Native American

Two (2) Native American Beaded Pouches, one (1) Buffalo Nickel Necklace and one (1) Spear Point. 1st & 2nd items: Two (2) Native American, likely Plains, leather beaded pouches, including one (1) rectangular form with geometric beaded designs to front and beaded fringe together with one (1) oval form pouch with geometric beaded designs to front and back and a leather fringe. 14" L and 8 3/4" L respectively. Both 20th century. 3rd item: Handmade Native American themed necklace comprised of eighteen (18) silver Buffalo nickels strung on a leather cord. 15" L. 20th century. 4th item: Native American spear point. 5 1/4" L. CONDITION: All pieces with general wear, oval pouch with perforations to back, some loose stitching to beads. Coins with wear, altered to allow for threading. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Native American Pottery Jars, including Lucy F. Rodela. 1st item: Native American Tigua Polychrome Jar by Lucy F. Rodela, red ground with black and white painted geometric designs. Signed and dated on the base "Lucy F. Rodela/Tigua/'77". 3 5/8" H x 5" dia. 20th century. 2nd item: Southwest Native American Acoma olla jar with polychrome stylized geometric designs including checkerboard, arrow, diamond, and spear head designs. 7 3/4" H x 10" dia. 1st half 20th century. CONDITION: 1st item: Overall very good condition, a few errant marks to decoration. 2nd item: Overall general losses and wear to paint decoration. Chip/loss to lower base edge, approx. 2" L. [See more photos →]

Native American Southwest Pre-Columbian pottery bowl, possibly Mimbres, with interior black on white polychrome decoration including stylized wing and feathers to the interior, red paint decoration to the exterior. Two intentional drilled "kill" holes to one side of upper rim. 5 7/8" H x 10 3/4" dia. CONDITION: Bowl broken and re-glued. Hole to one side. Overall general wear and losses. [See more photos →]

Group of four (4) Native American Southwest Salado culture pottery pots, including three (3) olla forms and one (1) bowl. Two (2) ollas and bowl are redware examples, one (1) redware olla with additional white dot polychrome decoration. Ranging in size from 3 1/4" H x 6 5/8" dia. to 6 3/4" H. Pre-Columbian era. Lot also includes one (1) Native American Southwest Gila River Mogollon Pre-Columbian brown ware pottery jar. 4 3/4" H. CONDITION: 1st-4th items: All with general wear and losses. Bowl and smallest jar with repaired breaks. 5th item: Old breaks and losses to rim. [See more photos →]

Nine (9) Native American baskets, mostly Southwestern, including Navajo wedding baskets, Papago baskets. 1st-3rd items: Three (3) Navajo wedding baskets, sumac with polychrome black and red bands or triangular patterns and braided rims. Ranging in size from 11 1/8" to 15 1/5" dia. 4th-7th items: Four (4) Papago or Tohono O'odham coiled baskets, willow or yucca with devil's claw step pattern or linear key designs. Smallest basket with handwritten sticker reading "Papago Basket Luella Hearne" to interior. Ranging in size from 2 1/2" H x 4 1/2" dia. to 4" H x 7 1/2" dia. 8th-9th items: Likely Navajo bowl form basket (11 1/2" dia.) and Mohawk lidded basket (3 1/4" dia.). Includes retail paper labels indicating that the baskets were purchased in around Arizona and New Mexico, circa 1980/1990. CONDITION: 1st-3rd items: Overall good condition. Fading to designs on smaller basket. 4th-7th items: One basket with surface grime, areas of loss, largest 1 1/8", to rim, otherwise overall good condition. [See more photos →]

Sixteen (16) Native American baskets of various tribes and materials, including willow, yucca, sumac, and rattan, some with devil's claw or polychrome designs, including two (2) Hopi Mesa coiled baskets (ranging in size from 2 1/2" H x 7 3/4" dia. to 4" H x 9 7/8" dia.); Najavo wedding basket (8 3/8" dia.); Tohono O'odham (Papago) coiled basket (3 1/8" H x 7 3/4" dia.); one (1) basket plaque with bird effigy (9 1/2" dia.); seven (7) round coiled baskets (ranging in size from 1 1/2" H x 3 1/8" dia. to 3 3/4" H x 9 5/8" dia.); one (1) round coiled lidded basket (2 1/2" H x 4 3/4" dia.); one (1) coiled basket tray (2 1/2" H x 10 7/8" W x 7 3/4" D); one (1) square form woven basket (4 3/8" H x 7 1/2" dia.); and one (1) round woven basket (2 1/2" H x 8" dia.). 20th century. CONDITION: Overall good condition with some wear, areas of loss, stains, fading to designs, etc. to be expected from age and manner of use. [See more photos →]

Four (4) Native American woven baskets, including one (1) rivercane Choctaw basket with alternating dyed weavers, two (2) Cherokee oak rectangular form baskets with fixed handles and dyed weavers, and one (1) Cherokee round form woven honeysuckle basket with dyed weavers. Ranging in size from 3" H x 5" dia. to 11 1/4" H x 20" L x 13 3/4" W. Ranging in date from early/mid 20th century. CONDITION: All with general use wear, slight losses and light grime. Largest basket slight break to basket handle on one side near rim. [See more photos →]

