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11:00 AM PT - Jan 17th, 2012

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Saturday, January 14, 2012 from 10:00 a.m. - 8: 00 p.m. | Sunday, January 15, 2012 from 10:00 a.m. - 8: 00 p.m. | Monday, January 16, 2012 from 8:00 a.m. - 8: 00 p.m. | Tuesday, January 17, 2012 8:00 a.m. end of sale. Items will be on display and may be previewed during auction.

Brams Collection of Woodlands Indian Art

135 items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
301
Lot 301
Painted Shop Sign: D. A. Card. / ANTIQUES. / 52 UT

ICA ST. Original sign for DeVere A. Card Antiques, Hamilton, NY...

500
-
1,000
302
Lot 302
An Ash Burl Scoop Depicting a Reductive Bird, an A

bstract Maple Effigy Ladle, and a Large Deep Ash Burl Bowl The...

1,200
-
1,800
303
Lot 303
Preening Swan Effigy Ladle


Eastern Great Lakes Woodlands, second-half 18th century This...

5,000
-
8,000
304
Lot 304
Ash Burl Ladle with Large Preening Bird


Eastern Great Lakes Woodlands, late 18th century The handle...

1,500
-
3,000
305
Lot 305
Four Bird Effigy Ladles (4)


Four Bird Effigy Ladles 1800-1860 Four bird effigy ladles...

2,500
-
3,500
306
Lot 306
Four Reductive Bird Effigy Ladles (4)


Four Reductive Bird Effigy Ladles Great Lakes Woodlands, first...

1,200
-
1,800
307
Lot 307
Small Preening Goose Ladle


Eastern Great Lakes Woodlands, circa 1840 Delicate form with well...

800
-
1,200
308
Lot 308
Elm Burl Effigy Bowl


Eastern Great Lakes Woodlands, first half 18th century (or...

30,000
-
50,000
309
Lot 309
Bear Effigy Crooked Knife


Eastern Woodlands, circa 1860 Penobscot, Maine This knife is...

1,200
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1,800
310
Lot 310
Group of Three Related Reductive Animal Effigy Lad

les Eastern Great Lakes, circa 1780-1825 The three likely all...

2,000
-
4,000
311
Lot 311
Very Large Ladle and Large Reductive Bear Effigy L

adle Western Great Lakes Woodlands (Cree) and Great Lakes...

1,200
-
1,800
312
Lot 312
Human and Bear Maple Effigy Ladle


Great Lakes Woodlands, circa 1820 One can only speculate its...

3,000
-
6,000
313
Lot 313
Maple Bird Effigy Ladle (Resembling a Bird Stone)


Eastern Great Lakes Woodlands, circa 1780 The Woodlands people...

2,000
-
4,000
314
Lot 314
Ash Burl Bird Effigy Ladle with Coxcomb


Eastern Great Lakes Woodlands, second-half 18th century The bowl...

4,000
-
8,000
315
Lot 315
Iroquois Ash Burl Bowl With Open Handles


First half 18th century Early shallow bowl with prominent open...

4,000
-
8,000
316
Lot 316
Two Penobscot Clubs (2)


Two Penobscot Clubs Large Penobscot Club with Face 19th century...

1,500
-
2,500
317
Lot 317
Penobscot Birch Root Club with Carved and Painted

Bear Circa 1890-1920 Unusual example with a large bear head...

600
-
800
318
Lot 318
Four Penobscot Root Clubs (4)


Four Penobscot Root Clubs Late 19th/ early 20th century Comprising...

1,000
-
1,500
319
Lot 319
Abenaki Hickory Wisk and Basket Stamp (2)


Abenaki Hickory Wisk and Basket Stamp Woodlands, first half of...

300
-
500
320
Lot 320
Atlantic White Cedar Burl Bowl


Abenaki, circa 1760-1800 Regarded by many as the masterpiece of...

3,000
-
5,000
321
Lot 321
Atlantic White Cedar Burl Bowl


Abenaki, circa 1760-1800 This bowl has a tremendous presence...

2,000
-
4,000
322
Lot 322
The Thompson Family Seated Human Effigy Feast Ladl

e Algonquian, first half 18th century This important Delaware...

40,000
-
80,000
323
Lot 323
Maple Kneeling Woman Effigy Ladle


Great Lakes Woodlands (Wyandot), circa 1780-1820 Atypical, the...

6,000
-
10,000
324
Lot 324
Elm Human Effigy Ladle


Great Lakes Woodlands (Wyandot), circa 1780-1820 This carving...

