Native American | Ethnographic | Ancient Art Auction on Jul 02, 2026 by Artemis Fine Arts in CO
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Native American | Ethnographic | Ancient Art
Mexican Guerrero Silver Mask w/ Lizard Motif Bell
Large Prehistoric Fossilized Platecarpus Mosasaur Skull
Taino Stone Zemi - Carved Anthropomorphic Cohoba Idol
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Louisville, CO, United States
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Native American | Ethnographic | Ancient Art

Artemis Fine Arts

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Bob Dodge
Bob Dodge
Artemis - Pre-Columbian, Ethnographic & Ancient Art
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Large Woodland Period Steatite Platform Pipe: Ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE. Native American, Woodland period, ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE. A large steatite platform pipe of spare, architectural form, its long flat stem tapering to a hollow mouthpiece and
0001: Large Woodland Period Steatite Platform PipeEst.
$2,250
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$3,500
$1,000
Woodland Stone Hawk Effigy Pipe w/ Shell Inlay Eyes: Native American, Eastern Woodlands, Adena or Hopewell Culture, ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE. A greenstone effigy pipe carved in the form of a hawk, its shell-inlaid eye catching the light with warm,
0002: Woodland Stone Hawk Effigy Pipe w/ Shell Inlay EyesEst.
$1,600
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$2,250
$700
Mississippian Black Stone Pipe - Square Bowl: Native American, Mississippian culture, ca. 1200 to 1400 CE. A compact and finely carved black stone pipe, its squared bowl and tapering stem precisely drilled and polished, reflecting both skilled
0003: Mississippian Black Stone Pipe - Square BowlEst.
$1,200
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$1,800
$500
Three Mississippian Stone Animal Effigy Pipes: Native American, Mississippian culture, ca. 800–1600 CE. A trio of carved stone effigy pipes representing the Mississippian cosmos in miniature: a cream-white bird-head pipe whose tapered beak
0004: Three Mississippian Stone Animal Effigy PipesEst.
$800
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$1,200
$400
Mississippian Carved Stone Frog Effigy Pipe - Mottled Basalt: Native American, Mississippian culture, ca. 800–1500 CE. A crouching frog rendered in mottled, speckled stone, its broad body hunched low and its smooth dome of a head tilted upward as if
0004A: Mississippian Carved Stone Frog Effigy Pipe - Mottled BasaltEst.
$1,000
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$1,500
$500
Native American Woodlands Bird Head Smoking Pipes: Native American, midwestern United States, Ohio, Hamilton County, Eastern Woodlands & Fort Ancient Cultures, ca. 1000 BCE to 1700 CE. A pair of stone effigy pipe bowls, each carved in the form of a
0005: Native American Woodlands Bird Head Smoking PipesEst.
$800
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$1,200
$350
Native American Limestone Wolf Effigy Pipe: Native American, ca. 20th century or earlier CE. A recumbent canine effigy pipe, carved from warm reddish-brown limestone, presents the animal in full repose, its elongated body serving as the stem
0006: Native American Limestone Wolf Effigy PipeEst.
$600
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$900
$250
Native American Three-Quarter Grooved Stone Axe Head: Native American, MIdwestern to Eastern United States, Eastern Woodlands, ca. 3000 BCE to 1000 CE. Ca. 3000 - 1000 BCE. Native American, MIdwestern to Eastern United States, Eastern Woodlands, ca.
0007: Native American Three-Quarter Grooved Stone Axe HeadEst.
$500
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$750
$225
Three Woodland to Mississippian Stone Effigy Head Pipes: Native American, Woodland to Mississippian tradition, ca. 500 to 1500 CE. A trio of effigy head pipes, each hollowed through the crown to receive a stem and carved with a distinct physiognomic
0008: Three Woodland to Mississippian Stone Effigy Head PipesEst.
$800
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$1,200
$400
Woodland Stone Tool - Grooved Handle Form: Native American, Woodland period, ca. 1000 BCE to 1000 CE. A finely shaped Woodland period stone tool distinguished by its elongated, tapering body and a carefully carved, ribbed collar encircling
0009: Woodland Stone Tool - Grooved Handle FormEst.
$400
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$600
$175
Prehistoric Native American Stone Tools: Native American, Central United States, ca. 1000 to 1600 CE. A fine trio of stone tools: a hefty pestle for grinding corn, a smooth celt to be used as an axe for chopping, and a lengthy digging
0009A: Prehistoric Native American Stone ToolsEst.
