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 […]
Lot 277: 4 Native American Baskets
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 […]
Lot 273: Native American Southwest Pueblo Pottery Bowl
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 […]
Lot 275: 9 Native American baskets, mostly Southwestern
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 […]
Lot 271: 2 Native American Beaded Pouches, 1 Buffalo Nickel Necklace & 1 Spear Point
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 […]
Lot 272: 2 Native American Pottery Jars, incl. Lucy F. Rodela
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 […]
Lot 270: Chester Wills Portrait of a Native American Woman
Chester Wills (Oklahoma, 1909-1990), "Taos Indian," oil on canvas portrait of a Native American woman, her head wrapped in a white blanket, standing against a cloudy blue sky. Signed lower right. Titled en verso. Housed in a carved wood frame with linen liner and gilt fillet. Sight – 17 1/2" H x 13 1/2" W. […]
Lot 268: John Steck Bronze Floral Sculpture
John Steck (American, b. 1980) painted copper sculpture of dogwood blossoms, mounted to natural stone base. Not signed. 13 1/2" H x 15" W x 13" D. Provenance: Consignor purchased this piece from one of Steck's students, who acquired it directly from the artist. CONDITION: Overall very good condition.
Lot 266: 2 Charley Harper Signed items, incl. Book & Print
Two (2) Charley Harper (Ohio/West Virginia, 1922-2007) signed items, including a book and a lithograph print. 1st item: Author Signed and Inscribed Charles Harper's Bird and Words, First Edition, published by The Frame House Gallery, Inc., Louisville, 1974. Oblong 16mo, 151 pages including index and 61 reproduction images of Harper's silk screen prints from his […]
Lot 267: 3 Olen Bryant Ceramic Vases
Three (3) Olen L. Bryant (American/Tennessee, 1927-2017) ceramic vases including one (1) footed vase with black, white, and blue glazed circular geometric decorations to bulbous body, neck, and flared rim, signed and dated "O. Bryant 55" on underside, 12 1/2" H; one (1) square-sided footed vase having overall grey glaze with inset blue glazed rectangular […]