Two Native American accessories. 1st item: American Navajo silver and turquoise concho belt, seven oval scalloped edged links with sunburst design centered by an oval turquoise and interspersed by eight vertical rectangular silver links with sunray design. Silver belt buckle with two repousse eagles with turquoise centers. No maker's marks. Silver tested as approximately 800 […]
Lot 582: 4 Navajo Rugs, Eye Dazzler & 2 Grey Hills
Group of four (4) Navajo handwoven area rugs. 1st & 2nd items: Two (2) Navajo Eye Dazzler rugs, one in zig zag pattern woven in colors of chocolate brown and cream with single red outline, 47" x 34"; other with central stepped diamond design and black end borders, cream field and woven in colors of […]
Lot 583: Inuit Carved Whalebone & Stone Sculpture
Inuit walrus jawbone, carved in the form of a polar bear, with applied carved green soapstone bird and seal figures. No signature found. 4 1/4"H x 8"W x 10"D. 20th century. Provenance: The Estates of Olen Bryant and late Vanderbilt University art professor Thomas Brumbaugh, Clarksville/Cottontown, Tennessee. CONDITION: Very good condition. Bird and seal are […]
Lot 581: Large Navajo Blanket & 2 Navajo Rugs
Group of three (3) Navajo weavings. 1st item: Navajo Alice Yazzi blanket weaving, Two Grey Hills pattern, with original cotton Totah Trading Post, Farmington, NM label, signed by Alice Yazzi, pattern with duplicate halves having zig zag and diamond patterns woven in colors of black, cream, gold and grey, 74" x 45". 2nd item: Navajo […]
Lot 580: 7 Native American Cherokee Baskets
Seven (7) Native American Cherokee baskets including; one (1) wastebasket form attributed to Agnes L. Welch (North Carolina, b. 1925), white oak with alternating dyed weavers (12 3/4" H x 12 1/4" dia.), one (1) shopping basket form, white oak with alternating dyed weavers (13" H x 18 3/4" L x 11 1/2" W), one […]
Lot 579: 6 Native American Southwest Baskets
Six (6) Native American Southwest baskets, Tohono O_odham (Papago) and Pima, all coiled bowl forms with geometric designs made of willow, yucca and devil's claw, one with crosses. Ranging in size from 2 1/8" H x 5" dia. to 6" H x 10 3/8" dia. All Early 20th century. Provenance: Brad Swanson Collection, Abingdon, VA. […]
Lot 577: Native American Sioux Fully Beaded Vest
Native American Sioux fully beaded hide vest. White beaded ground with red, blue, green and yellow beaded geometric designs to the front and back, retains some of the original fringe. Housed in a homemade shadow box frame. Vest – 21 1/2" H x 20" W. Framed – 27" H x 25" W. Late 19th century. […]
Lot 578: 7 Native American Baskets
Assembled group of seven (7) Native American baskets including a Nez Perce corn husk bag, conical form, with geometric designs and canvas to rim (10 3/8" H x 7" dia.); an Apache figural or effigy bowl form basket (2 3/4" H x 4 1/4" H); Modac miniature gambling tray (5 1/4" dia.); a Pima or […]
Lot 575: 9 Native American Items, incl. Baskets & Carvings
Nine (9) Native American items, including three (3) Northwest Coast miniature round lidded baskets, likely Makah or Nootka tribes, one (1) Inuit miniature round lidded baleen basket, two (2) round Southwest baskets with geometric designs, one (1) with lid, one (1) carved Inuit soapstone figural depicting seals, one (1) Northwest Coast miniature painted totem, and […]
Lot 576: Native American Presentation Tomahawk
Native American Cree or Crow presentation tomahawk, iron blade with incised and colored decoration, handle with an all over carved relief floral and leaf design in colors of red, yellow, blue and green. Lower edge of handle inscribed "AEG Montgomery" for Sgt. Albert Ernest Garland Montgomery. 24" L with blade x 9 1/2" W, blade. […]