fine Wines $60 $73

All Above Departments $750 $915

Subtotal

MA residents 6.25% sales tax

Total

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