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Choice Mimbres Rare Woman Figure Pottery Bowl

William Spratling 18K Gold Link Bracelet - Taxco

Egyptian Faience Winged Scarab Amulet w/ Beads

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Louisville, CO, United States

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Native American | Ethnographic | Ancient Art

Artemis Fine Arts

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Choice Mimbres Rare Woman Figure Pottery Bowl: Native American, Southwestern United States, New Mexico, Mimbres Valley, ca. 950 to 1200 CE. A rare and important hemispherical black-on-white pottery bowl featuring a finely painted figural

0001: Choice Mimbres Rare Woman Figure Pottery BowlEst. $24,000-$36,000$12,000

Mississippian Caddo Incised Blackware Tripod Bottle: Native American, Southeastern United States, Mississippian Caddo culture, ca. 900 to 1400 CE. A masterwork of balance and motion, this Caddo blackware tripod bottle rises on three sturdy legs like a

0002: Mississippian Caddo Incised Blackware Tripod BottleEst. $3,000-$4,500$1,500

Quapaw Pottery Spouted Vessel - Red & White Swirl: Native American, Southeastern Woodlands, Quapaw, ca. 1500 to 1700 CE. A bold interlocking swirl of red and white sweeps across this Quapaw spouted vessel like a living current, turning the pot into a

0003: Quapaw Pottery Spouted Vessel - Red & White SwirlEst. $3,000-$5,000$1,500

Mississippian Mythological Cat Serpent Pottery Vessel: Native American, Midwestern / Southeastern United States, Mississippian culture, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A sculptural ceramic bowl modeled with the celebrated "cat-serpent" motif, a mythological

0004: Mississippian Mythological Cat Serpent Pottery VesselEst. $1,900-$2,850$950

Mississippian Pottery Effigy Vessel - Human Face: North America, Southeastern United States, Mississippian culture, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A Mississippian pottery figural vessel of bulbous double-gourd form, subtly modeled with anthropomorphic

0005: Mississippian Pottery Effigy Vessel - Human FaceEst. $1,100-$1,700$550

Mississippian Grayware Jar - ex Sotheby's & ex Warhol: Native American, Southeastern United States, Mississippian culture, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A beautifully restrained Mississippian pottery jar, its rounded body and short neck shaped with the kind of

0006: Mississippian Grayware Jar - ex Sotheby's & ex WarholEst. $1,300-$2,000$650

Mississippian Bell Plain Jar - ex-Warhol & ex-Sotheby's: Native American, Southeastern United States, Mississippian culture, ca. 900 to 1600 CE. A handsome Mississippian pottery jar of classic Bell Plain type, modeled with a broad, rounded body and a

0007: Mississippian Bell Plain Jar - ex-Warhol & ex-Sotheby'sEst. $1,300-$1,950$650

Mississippian Caddo Blackware Engraved Bottle: Native American, Southeastern United States, Caddo culture, Mississippian period, ca. 900 to 1600 CE. A well-balanced Mississippian Caddo blackware water bottle distinguished by its smooth globular

0008: Mississippian Caddo Blackware Engraved BottleEst. $1,200-$1,800$600

Mississippian Caddo Friendship Engraved Bottle: Native American, Southeastern United States, Caddo culture, Mississippian period, ca. 900 to 1600 CE. A Mississippian period Caddo pottery water bottle from Hempstead County, Arkansas, made in the

0009: Mississippian Caddo Friendship Engraved BottleEst. $1,100-$1,650$550

Mississippian Caddo Blackware Water Bottle: Native American, Southeastern United States, Caddo culture, Mississippian period, ca. 900 to 1600 CE. A finely proportioned Caddo blackware water bottle distinguished by its rounded body, tall neck,

0010: Mississippian Caddo Blackware Water BottleEst. $800-$1,200$400

Mississippian Pottery Jar w/ Carved Relief Ogee Design: Native American, Southeastern United States, Mississippian culture, ca. 800 to 1600 CE. An elegant Mississippian jar, this vessel is defined by its broad, rounded body and its bold relief-carved

0011: Mississippian Pottery Jar w/ Carved Relief Ogee DesignEst. $2,400-$3,600$1,200

Native American Mississippian Period Shell Necklace: Native American, Southern United States, Caddo / Mississippian culture, ca. 900 to 1450 CE. A strand composed of numerous shell fragments, each drilled with a small suspension hole and strung on

