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Kiowa Painted Child’s Tipi #9203

Kiowa Painted Child’s Tipi #9203

c. 19th Century

Kiowa Painted Child's Tipi, by Bufflao Forehead, also known as Charley Ohettoint and Charley Buffalo.

This child's tipi on buffalo hide is a wonderful example of Native American plains art. The children's tipis are extremely rare and this example is in pristine condition.

24" high with lodge poles, 18" diameter

$14,500.00

Iroquois Ladle #7879

Iroquois Ladle #7879

c. 1820

Iroquois ladle carved from maple burl or cherry, depicting an underwater panther.  Underwater panthers are considered power or medicine objects. 

5" high, 4 1/4" wide

$10,500.00

Large Sioux Saddle Blanket with Morning Stars #9810

Large Sioux Saddle Blanket with Morning Stars #9810

c.1880's
A Sioux saddle blanket with Morning star motifs on canvas backing. Sinew beaded in red white hearts, blue, green, white and steel cut seed beads. Excellent condition.

size: 28" w, 75" length.

P.O.R.
 

Native American Hair Roach #9627

Native American Hair Roach #9627

c. 1890

Hair roach made of Porcupine guard hair and red dyed deer hair. Roach base made of woven and dyed deer hair. Excellent condition, provided with stand.

Roach: 12" length x 10 " wide
21" height on stand

$2,300.00

Kiowa-Comanche Shield #9291

Kiowa-Comanche Shield #9291

c. 1860

A very early Kiowa Comanche Shield on buffalo hide. Worn on the back of a warrior as protective medicine.

15” wide

$12,500.00

Blackfeet Rattle #8592

Blackfeet Rattle #8592

c. 1880

A very fine Blackfeet Crazy Dog Rattle ornamented with ermine tail and beaver or otter fur.  Six hawk bells.

10 1/2" long, without drop

$4,500.00

Navajo Silver Bridle SF2749

Navajo Silver Bridle SF2749

date:  c. 1880s

Navajo Silver Bridle, c. 1880s
A Beautiful Navajo Silver bridle hand fashioned with handmade and stamped silver. A traditional Naja
hangs from the browband. The leather is original to the bridle. Includes wall mount.

size;19" long, 6" wide

price: $4,500.00

Sauk & Fox War whistle #8622

Sauk & Fox War whistle #8622

c. 1820

Sauk & Fox War Whistle, possibly made from reed or Osage Orange wood.  See Penn Univ Museum Vol IV No 2 Plate XXIX  image 867.1 for reference.

17 inches with buckskin case. 

$4,500.00

Blackfeet Quirt #6399

Blackfeet Quirt #6399

c. 19th Century

Black trade cloth, trimmed with greasy yellow beads. Fine patina on wood.  Commercial leather strip.

32" long including strap, handle and cloth.

$4,500.00

 

Navajo Dew Claw Medicine Rattles #9696

Navajo Dew Claw Medicine Rattles #9696

c. 1930's

Navajo medicine rattle made with a wood handle, wrapped in leather and painted with red pigment. Deer hooves (dew claws) are hung with leather strips and the bottom terminates with buffalo fur. 

Length each 10 1/2" 

$1,100.00 

 

 

Cheyenne Plains Drum Rattle #7066

Cheyenne Plains Drum Rattle #7066

c. 1880

An extremely rare artifact; one of the first we have had in over 10 years. Made with bent wood frame and rawhide, with pebbles inside. Design on both sides.  

12" long, 8 1/2" wide

$4,500.00

Plains Dance Wand #SF2746

Plains Dance Wand #SF2746

late 19th century

Plains Dance Rattle (possibly Sioux) with ochred yellow intestine hoop. Tin cone and red feathers attached to rattle's head. Wood shaft covered with red painted cotton fabric and wrapped with sinew. 

Horse tail ( measuring 39") attached to bottom of handle.

wand 24", overall length 68"

$3,500.00

 

Alaskan Eskimo Walrus Ivory Cribbage Board #8043

Alaskan Eskimo Walrus Ivory Cribbage Board #8043

c. Early 20th Century

An unusual cribbage board depicting two men arm-wrestling.  Also, a seal, walrus, polar bear devouring a seal, a fox carrying a bird, and another seal.  Traces of polychrome.  Verso: Four caribou, and an arctic bird carrying a rabbit to two baby birds.  

23 1/4" long

$7,500.00

Arapaho Baby Carrier #4290

Arapaho Baby Carrier #4290

c. 1875

Upper half is fully-beaded in a geometric design on a white beaded background.  19th century calico cloth has been used to wrap the bottom half. Top of carrier has a beaded rosette design.

28" long

$9,000.00

Bannock Indian Tipi #SF2698

Bannock Indian Tipi #SF2698

c. 1930s

Bannock Indian Tipi model made in the Great Basin area (Idaho, Oregon, Utah). Constructed with native tanned deerskin with Native Indian figures attached. Decorated with opaque seed beads and transparent cut glass beads.

19" tall, 12" deep

$4,000.00

Plains Hide Scraper #6436

Plains Hide Scraper #6436

c. 19th Century

Made from elk horn and an old wagon leaf spring, bent and held in place by hide strips.
Nine hash marks on side (Buffalo hunts?)
Old museum inventory number.

length 12 1/2",  width 6"

$3,500.00

Native American Ash Burl Bowl  #8094

Native American Ash Burl Bowl #8094

c. 1780-1800

Rare Northeastern-Midwestern hand-hewn bowl. The vast size and specimen quality of the ash burl is exceptional. The turned form has a subtle stepped exterior dictated by two incised bands. Typical with many burl vessels and especially bowls of this scale it has a few natural inclusions- these have period fills of natural tree resin- an effective and beautiful resolve to these voids.

