Assembled grouping of twenty (20) Native American and Appalachian decorative items including: two (2) Cherokee carved geese with varnish; one (1) Cherokee carved goose; one (1) Cherokee carved loon; two (2) tall carved Appalachian loons; two (2) carved walnut birds with long beaks and tails; one (1) stylized carved Southwest bird; one (1) carved road runner; one (1) carved owl; one (1) carved female figure with baby; one (1) stone pipe with wood and beaded stem; one (1) round beaded ornament; and two (2) Ute pottery mugs or cups, one (1) signed R ROOTS, one (1) after "Buffalo Prayer" by James Earle Fraser (American, 1876-1953) originally modeled circa 1917 and cast posthumously in 1968 depicting a Plains Indian medicine man in prayer upon a naturalistic base, signed, dated, and titled "Buffalo Prayer/James Earl [sic] Fraser/F.A. Mandera/1970"; one (1) depicting a barefooted woman holding a wreath in one hand and bundling her dress in the other upon a round base; one (1) depicting a caricatured donkey braying; and one (1) depicting a mouse upright on its haunches seated on a semicircle base. Ranging in size from from 2 1/2" to 14" H All 20th century.

PROVENANCE: Private Bristol, Tennessee collection.

CONDITION: All items are in overall good condition. Mother and child carving with some minor surface scuffs.