Thirteen (13) Ecuadorean Pre-Columbian pottery vessels and miscellaneous items. 1st item: La Tolita culture grey ware with white slip animal effigy pottery vessel having hollow elongated horned animal head and feet applied to one side of rounded body with flared rim, flat bottom. 4 5/8" H x 6 1/2" W x 3 7/8" D. 2nd item: Small brown slip on orange ware biconical pottery vessel with thick flat inverted lip, applied raised dot and line pattern around neck, seven pointed star painted in a darker slip to underside of rounded bottom. 3 5/8" H x 4 1/4" dia. 3rd item: Grey ware human effigy pottery vessel with two applied human figures to each side, their hands on the thick, flared lip, with applied geometric designs to the rounded body, flat bottom with partial raised base. 3 7/8" H x 5 3/4" W x 4 1/2" D. 4th item: Buff ware animal effigy figurine with fragment of a small vessel on the back on a four legged animal with a flat face and curved tail. 4" H x 3 3/4" W x 5 1/4" D. 5th item: Brown ware biconical pottery vessel, thick flared lip with two lugs, pointed base. 6 3/8" H x 5" dia. 6th item: Grey ware cylindrical vessel with partial flared lip, applied human figure bust to one side, belt decoration circumference of vessel, one foot to front of vessel, flat base. 9 3/8" H x 6 1/2" W x 3 3/4" D. 7th item: Grey ware animal effigy vessel, applied dog like face with bulging eyes, barred teeth, and round nose, four molded legs to sides of round body. 4 1/4" H x 3 1/4" W x 8" D. 8th item: Gray ware vessel fragment of the lower body of an animal with applied legs, round body. 3 3/4" H x 3 1/2" W x 6" D. 9th item: Grey ware with red slip conical shaped pottery fragment of a human or animal with round eyes, long nose, large ears, two arms to side, flat head, oblong hole to back of head. 2 3/4" H x 1 5/8" W x 1 1/2" D. 10th item: Grey ware seal roller with Greek key design to sides. 1 5/8" H x 1 1/2" dia. 11th item: Gray ware seal roller with geometric designs to sides. 2 5/8" H x 1 1/2" dia. 12th item: Bone fragment with incised geometric designs to front, one hole to back. 4 1/2" H x 1 1/2" W x 7/8" D. 13th item: Striated oval rock. 2" H x 2 5/8" W x 1 3/8" D. 1st-12th items labeled with museum accession numbers. Provenance: Property of the Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: Majority of items in fragmentary condition with areas of loss, hairlines, areas of repair, firing flaws, etc. 1st-12th items labeled with museum accession numbers, some faded. 1st item: Break to side of vessel opposite from head, one horn possibly broken. 3rd item: Head of one figure is broken and included with item. Majority of base is not present. 4th item: Front left leg and tip of tail not present. 5th item: Overall very good condition. 6th item: One foot broken away. Majority of lip is not present. 7th item: Face broken and repaired. Majority of back of vessel is not present. Two broken pieces included with item. 8th item: Head is not present. Body broken and repaired. both left legs are not present. [See more photos →]

Thirty-three (33) Pre-Columbian/Mexican items, including pottery effigies, bells, and textile fragment. 1st item: Huxtec, Mexico grey ware hollow pottery turtle effigy whistle with a parrot like head, rounded shell with incised lines to top and bottom with ridges at the side, the stem represented by the tail. Four small holes to top of body, one large hole to bottom of body. 2 5/8" H x 1 1/2" W x 1" D. Circa 1000 AD. Note: Purchased from Ed Knight, Atlanta, GA. 2nd-10th items: Nine (9) pottery human and animal effigy head fragments, including a dog like head, an animal head with a large curved nose and bat like ears, and a bird. Ranging in size from 1" H x 1 1/4" W 1 1/2" H x 2 1/8" W. 11th-15th items: Five (5) bells of varying sizes, including one (1) San Gregorio, Michoacan, Mexico copper bell, three (3) silver bells with black paint, and one (1) copper bell with remnants of fabric at top. Both copper bells with clapper balls intact. Ranging in size from 1 1/8" H x 3/4" W to 1 3/8" H x 5/8" W. 16th item: Pre-Columbian textile fragment with bird motifs surrounded by geometric patterns. 5 1/8" H x 5 1/4" W. Central Coast, 1100-1350 AD. Note: Purchased from Garden Studio, Greensboro, NC. 17th-19th items: Three (3) Pre-Columbian grey ware with black slip pottery beads with geometric designs to surface, rounded base, each with hole pierced through center. Ranging in size from 5/8" H x 5/8" dia. to 3/4" H x 5/8" dia. 20th-28th items: Nine (9) pottery spindle whorls or beads of varying sizes with geometric designs to surface, flat bases, each with hole pierced through center. Ranging in size from 1/4" H x 3/4" dia. to 1/2" H x 1 1/4" dia. 29th-30th items: Two (2) ear spools, including one (1) buff ware and one (1) grey ware with black slip. Ranging in size from 1" to 1 1/4" dia. 31st-32nd items: Two (2) clay binding stones or necklace pendants comprised of flat disc with one notch to left and right side. Approximately 1 7/8" dia. 33rd item: Grey stone bracelet pendant with pierced hole. 1 1/4" L. Provenance: Estate of Celia (Cece) Webb, Nashville, TN. Most were purchased from the Parthenon, Nashville, Tennessee in the 1970's. CONDITION: Overall good condition with wear, areas of loss, oxidation, to be expected from age. [See more photos →]