Inventory Descriptive Tag: Native American
First half 20th C. Native American model birch bark canoe with colored porcupine quill decoration. Overall very good condition with some losses to the quill decoration. 25″ long, 8″ wide, 7 1/2″ high on stand. Displayed on a contemporary wood stand.
Price: $135
Price: SOLD
ITEM: 617ME55
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Small (7 1/2″ x 6 1/2″ top and 3 1/4″ tall) early Southwest Native American Pueblo Drum, late 19th or early 20th C. Cottonwood drum body and raw hide heads and stretching cords. Retains its original polychrome decoration on heads and sides. Overall condition is good for its age and use. Some wear to the decoration on the 2 heads ( one more than the other) and some scuffing and scratches on the body. Small piece (1 1/2″) of stretching raw hide missing but does not affect heads.
Price: $175
Price: SOLD
ITEM: 1115T35
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Very large Southwest Pueblo Indian painted drum. 11″ diameter and 10 1/8″ high. Nice original condition with its original hide heads and ties. Early 20th C. From a CA collection.
Price: $425
Price: SOLD
ITEM: 1011EB187
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A most interesting large old Northwest Coast Quinault Salish Indian carved and painted totem pole dating from the early 1900’s. The totem stands 35.5″ tall. The totem is attributed to Chief Yelton who carved the famous totem in Tacoma, WA. The carving features interesting and unusual imagery, including a standing shaman figure at the top, a spread wing eagle, a human with a large mouth and ribbed decoration, a whale, hunters in a canoe and a double headed eagle grasping a fish, along with other forms and decorations. The condition is excellent with normal natural wear, and no restoration. The size is compelling. The wood is probably alder. From a Washington State collection.
Price: SOLD
ITEM: 128EB534
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A fine and early (c. 1880) Yupik Eskimo Ceremonial Feast Ladle with red painted decorations and black painted fish design on the bowl. The ladle is quite large, yet delicately carved, paint decorated, and pleasingly graceful. It measures 18 1/2″ long and 6 1/2″ wide. It survives in very good condition with some nicks and a few small chips reglued on the front edge of the bowl. The natural pigments of red and black have mellowed with time. Traditionally the red pigment is made from ocher and seal blood, and the black from graphite. A fine, large high quality example. From a Washington State collection. Additional photos available on request.
Price: $1295
ITEM: 128EB712
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19th C. Northwest Coast Native American carved food bowl in the shape of a native halibut. Beautifully carved bowl with the halibut supported on a raised pedestal form. Well carved details with abalone inlayed eyes and original painted accents (yellow, black and red). Excellent original condition with a nice old worn patina. The wood is cedar. 19 3/8″ long, 7 3/4″ wide and 3 3/8″ high. A fine example from an old collection.
Price: $2850
ITEM: 78B220
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Large carved Northwest Coast Native American Speaker’s Staff from the mid 20th C. Very well carved with a4 large iconic figures. Accented with abalone eyes and dear feet. The main staffis in excellent original condition. The 2 wings are restorations, From a Washington State collection, Overall length is 60 1/2″.
Price: SOLD
ITEM: 1010EB420
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Nice Plains Indian doll with pleasing expression and hide costume with nicely beaded accents and mocassins. Early 20th C. origin. Hand sewn. She is 10 3/4″ tall.
Price: SOLD
ITEM: 68PA55
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Very large (18 5/8″ diameter) and beautifully woven Indian basket with interesting subtle decorative designs created with a combination of multi-color material and physical weaving patterns that create the circular bands and 4 diamond shaped rays emanating from the center. The basket is woven over coiled wood (probably willow branch) which make the basket quite strong and rigid. It is tightly woven and in excellent condition. The size is 18 5/8″ diameter, and 3 1/4″ tall. Early 20th C.
Price: $675
ITEM: 118EB365
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A carved animal bone “addle addle”, a tool used in hunting or foraging for food by Native Americans. There is a carved decoration in the top, and an arrow head attached to one end. 7 1/2″ long.
Price: $850
ITEM: 97B40
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