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18th C. New Mexican Leather Petaca / Traveling Trunk

Fine Italian, Spanish, & Mexican Arms & Armor Assembly

Rare Kiathuthlanna Black and White Pottery Bowl

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America's Frontier | Ethnographic | Ancient

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Featuring historical examples from the American, Spanish, and Mexican frontiers, as well as Pre-Columbian, Ethnographic, Spanish Colonial, Fossils, Asian, Classical Antiquities and Fine Art. All items offered for sale have been legally acquired, are legal to sell and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. We ship worldwide to most countries, offering in-house shipping for your convenience.

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Mid 20th C. Acoma Polychrome Jar w/ Stylized Birds: Native American, Southwestern United States, New Mexico, Acoma Pueblo, ca. mid 20th century CE. A hand-built polychrome pottery vessel presenting a rounded body with a corseted shoulder and a broad

0036A: Mid 20th C. Acoma Polychrome Jar w/ Stylized BirdsEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

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Huge Early 20th C. Akimel O'odham Woven Basket: Native American, Southwestern USA/northern Mexico, Akimel O'odham people, ca. early 20th century CE. A large, tightly woven basket with a flat base, a wide waist, long shoulder, and raised opening,

0036B: Huge Early 20th C. Akimel O'odham Woven BasketEst. $600-$900

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19th C. Plains Hide Quiver w/ Arrow & Figure Motifs: Native American, Plains, ca. late 19th century CE. A skillfully hand-made deer hide quiver of an overall cylindrical form stitched along its length, and with a hide cord handle and intriguing

0037: 19th C. Plains Hide Quiver w/ Arrow & Figure MotifsEst. $1,600-$2,500Lot Passed

Early 20th C. Apache Wood, Leather Cradleboard: Native American, San Carlos Apache Nation (Arizona), ca. early 20th century CE. A classic artifact of the traditional Native American way of life, this is a wooden cradleboard for carrying a baby,

0038: Early 20th C. Apache Wood, Leather CradleboardEst. $1,600-$2,400Lot Passed

19th C. Santo Domingo Pueblo Percussion Long Pistol: Native American, North America, New Mexico, Santo Domingo Pueblo, ca. mid-19th century CE. A fine example of a long pistol with a hand-carved wooden stock of an unusual form. The thick backstock has

0039: 19th C. Santo Domingo Pueblo Percussion Long PistolEst. $1,500-$2,000Lot Passed

19th C. Native American Kickapoo Hide Saddle: Native American, possibly Kickapoo (Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas), ca. second half of the 19th century CE. A hide-covered wooden saddle, used for horseback riding, with its distinctive near-symmetrical

0040: 19th C. Native American Kickapoo Hide SaddleEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

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Kwakiutl Wood Mask by Lelooska, ca. 1967: Native American, Pacific Northwest, Lelooska of the Kwakwaka'wakw people (Kwakiutl), ca. 1967 CE. A charming sun mask, finely carved from cedar wood and painted in a vibrant palette of red, green,

0041: Kwakiutl Wood Mask by Lelooska, ca. 1967Est. $600-$900

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20th C. Alaskan Inuit Whalebone Carving by C. Slwooko: Charles Slwooko (Inuit, 1900-1975) St. Lawrence Island, North Bering Sea, ca. mid 20th century CE. Carved from fossilized whalebone, a striking sculpture depicting two nearly identical abstract

0041A: 20th C. Alaskan Inuit Whalebone Carving by C. SlwookoEst. $2,500-$3,000Lot Passed

Hopi Tile Wood Table w/ Morning Singer Kachina, 1960s: Native American, Southwest, Arizona, Hopi, ca. 1960s. A hand-crafted solid oak table featuring tilework by famous Hopi potter Sylvia Poleyestewa (also Poley) (Hopi, b. 1935, an artist listed in

0042: Hopi Tile Wood Table w/ Morning Singer Kachina, 1960sEst. $1,800-$2,500Lot Passed

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Mid 20th C. Pacific Northwest Painted Wood Mask: Native American, Pacific Northwest, ca. mid-20th century CE. An stunning hand-carved wooden mask, with a fierce face, with sunken eyes, high cheekbones, and a jutting, open mouth with wide red lips.