5,000
-
8,000
325
Lot 325
Maple Scoop with Pierced and Incised Star/Sun Deco

ration Eastern-Central Great Lakes Woodlands, circa 1820 With a...

2,500
-
5,500
326
Lot 326
A Group of Three Related Ladles and a Large Maple

Ladle with Pierced Hole and Sun Decoration Great Lakes , circa...

1,200
-
1,800
327
Lot 327
Abstract Effigy Ladle and Two Western Cree Maple L

adles Great Lakes Woodlands, circa 1800-1820 The first, carved...

1,500
-
2,500
328
Lot 328
Ash Burl Bowl with Extensive Remnants of Red Pigme

nt Eastern Great Lakes Woodlands, circa 1780 Deep oval bowl with...

2,500
-
3,500
329
Lot 329
Two Ash Burl Bowls (2)


Two Ash Burl Bowls Hudson River Valley Woodlands, circa 1780 This...

1,500
-
2,500
330
Lot 330
Medium Ash Burl Bowl with Shouldered Ends


Eastern Great Lakes, early 19th century In the form of a handled...

4,000
-
6,000
331
Lot 331
Elm Burl Bowl with Shouldered Ends Together with a


Elm Burl Bowl with Shouldered Ends Eastern Great Lakes, circa...

4,000
-
6,000
332
Lot 332
Three Small Woodlands Vessels (3)


Three Small Woodlands Vessels Early 19th century First Woodlands...

1,500
-
2,500
333
Lot 333
Maple Burl Bowl and Ladle (2)


Maple Burl Bowl and Ladle Iroquois (Seneca), mid 18th century This...

2,000
-
4,000
335
Lot 335
Group of Three Reductive Animal Effigy Ladles (3)


Group of Three Reductive Animal Effigy Ladles Eastern Great Lakes...

2,500
-
4,500
336
Lot 336
Effigy Knife with Pig Effigy and Quilled Sheath


18th century/ 19th century Though the tradition of effigy carving...

15,000
-
30,000
337
Lot 337
Very Diminutive Maple Burl Pig Effigy Ladle


Eastern Great Lakes Woodlands (Iroquois), second half of 18th...

4,000
-
8,000
338
Lot 338
Small Elm Burl Bowl with Shouldered Ends


Eastern Great Lakes, circa late 18th century Quietly...

3,000
-
5,000
339
Lot 339
Small Maple Burl Bowl with Reductive Manitou


Eastern Great Lakes Woodlands, circa late 18th century...

3,000
-
5,000
340
Lot 340
Small Maple Burl Bowl with Raised Ends


Eastern Great Lakes Woodlands, circa 1780 Small sized medicine or...

3,000
-
6,000
341
Lot 341
Small Woodlands Maple Burl Oval Dish with Beaded R

im Late 18th/early 19th century A fine example with a well defined...

1,000
-
2,000
342
Lot 342
Five Ladles with Reductive Manitou and Bird Featur

es, two with 19th Century Labels Great Lakes Two with incised...

2,000
-
3,000
343
Lot 343
A Group of Seven Ladles and One Crooked Knife (8)


A Group of Seven Ladles and One Crooked Knife Great Lakes...

1,200
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1,800
344
Lot 344
Three Ladles and One Dipper (4)


Three Ladles and One Dipper Great Lakes Woodlands, 18th/19th...

800
-
1,200
345
Lot 345
Small Medicine Ladle with Stepped Sides


Circa 1780 The small scale of this piece should be noted. The...

2,000
-
4,000
346
Lot 346
Figured Maple Lynx/Bobcat Effigy Ladle


Great Lakes, circa 1780 Central to Woodlands mythology was the...

30,000
-
50,000
347
Lot 347
Ash Burl Bowl with High Shouldered Ends and One Ma

ple Bowl with Single Sided Shoulder or Castellation Eastern Great...

3,000
-
6,000
348
Lot 348
Large Ash Burl Bowl with Shouldered Ends and Reces

sed Handles Eastern Great Lakes Woodlands, circa 1780-1820 A large...

6,000
-
9,000
349
Lot 349
Small Ash Burl Tray and Oval Elm Burl Bowl (2)


Small Ash Burl Tray and Oval Elm Burl Bowl Both from Eastern Great...

1,500
-
2,500
350
Lot 350
Group of Seven Maple and Ash Burl Bowls (7)


Group of Seven Maple and Ash Burl Bowls Eastern Great Lakes, circa...

3,000
-
5,000
351
Lot 351
Oval Ash Burl Bowl with Tapered Sides on a Raised

Foot Eastern Great Lakes Woodlands, circa 1780 Atypical form...

2,500
-
4,500
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