Bowls of this scale are typically associated with Native American feast and food preparations bowls. Personally, having studied well over one thousand North American ash burl bowls, it is my experience that bowls of this scale and quality are not only desirable, but few and far between.

Measurements: 23 1/2" Diameter x 8 1/2" High

$14,500.00

Iroquois Woman's Purse #5897

Iroquois Woman's Purse #5897

c. 19th century

Black velvet purse with inset beaded panles on both sides with floral patterns in white, green, blue, pumpkin, pink and red beads and silk tassle at the end, with a decorative metal clasp and chain.

 8" wide x 13" long including tassel.

$2,200.00

Pueblo Drum with White Buffalo Image #9800

Pueblo Drum with White Buffalo Image #9800

c. 1940's

A vintage pueblo drum made of cottonwood and painted in colors of red and black.  The drums is painted with a sacred white buffalo on the rawhide head. Excellent condition with beater.

Size: 13" x 13"

price: $ 1,250.00

Painted Militia Snare Drum,  Mexican War Era #4323

Painted Militia Snare Drum, Mexican War Era #4323

c. 1830-40

the vent hole. The shell appears to have a natural finish that has darkened with time. It bears an American eagle breasted with a red, white, & blue shield surmounted with white clouds. A twisted scroll is held in the eagle's beak. Traditional olive branch & arrows are clutched in the talons. The top batter head & bottom snare gate were painted, & possibly over-painted, in the 19th century. Each hoop has one seam held with nails.    The drumheads, rope and ear tugs have been professionally replaced.
The maker's label is visible through the vent hole reads:  "John Ashton & Company, Music, Umbrella, Parasol and Cane Store, No. 97 Washington St. Near the old south Church, Boston". 
John Ashton was in business from 1818 to 1843.
 
Shell: height: 12", diameter: 16½"

$5,000.00

Alaska Eskimo Dog Sled #8476

Alaska Eskimo Dog Sled #8476

c. 1890

Gold rush period, Eskimo dog sled made from baleen. Extremely rare. The finest detail right down to the walrus ivory runners.

27" long, 5 1/4" wide, 9" high

$6,000.00

Navajo Rattle #7782

Navajo Rattle #7782

c. 19th Century

Navajo rattle with top portion incised with lightning strikes on each side. Incised rectangles on each side of rattle, trimmed with buffalo tail.  

9 1/2" long

$750.00

Birchbark Canoe #8582

Birchbark Canoe #8582

c. 1970

This canoe was built by Native Americans in the early 1970’s. It is an authentic reproduction of an 18th-19th century canoe. The style is commonly referred to as long-nose and built by Ojibway Indians.

The bark canoes of the North American Indians, particularly those of birch bark, were among the most highly developed of manually propelled primitive watercraft. Built with Stone Age tools from materials available in the areas of their use, their design, size, and appearance were varied so as to create boats suitable to the many and different requirements of their users. The great skill exhibited in their design and construction shows that a long period of development must have taken place before they became know to white men. 

$12,500.00

 

Plains Hair Roach #9634

Plains Hair Roach #9634

c. 1890

Hair roach made of Porcupine guard hair and red and yellow dyed deer hair. Roach foundation of woven and dyed deer hair. Excellent condition, on stand.

Roach: 7" x 12", height on stand 20" tall

price: $2,400.00

Pair of Eskimo Kayaks #6859

Pair of Eskimo Kayaks #6859

 

c. 19th century

Made of tanned seal skin, with authentic detailing.  See "Eskimo Artifacts" page 186 for a similar item.

one measuring 17 1/2" in length
one measuring 18 1/2" in length

 

$3,800.00

 

Northern Plains Hair Drop, #9531

Northern Plains Hair Drop, #9531

19th century

Beaded strip with horse hair portion on bottom. Three military buttons attached.

Length: 26"

 

$4,500.00

 

 

Arapaho Lizard Fetish #5346

Arapaho Lizard Fetish #5346

c. 19th Century

Native tanned hide with one side beaded. Outlined in apple green, with a primary bar design of white & black beads, with the center body of dark pink, black & apple green beads. From the top of the fetish is a hide thong w/2 brass beads.  

6" long, 2" wide

$2,500.00

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Kiowa Painted Child’s Tipi #9203
Iroquois Ladle #7879
Large Sioux Saddle Blanket with Morning Stars #9810
Native American Hair Roach #9627
Kiowa-Comanche Shield #9291
Blackfeet Rattle #8592
Navajo Silver Bridle SF2749
Sauk & Fox War whistle #8622
Blackfeet Quirt #6399
Navajo Dew Claw Medicine Rattles #9696
Cheyenne Plains Drum Rattle #7066
Plains Dance Wand #SF2746
Alaskan Eskimo Walrus Ivory Cribbage Board #8043
Arapaho Baby Carrier #4290
Bannock Indian Tipi #SF2698
Plains Hide Scraper #6436
Native American Ash Burl Bowl  #8094
Iroquois Woman's Purse #5897
Pueblo Drum with White Buffalo Image #9800
Painted Militia Snare Drum,  Mexican War Era #4323
Alaska Eskimo Dog Sled #8476
Navajo Rattle #7782
Birchbark Canoe #8582
Plains Hair Roach #9634
Pair of Eskimo Kayaks #6859
Northern Plains Hair Drop, #9531
Arapaho Lizard Fetish #5346
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