0043: Mid 20th C. Pacific Northwest Painted Wood MaskEst. $1,200-$1,800

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Vintage Tlingit Cedar Grease Bowl by Abner Johnson: Northwest Coast, Tlingit, ca. 1970s. Signed Abner Johnson on underside. A fascinating hand-carved red cedar grease bowl of an overall oblong shape with raised ends, featuring a zoomorphic head at

0044: Vintage Tlingit Cedar Grease Bowl by Abner JohnsonEst. $900-$1,200

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Hopi Wooden Kachina - Black Ogre / Nataska, ca. 1950s: Native American, Southwestern USA, Arizona and New Mexico, Hopi Peoples, ca. 1950s CE. A striking Black Ogre or Nataska (alsp Nata 'aska) kachina (katsina) doll, hand carved from wood, nicely

0045: Hopi Wooden Kachina - Black Ogre / Nataska, ca. 1950sEst. $500-$800

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19th C. Plains Indians Sioux Moccasins Glass Beads: Native American, Southwest, Plains Indians, Sioux, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. An attractive pair of beaded deer hide moccasins, lane-stitched with sinew and glass beads of spring green,

0046: 19th C. Plains Indians Sioux Moccasins Glass BeadsEst. $900-$1,200Lot Passed

Mid-19th C. Plains Indians Wood & Iron Warrior Lance: North America, Central/Southern Plains, Plains Indians, ca. second half of the 19th to early 20th century CE. A wonderful example of a Plains Indian warrior lance with a lengthy wooden pole that

0046A: Mid-19th C. Plains Indians Wood & Iron Warrior LanceEst. $2,500-$3,500Lot Passed

19th C. Native American Pima Woven Basket: Native American, present day central and southern Arizona, Pima, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A finely woven basket from the Pima peoples (also Akimel O'odham, Akimel O'otham, River

0046B: 19th C. Native American Pima Woven BasketEst. $900-$1,200Lot Passed

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19th C. Native American Plains Wooden Bow: Native American, Southern and Southwestern United States, Southern Plains region, Plains Indians, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden bow of a lengthy, slender form with a

0046C: 19th C. Native American Plains Wooden BowEst. $800-$1,200

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0046D: 19th C. Native American Plains Wooden BowEst. $800-$1,200

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20th C. Northwest Coast Kwakwaka'wakw Wood Rattle: Native American, North America, Pacific Northwest (USA and Canada), Kwakwaka'wak (Kwakiutl) tribe, ca. mid 20th century CE. A beautiful rattle depicting a stylized avian face, hand-carved from

0047: 20th C. Northwest Coast Kwakwaka'wakw Wood RattleEst. $1,000-$1,500

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19th C. Native American Penobscot Burl Wood Club: Native American, eastern United States and eastern Canada, Maine and Quebec, Northeastern Woodlands region, Penobscot (also Panawahpskek) peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A formidable club

0048: 19th C. Native American Penobscot Burl Wood ClubEst. $600-$900Lot Passed

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Early 20th C. Apache Water Basket - Tus: Native American, Southwestern USA, Apache people, ca. early 20th century CE. A beautifully preserved example of a woven water basket, known as a "tus", with an elongated ovoid form, a small mouth,

0049: Early 20th C. Apache Water Basket - TusEst. $1,200-$1,800

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Early 20th C. Apache Wicker & Pitch Water Basket: Native American, Southwestern United States, Apache people, ca. early 20th century CE. A woven basketry vessel of a spherical form with a concave base, a rounded shoulder, a corseted neck with a

0049A: Early 20th C. Apache Wicker & Pitch Water BasketEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

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Early 20th C. Apache Wicker & Pitch Water Basket: Native American, Southwestern United States, Apache people, ca. early 20th century CE. An attractive example of a water basket woven from thick wicker strands. The utilitarian vessel is defined by a

0050: Early 20th C. Apache Wicker & Pitch Water BasketEst. $1,000-$1,500

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Native American Hopi Wood Kachina - Heheya, 1950s: Native American, Southwestern USA, Arizona and New Mexico, Hopi Peoples, ca. 1950s CE. A hand-carved and hand-painted wooden Heheya Kachina (Katsina) doll. Most often seen on the Third Mesa, Heheya

0051: Native American Hopi Wood Kachina - Heheya, 1950sEst. $500-$800

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Kwakiutl Nimpkish Wooden Mask by Shawn Karpes, 1992: Northwest Coast, Kwaguilth (Kwakiutl, Kwakwaka'wakw) by Shawn Karpes (Nimpkish Clan, b. 1968), 1992. A skillfully carved, painted, and embellished red cedar mask by Shawn Karpus of the Nimpkish Clan

0052: Kwakiutl Nimpkish Wooden Mask by Shawn Karpes, 1992Est. $1,000-$1,500

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