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An Apache olla Alternating stacked diamond with stepped zigzag columns, an array of geometric motifs as filler devices, harness leather lugs attached above the shoulder. height 13 1/2in; diameter 12 1/2in 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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An Apache olla

Lot 0135

Estimate $1,000-$2,000

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Modern and Historic Native American Art Online

Jun 07, 2026 3:00 PM EDT

Los Angeles, CA, United States

Nine Wounaan baskets and a Bolga example: Nine Wounaan baskets and a Bolga example Panama (Wounaan) and Ghana (Bolga), the nine Panamanian examples in geometric or pictorial patterns, diameter 3 - 15 1/2in; the Bolga of eccentric form,

Nine Wounaan baskets and a Bolga example

A Rick Bartow pastel drawing, Untitled, 2010: Rick Bartow Wiyot, (1946-2016), Untitled, 2010, pastel on paper, unframed, depicting a bird-headed figure with multiple arms. paper: height 39 3/4in, width 26in Footnotes: Provenance Property from a

A Rick Bartow pastel drawing, Untitled, 2010

A John Nieto painting, 'Young Rooster', 2006: A John Nieto painting, 'Young Rooster', 2006 Hispanic/Mescalero Apache/Diné (Navajo), (1936-2018), 'Young Rooster', 2006, acrylic on canvas, signed lower right, titled, signed and dated verso,

A John Nieto painting, 'Young Rooster', 2006

A John Nieto painting, 'Thrill of Living, (Coyote)', 2011: A John Nieto painting, Hispanic/Mescalero Apache/Diné (Navajo), (1936-2018), 'Thrill of Living, (Coyote)', 2011, acrylic on canvas, signed lower left, titled, signed and dated verso,

A John Nieto painting, 'Thrill of Living, (Coyote)', 2011

A Michael Vigil painting, 'Stage Left, Exit Right': Michael Vigil Pueblo/Hispanic, (1958-2023), 'Stage Left, Exit Right,' acrylic on canvas, signed lower right: M. Vigil, signed again verso and titled along the fold over edge. height 50in, width 50

A Michael Vigil painting, 'Stage Left, Exit Right'

A Tony Abeyta mixed-media artwork, 'Remembrances': Tony Abeyta Diné (Navajo), (b. 1965), 'Remembrances,' mixed media on paper, matted and framed under Plexiglas, signed lower right. size (sight) 34 x 29in; as framed 42 x

A Tony Abeyta mixed-media artwork, 'Remembrances'

A Dennis Hathale painting: Dennis Hathale Diné (Navajo), (b. 1961), Untitled (Memory Aid), depicting a solitary Yei figure, oil on muslin sheet, unsigned. size approximately 20 3/4 x 42 3/4in This lot is subject to the

A Dennis Hathale painting

Two Robert Chee paintings: Robert Chee Diné (Navajo), 1937-1971, two works, each gouache on black paper framed under glass, the first depicting two young boys and a goat; the second depicting a man hauling firewood, each

Two Robert Chee paintings

A Tonita Vigil (Quah Ah) Pena painting: Tonita Vigil (Quah Ah) Pena San Ildefonso Pueblo, (1895-1949), Untitled, dance scene, gouache on paper, signed lower right 'Quah Ah', framed under Plexiglas. size (sight) 9 3/4 x 10 1/4in; as framed

A Tonita Vigil (Quah Ah) Pena painting

A Tonita Vigil (Quah Ah) Pena painting: Tonita Vigil (Quah Ah) Pena San Ildefonso Pueblo, (1895-1949), Untitled, two dancers, gouache on paper, signed lower right 'Quah Ah' and 'Tonita Peña', framed under Plexiglas. size (sight) 10

A Tonita Vigil (Quah Ah) Pena painting

A Pablita Velarde painting: Pablita Velarde Santa Clara Pueblo, (1918-2006), Untitled, depicting a woman firing pottery, gouache on board, signed lower right, framed under Plexiglas. size (sight) 9 1/8 x 5 1/2in; as framed 16

A Pablita Velarde painting

A Geronima Montoya (Potsúnú) painting, 1995: Geronima Montoya (Potsúnú) Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo), (1915 - 2010), Untitled, depicting two women kneeling amongst ollas, gouache on paper, signed 'Potsúnú' lower right, in

A Geronima Montoya (Potsúnú) painting, 1995

Two Pueblo paintings: Eva Mirabal (Eah-Ha-Wa) and Gilbert Atencio: Two Pueblo paintings Each depicting solitary female figures, including a woman filling an olla with water, by Eva Mirabal (Taos Pueblo, 1920 - 1968), gouache on paper, signed lower right 'Eah-Ha-Wa',

Two Pueblo paintings: Eva Mirabal (Eah-Ha-Wa) and Gilbert Atencio

A Beatien Yazz gouache, pronghorns rutting: Beatien Yazz Diné (Navajo), (1928-2012), untitled, depicting two pronghorn males fighting as others look on, gouache on board, signed lower right, matted and framed. size (sight) 20 1/2 x 30

A Beatien Yazz gouache, pronghorns rutting

Two Beatien Yazz paintings, 'Couple Fawn Going Down Slope,' and 'Scout': Beatien Yazz Diné (Navajo), (1929-2021), 'Couple Fawn Going Down Slope,' and 'Scout,' each gouache on paper, each unframed, each signed lower right. paper: height 19 7/8in, width 15in; height 19

Two Beatien Yazz paintings, 'Couple Fawn Going Down Slope,' and 'Scout'

A Jerry Ingram painting: Jerry Ingram Choctaw/Cherokee, (b. 1941), Untitled, a portrait against a silhouette background, gouache on board, signed lower right, mounted and framed. size (sight) 13 3/4 x 11 3/4in; size as

A Jerry Ingram painting

A Janeele Numkena watercolor triptych, Untitled, 1989: Janeele Numkena Hopi, (b. 1959), Untitled triptych, each watercolor on paper framed under glass, the last panel signed lower right: Numkena Talayumptewa, and dated: 1989. sights: height 21 1/4in,

A Janeele Numkena watercolor triptych, Untitled, 1989

A Helen Hardin etching, 'Spirit of Autumn', 1983: Helen Hardin (Tsa-Sah-Wee-Eh) Santa Clara Pueblo/American, (1943-1984), 'Spirit Of Autumn', 1983, copperplate etching and aquatint on paper, edition 57 of 65, signed lower right, framed under

A Helen Hardin etching, 'Spirit of Autumn', 1983

A Helen Hardin print, 'Contemplation', 1980: Helen Hardin (Tsa-Sah-Wee-Eh) Santa Clara Pueblo/American, (1943-1984), 'Contemplation', 1980, aquatint on paper, edition 6 of 50, signed lower right, framed under Plexiglas. size (paper) 9 1/2 x

A Helen Hardin print, 'Contemplation', 1980

An Ancestral Puebloan black-on-white seed jar: An Ancestral Puebloan black-on-white seed jar The upper portion painted in a banded pattern interspersed with dense diagonal checkerboard and fretwork motifs. height 8 1/4in; diameter 12 1/4in Footnot

An Ancestral Puebloan black-on-white seed jar

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