$200
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$300
$75
Mississippian Marine Shell Gorget - Pintala, Alabama: Native American, Mississippian culture, found at Pintlala, Montgomery County, Alabama, ca. 900 to 1600 CE. A broad disc cut from the columellar wall of a large marine whelk, its creamy ivory surface
0010: Mississippian Marine Shell Gorget - Pintala, AlabamaEst.
$800
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$1,200
$350
Mississippian Gray Ware Short-Neck Vessel: Native American, Mississippian culture, ca. 900 to 1600 CE. A hand-built jar of dark gray-brown ware, its body flattened into a broad discoid form and surmounted by a short, straight-sided neck with
0011: Mississippian Gray Ware Short-Neck VesselEst.
$700
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$1,050
$300
Mississippian Pottery Bottle - Globular Long-Neck Vessel: Native American, Mississippian culture, ca. 1000–1500 CE. A swelling globular body rises to a tall, slender neck and flared rim in this earthenware bottle, its surface a mottled landscape of
0012: Mississippian Pottery Bottle - Globular Long-Neck VesselEst.
$800
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$1,200
$400
Mississippian Fish Effigy Helmet Bowl - Incised: Native American, Mississippian culture, ca. 900 to 1600 CE. A fish emerges in three-dimensional increments from the walls of this Mississippian effigy bowl, its head thrust forward from the upper
0012A: Mississippian Fish Effigy Helmet Bowl - IncisedEst.
$1,000
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$1,500
$400
Mississippian Pottery Jar - Incised Flared Rim, Utility Vessel: Native American, Mississippian culture, ca. 1000–1500 CE. A full-bodied earthenware jar swelling from a narrow rounded base to broad shoulders before drawing inward to a short, gently flaring
0013: Mississippian Pottery Jar - Incised Flared Rim, Utility VesselEst.
$800
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$1,200
$400
Published Mississippian Caddo Applique Pease Jar: Ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. Native American, Caddo, Mississippian period, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A large ceramic pease jar of commanding presence, its body partitioned into sweeping lobes by four raised
0014: Published Mississippian Caddo Applique Pease JarEst.
$700
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$1,000
$300
Native American Caddo Redware Pottery Bottle: Native American, Southeastern United States, Mississippian Caddo Culture, ca. 900 to 1600 CE. A hand-built Caddo redware bottle, the globular body rising through a dramatically elongated cylindrical
0015: Native American Caddo Redware Pottery BottleEst.
$800
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$1,200
$350
Mississippian Stirrup Pottery Vessel - Arkansas: Native American, Mississippian, ca. 900 to 1500 CE. A substantial Mississippian pottery stirrup vessel of hefty rounded form, featuring a looped handle and spout with small find holes on the shoulder
0016: Mississippian Stirrup Pottery Vessel - ArkansasEst.
$1,000
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$1,500
$450
Mississippian Pottery Jar - Ex Andy Warhol Collection, Sotheby's 1988: Native American, Mississippian culture, ca. 1000–1500 CE. A small earthenware jar coil-built from shell-tempered clay, its rounded body swelling from a constricted base to a gently everted rim.
0016A: Mississippian Pottery Jar - Ex Andy Warhol Collection, Sotheby's 1988Est.
$800
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$1,200
$400
Mississippian Pottery Vessel, Quadrangular Form: Native American, Southeastern / Midwestern United States, Arkansas, Mississippi County, Mississippian, ca. 1000 to 1600 CE. A square pottery vessel with rounded corners, and quadrangular body rising
0017: Mississippian Pottery Vessel, Quadrangular FormEst.
$800
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$1,200
$350
Mississippian Caddo Incised Bottle - Swirl Motif: Native American, Arkansas, Saline County, Caddo Culture, ca. 900 to 1400 CE. A ceramic bottle of compact, globular form, its dark burnished body rising to a tall cylindrical neck that gives the
0018: Mississippian Caddo Incised Bottle - Swirl MotifEst.
$700
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$1,000
$300
Mississippian Incised Zoomorphic Bowl: Native American, Central-Southern United States, Mississippian or Caddoan Culture, ca. 900 to 1400 CE. A hand-built ceramic bowl darkened through firing and the long accumulation of burial soil, its
0019: Mississippian Incised Zoomorphic BowlEst.
$400
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$600
$175
Large Mississippian Pottery Olla - Globular Jar with Short Collar: Native American, Mississippian culture, ca. 1200–1500 CE. A broad, low-shouldered jar swells outward in a near-spherical body before drawing inward to a short, upright collar rim. Built by hand
0020: Large Mississippian Pottery Olla - Globular Jar with Short CollarEst.
$1,200
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$1,800
$600