0012: Native American Mississippian Period Shell NecklaceEst. $900-$1,400$450

Native American Quapaw Polychrome Ceramic Vessel: Native American, Midwestern to Southeastern United States, Mississippian Quapaw culture, ca. 14th to 17th century CE. A globular ceramic vessel with a rounded body and tall, flaring neck. The surface

0013: Native American Quapaw Polychrome Ceramic VesselEst. $3,000-$4,500$1,500

Published Quapaw Pottery Stirrup Vessel - Intact!: Native American, Southeastern United States, Quapaw culture, ca. 16th to 17th century CE. A beautifully intact Quapaw stirrup vessel, this rare form distills centuries of ceramic tradition into a

0014: Published Quapaw Pottery Stirrup Vessel - Intact!Est. $4,000-$6,000$2,000

19th C. Native American Earthenware Cooking Vessel: North America, Native American, ca. 19th to 20th century CE. A large, hand-built Native American pottery cooking vessel of rounded form with a wide mouth, flared rim, and gently curved shoulders

0015: 19th C. Native American Earthenware Cooking VesselEst. $650-$950$300

Native American Bone Awl & Two Copper Needles: Please xrf to see if there is any chance this is human. Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code

0016: Native American Bone Awl & Two Copper NeedlesEst. $600-$900$300

Huge San Felipe Painted Dance Bow & 2 Feathered Arrows: Native American, Southwest, New Mexico, San Felipe Pueblo, ca. 1930s to 1940s CE. A monumental San Felipe Pueblo dance bow with two matching arrows, each a testament to the ceremonial artistry and

0017: Huge San Felipe Painted Dance Bow & 2 Feathered ArrowsEst. $1,100-$1,700$550

2 Miniature Zuni Pottery Owls by Evelyn Koskela: Native American, Southwestern United States, Zuni, ca. late 20th century CE. A matched pair of miniature Zuni pottery owls modeled in compact standing form with rounded bodies, small ear tufts, and

0018: 2 Miniature Zuni Pottery Owls by Evelyn KoskelaEst. $600-$900$300

Native American Sioux Beaded Umbilical Amulets Turtles: North America, Western United States, Plains Tribes, likely Lakota (Sioux), ca. early 20th century CE. A pair of rawhide and hand-beaded fetish amulets in the form of turtles, each with leather strip

0019: Native American Sioux Beaded Umbilical Amulets TurtlesEst. $900-$1,400$450

Alaska Inuit Bone Tools & Ivory Toggle Harpoon Head: Native American, Northwestern United States, Alaska, Beringian / Old Bering Sea Culture, Punuk & Thule to Inuit, ca. 200 BCE to 1800 CE. A group of 4 carved bone and walrus ivory tools including an

0020: Alaska Inuit Bone Tools & Ivory Toggle Harpoon HeadEst. $450-$750$200

Native American Shell & Marine Mammal Tooth Necklace: Native American, Northwestern United States, possibly Alaska, Inuit / Yup'ik culture, ca. 18th to early 20th century CE. A necklace composed of shell heishi beads strung on a monofilament wire with a

0021: Native American Shell & Marine Mammal Tooth NecklaceEst. $750-$1,100$350

Early 20th C. Tlingit Spruce Root Twined Basket: Native American, Pacific Northwest United States, Alaska, Tlingit culture, ca. early 20th century. A twined basket woven from spruce root with diagonal twining or false embroidery, creating raised

0022: Early 20th C. Tlingit Spruce Root Twined BasketEst. $550-$850$250

Large Inuit Soapstone Acrobat in Transformative Pose: Native American / First Nations, Canada, Inuit, ca. 20th century CE. A striking and large soapstone or greenstone carving depicting a hybrid acrobatic figure in an extreme contortionist pose. The

0023: Large Inuit Soapstone Acrobat in Transformative PoseEst. $5,000-$10,000$2,000

Two Alaskan Bone Vertebrae w/ Drawn on Animal Faces: Native American, Pacific Northwest Coast, Alaska, Inuit / Yupik cultures, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. A pair of animal vertebrae, likely from an Arctic ungulate or marine mammal, transformed

0024: Two Alaskan Bone Vertebrae w/ Drawn on Animal FacesEst. $400-$600$200

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