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5:00 AM PT - Sep 18th, 2004

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The sale will take place at the Business Club of Montgomery, Ohio. Please go to www.cowanauctions.com for directions and accommodations. Preview at the Business Club September 16, 10am-5pm, September 17, 9am-11am, and September 18, 8am-10am. Some lots may also be previewed in our warehouse by appointment up to a week before the sale.

American Indian Art

472 items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
456
Lot 456
Cahuilla/ Mission Rattlesnake Tray,


Cahuilla/ Mission Rattlesnake Basket Tray, beautifully twined of...

6,000
-
8,000
457
Lot 457
Large Mission Basket,

probably Maidu, coiled of willow with reddish brown stepped band...

600
-
800
458
Lot 458
Mission Polychrome Basket,

coiled sumac, shallow oval bowl with short flared sides...

600
-
800
459
Lot 459
Oval California Mission Basket,

made of juncus, with natural and aniline red dyed rush forming...

500
-
700
460
Lot 460
Panamint Basket,

finely coiled with zigzag motif wrapping around shoulder...

600
-
800
461
Lot 461
Washo Gap-Stitched Basket,

coiled of willow and woven into a beautifully rounded bowl...

400
-
600
462
Lot 462
Pomo Figural Basket,

coiled, with nine abalone triangles suspended from graduated...

900
-
1,100
463
Lot 463
Large Northern California Twined Basket,

with bold geometric design of negative and positive triangles...

2,500
-
3,500
464
Lot 464
Hupa Basket Tray,

twined with half-twist overlay decoration of dark stepped...

1,000
-
1,500
465
Lot 465
Northern California Woman's Polychrome Hat,

with beautifully twined overlay design of parallelograms and...

400
-
600
466
Lot 466
Northern California Basket,

twined with stepped geometric patterns using an overlay technique...

500
-
700
467
Lot 467
Yokuts Chalice-Shaped Basket,

finely coiled and decorated with two bands of the diamond back...

600
-
800
468
Lot 468
Modoc Polychrome Bow,

hourglass-shaped hardwood with orange, black, and natural...

700
-
900
469
Lot 469
Western Apache Olla,

late 19th - early 20th centuries. Finely coiled willow storage...

15,000
-
18,000
470
Lot 470
Large Apache Olla,

tightly coiled willow storage basket with negative and positive...

9,000
-
11,000
471
Lot 471
Western Apache Basket,

coiled willow with an intricate devil's claw design of...

500
-
700
472
Lot 472
Mescalero Apache Basket,

coiled yucca in natural colors of green, brown, red, and yellow...

500
-
700
473
Lot 473
Jicarilla Apache Basket,

coiled yucca, triangles and forked geometric shapes outlined in...

500
-
700
474
Lot 474
San Carlos Apache Polychrome Basket,

coiled of willow and fashioned into a round, shallow basket...

600
-
900
475
Lot 475
Miniature Western Apache Pictorial Olla,

coiled willow and devil's claw, with delightful vertical bands...

800
-
1,200
476
Lot 476
Western Apache Basket,

coiled willow with central devil's claw outlined star-flower...

600
-
900
477
Lot 477
Jicarilla Apache Basket Tray,

coiled of sumac with fine, false braided rim and with...

400
-
600
478
Lot 478
Western Apache Basket,

finely coiled of willow with devil's claw decorations of large...

1,000
-
1,500
479
Lot 479
Trios Polychrome Jar,

ca 1880-1900, red and black-on-white. Potted with a globular body...

8,000
-
12,000
480
Lot 480
Modified Trios/ Zia Polychrome Storage Jar,

ca 1890-1900, black and red-on-cream. Gorgeous vessel of large...

10,000
-
12,000
481
Lot 481
Pollaca Canteen with Ahola Germ God Katsina Imag


Pollaca Canteen with Ahola Germ God Katsina Image, pregnant...

1,500
-
2,500
482
Lot 482
Hopi Polik Mana Katsina Plate,


Hopi Polik Mana Katsina Plate, black and red-on-creamy orange...

1,000
-
2,000
483
Lot 483
Early Hopi Seed Jar,

late 19th century, black-on-dark creamy orange and potted with...

1,500
-
2,500
484
Lot 484
Hopi Seed Jar,

ca 1890s, red and black-on-creamy orange and decorated with rain...

1,500
-
2,500
485
Lot 485
Cochiti Figural Pitcher,

black-on-cream, fancifully sculpted with bear-like face, mouth is...

2,000
-
3,000
486
Lot 486
Zuni Frog Jar,

ca 1900, red and brown-on-chalky white, of globular form with...

10,000
-
15,000
487
Lot 487
Zuni "Deer in His House" and Water Bird Jar,

ca 1880-1910, red and black-on-white, with flaring sides...

7,000
-
9,000
488
Lot 488
Zuni "Snow Cloud" Jar,

ca 1880-1910, red and black-on-white, of globular form with...

5,000
-
7,000
489
Lot 489
Zuni "Deer in His House" Jar,

ca 1890-1910, red and black-on-white and potted with globular...

7,000
-
9,000
490
Lot 490
Zuni "Deer in His House" and Water Bird Vessel,

ca 1880-1910, red and black-on-white, with flaring sides, sloping...

4,000
-
5,000
491
Lot 491
Zuni Bird Jar,

ca 1880-1910, red and black-on-cream, fashioned with squat body...

6,000
-
8,000
492
Lot 492
Zuni "Deer in His House" Jar,

red and black-on-cream slip with slightly indented base, black...

4,000
-
6,000
493
Lot 493
Zuni "Deer in His House" Jar,

ca 1880-1910, red and black-on-white, of classic form with...

6,000
-
8,000
494
Lot 494
Zuni Rain Bird Jar,

ca 1890s. Black and red-on-white slip, with indented base and...

4,000
-
6,000
495
Lot 495
Santo Domingo Jar,

black-on-cream slip, with concave base and flared black rim...

800
-
1,200
496
Lot 496
Santo Domingo Gourd-Shaped Vessel,

black and red-on-cream, unique double-lobe form, painted with...

1,000
-
1,500
497
Lot 497
Santo Domingo Dough Bowl,

black-on-cream interior, burnished exterior. Designed with a...

1,500
-
2,000
498
Lot 498
Large Santo Domingo Bowl,

black and red-on-cream, potted with greatly flared sides and a...

4,000
-
5,000
499
Lot 499
Large Cochiti/ Santo Domingo Water Jar,

ca 1900-1930, black and red-on-cream. A phenomenal gourd-shaped...

3,000
-
4,000
500
Lot 500
Santo Domingo Jar,

ca 1930s, red and black-on-cream. A substantial vessel with...

1,000
-
1,500
501
Lot 501
Santo Domingo Polychrome Jar,

ca 1920s. Gourd-shaped body with decoration almost entirely in...

6,000
-
8,000
502
Lot 502
San Ildefonso Black-on-Red Vase,

bulbous form of vessel augments the bold, stylized flower...

600
-
900
503
Lot 503
Isleta Handled Vase,

ca 1930-1940, red and black-on-white. Unique globular body, with...

2,500
-
3,500
504
Lot 504
Acoma Polychrome Jar,

black and red-on-white slip, globular body with attenuated neck...

1,500
-
2,000
505
Lot 505
Acoma Parrot and Rain Bird Polychrome Jar,

ca 1930s, black and red-on-white, globular form with indented...

4,000
-
6,000
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