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Lot 485: Plains Cree Beaded Rifle Scabbard w/ Barnett Trade Musket

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Plains Cree beaded rifle scabbard with a Barnett Trade Musket. 1st item: Southern Canada Plains Cree tanned hide scabbard with band of wool cloth decorated with bead flowers and fringe. 47 in. L (plus end fringe). 2nd item – lightweight carbine-length percussion Barnett trade musket with the lockplate marked “Barnett London 1885” and an impressed proof […]

Lot 482: American Indian Cabinet Card, Geronimo w/ Dance Revolver, W.E. Irwin, Plus Postcard

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Item 1: William Irwin cabinet photograph on cardstock mount that shows the elderly Bedonkohe Apache leader Geronimo (1829-1909) with eagle feather headdress, fringed buckskin shirt, and Confederate Dance Brothers, Texas, revolver. Embossed blind stamp to card, lower margin, reads “Addison, Fort Sill O.T.” (Oklahoma Territory). 6 1/2 in. H x 4 1/4 in. W. Early-20th century. Item 2: […]

Lot 479: Dolona Roberts Large Southwestern Oil Painting, Blankets

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Dolona Roberts (American, b. 1936), “Blankets,” large oil on canvas painting depicting two Native American figures wearing colorful tribal blankets. Signed lower left and inscribed en verso with title, dimensions and number 2639. Unframed. 48 in. H x 44 in. W. Biography: Born in 1936 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Dolona Roberts has had a life-long fascination with […]

Lot 480: 2 19th C. American Indian Cabinet Cards Incl. D.F. Barry, Sitting Bull (Misidentified), & One Bull

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Item 1: Cabinet photograph on cardstock mount that shows Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull (c.1830s-1890) in an interior setting. He wears traditional clothing with a single feather on his head and holds a pipe in his right hand. Text caption that misidentifies sitter as Rain in the Face has been crossed out, with “Sitting Bull” written in ink above. Published by D.F. Barry, Bismarck, […]

Lot 478: Philip Lekki Pastel Painting, Western Sunset

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Philip Lekki (American, 1949-2017) pastel on paper Western landscape painting depicting canyons at sunset. Signed and dated 1987 lower right. Silk mat. Framed under glass in a parcel gilt and wooden frame with scalloped corners. Sight: 31 in. W x 24 in. H. Frame: 41 1/2 in. W x 34 1/2 in. H. PROVENANCE: Private […]

Lot 477: Virginia Woolley O/B California Landscape Painting, Laguna Trees

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Virginia Woolley (Alabama/California, 1884-1971) oil on board California landscape painting, “Laguna Trees.” Tall coastal eucalyptus trees described with sgrafitto linework stand before a small beachside house, with the Pacific Ocean beyond. Signed and dated to lower right. Titled to backing along with partial artist’s label that reads “[Virginia Woolley] / Laguna Beach California.” Housed in a giltwood frame […]

Lot 475: Kenny McKenna O/C Landscape, San Xavier Mission

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Kenny McKenna (Oklahoma, Kansas, b. 1950), oil on canvas western landscape painting titled “San Xavier”  depicting a view of the San Xavier Del Bac Mission in Tucson, Arizona. Di Tommaso gallery label and Taylor & Sons gallery stamp en verso. Signed lower right and housed in a contemporary molded gilt wood frame. Sight: 19 1/2 […]

Lot 476: 2 J.B. Fairbanks Western Landscape Oil Paintings, Utah in Fall & Spring

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Two (2) John B. Fairbanks (Utah, 1855-1944) oil paintings, likely Utah scenes. 1st item: Oil on canvas laid to board Autumn landscape painting with a body of water flanked by fall foliage. Dark storm clouds gather overhead and rain enters the scene at right. Mongrammed and dated lower left. Board: 9 in. H x 12 […]