Three Plateau bags

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Three Plateau bags Including a Martha Johnny (Wanapum, 20th century) beaded flat bag with American symbols and flowers, a polychrome corn husk flat bag, and a Yakima or Wasco fringed sally bag. flat bags: lengths 14 3/4in and 7 5/8in; sally bag: height 9in, diameter 6in Footnotes: Provenance The sally bag and beaded bag: Curtright & Son Tribal Art, Tacoma, WA, acquired by the collector 25 November, 2005 The corn husk flat bag: Santa Monica Indian Art Show & Sale, acquired by the collector 2 June, 2001 Property from a Ventura County Collection For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

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Three Plateau bags

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Jun 18, 2026, 2:59 PM EDT

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Modern and Historic Native American Art Online

Jun 07, 2026 3:00 PM EDT

Los Angeles, CA, United States

Pair of Niitsitapi (Blackfeet) beaded leggings: Pair of Niitsitapi (Blackfeet) beaded leggings Of red wool with cotton piping, with applied geometric beaded panels about the lower third flanking partially beaded areas. each approximately: length

Pair of Niitsitapi (Blackfeet) beaded leggings

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A pair of Heévâhetaneo'o (Southern Cheyenne) girl's beaded high-top moccasins

A pictographic depiction of the Battle of Little Bighorn in the manner of Amos Bad Heart Bull: The Battle of Little Bighorn In the manner of Amos Bad Heart Bull 20th century, apparently unsigned, embroidery floss and pigment on muslin or canvas, a pictographic depiction of the historic June

A pictographic depiction of the Battle of Little Bighorn in the manner of Amos Bad Heart Bull

A Northwest Coast effigy speaker staff: A Northwest Coast effigy speaker staff Likely Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl), of cylindrical form, the upper quarter carved with human and animal totemic figures, fitted with an iron tip, wear and losses

A Northwest Coast effigy speaker staff

Three contemporary Haida baskets: Three contemporary Haida baskets Each of cylindrical form, including: 'Seaweed Basket,' circa 2002, by Eliasica Timmerman (Haida, b. 1975), titled and signed on the accompanying tag; an openwork

Three contemporary Haida baskets

Six Northwest Coast or Inuit baskets: Six Northwest Coast or Inuit baskets Including a Tlingit basket with ruffle rim; an Inuit coiled lidded basket with beadwork spelling: 'Council City Alaska'; an Aleut basket with openwork rim; a

Six Northwest Coast or Inuit baskets

Nine West Coast twined baskets: Nine West Coast twined baskets Including Northwest California, Northeast California, and Klamath examples. diameter 4 - 8 1/2in For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For

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Six petite Native American baskets: Six petite Native American baskets Comprising a fine Western Mono oval basket, length 4 1/2in; a Paiute single-rod polychrome basket, diameter 5 1/4in; two Havasupai examples, one an oval polychrome

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A Yokuts basket: A Yokuts basket Designed with three geometric bands below a partially ticked rim, scattered lost rim stitches. height 7 1/4in, diameter 16in For further information on this lot please visit

A Yokuts basket

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An Akimel O'odham (Pima) basketry tray

Three Tohono O'odham (Papago) miniature horsehair trays: Three Tohono O'odham (Papago) miniature horsehair trays Each finely woven and centering a variant squash blossom design, the largest with opposing bands of friendship figures and plant motifs around

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A Joanassie Igiu stone sculpture

A Tuna Iquliq carved stone sculpture: Tuna Iquliq Inuit, Qamani'tuaq (Baker Lake), (1935-2015), a carved stone sculpture, carved in the round with birds and emerging human faces, signed in syllabics on the underside and numbered: 54799 /

A Tuna Iquliq carved stone sculpture

A Marcel Russ carved argillite, catlinite, and wood amulet: Marcel Russ Haida, (b. 1973), a carved argillite pendant with catlinite and wood accents and framed within a wood and inlaid surround, depicting the face of a crowned shaman with lolling tongue,

A Marcel Russ carved argillite, catlinite, and wood amulet

A Marvin Oliver serigraph, 'Sky Salmon and his Splendid Journey...,' 1997: Marvin Oliver Quinault/Isleta Pueblo, (1946-2019), 'Sky Salmon and his Splendid Journey...,' 1997, serigraph on paper, unframed, edition 34 of 550, numbered lower left, titled lower center, signed

A Marvin Oliver serigraph, 'Sky Salmon and his Splendid Journey...,' 1997

A Joe David painting, 'Big Foot, Wounded Knee,' 1993: Joe David Nuu-chah-nulth/Tla'oquiaht, (b. 1946), 'Big Foot, Wounded Knee,' 1993, signed and dated lower right, framed. size (sight) 19 3/4in x 34in; size as framed 21 1/4 x 35

A Joe David painting, 'Big Foot, Wounded Knee,' 1993

A Joe David carved panel, 1997: Joe David Nuu-chah-nulth/Tla'oquiaht, (b. 1946), a carved and painted cedar panel, 1997, possibly titled 'Coast Salish House Board: My Grandmother's Story', signed and dated verso. size approximately

A Joe David carved panel, 1997

An Art Thompson mask, 1974: Art Thompson Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth), (1948-2003), untitled, 1974, a carved and partially painted mask with applied horsehair, signed with artist's cypher and dated verso, inscribed in pencil: Carved

An Art Thompson mask, 1974

Three Gerry Dudoward masks: Gerry Dudoward (Tsimshian, 1950-1998), three works, including two portrait masks, each inscribed 'Ice: Son of North Wind' and dated 1996, carved and painted wood with inlaid details, titled and

Three Gerry Dudoward masks

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