Navajo Tec Nos Pos woolen weaving rug by Sarah Begay featuring elongated stepped diamond pattern in colors of browns, red, orange, grays, black and white. Excellent condition. 50" L x 34 1/4" W. This rug won 1st place at Tanner's All Indian Invitational Show competition in Scottsdale, AZ, 1981. Circa 1980. Provenance: Knoxville, Tennessee collection.
Lot 507: Southwest Basketry Bowl w/ Animal Effigies
Native American Nevada or California coiled baskety bowl with geometric and figural dog designs. 3 1/8" H x 10" dia. 1st quarter 20th century. Provenance: Collection of Peter Flitman, grandfather of the consignor, who worked as a surveyor for the Army Corps of Engineering on a Navajo Reservation around 1918 – 1920. CONDITION: Overall good […]
Lot 505: 3 Native American Southwestern Pottery Vessels
1st item: Large American Indian acoma olla having polychrome stylized red and black geometric designs. 10 1/2" H x approx. 12" dia. Early 20th century. 2nd item: Southwest Indian pottery bowl having high wall with black wave and floral decoration. Early wire wrapped around outer rim. 4 1/4" H x 8" dia. Late 19th/Early 20th […]
Lot 452: 4 Native American Jewelry Items
Four Native American jewelry items including two (2) Paul Yellow Horse hardstone inlaid necklace pendants, one with beaded sterling necklace and the other with a muti-strand sterling necklace both marked "Frank Yellow Horse NAVAJO Sterling", one (1) sterling inlaid cuff bracelet signed "BS" and one men's size 8 1/2 sterling inlaid ring signed "Black". All […]
Lot 451: 4 Signed Native American Bolos
Four signed Native American silver bolo ties with leather bolos. 1st item: Jerry Johnson, Navajo Sterling bolo tie with two stones and geometric designs signed "JJ", the bolo with sterling tips. 2nd item – Alex and Marylita Boone mosaic silver bolo tie, the bolo with silver tips, signed en verso "Alex and Marylita Boone, Zuni, […]
Lot 449: Two Native American Belts w/ sterling buckles
Two (2) Native American leather and sterling belts. 1st item: Robert Becenti Jr. "BCT" Navajo story telling belt with eight (8) sterling conchos and one sterling buckle. Signed on the buckle. 52 1/2" overall L. 20th century. 2nd item: Brown tooled leather belt with sterling buckle with engraved Kokopelli figures, signed "JP or JR, sterling". […]
Lot 611: 2 Native American R. Yellowhair Paintings
Two Robert Yellowhair (1937 -, Navajo) oil paintings. 1st item: Acrylic on canvas painting depicting a still life of Native American decorative items. Signed lower right and dated "74. Housed in a painted wooden frame. Sight – 11 1/2" H x 8 1/2" W. Framed – 19 5/8" H x 16 1/2" W. 2nd item: […]
Lot 408: Native American Southwest rug
Native American Southwest rug, probably Navajo, woven in shades of black, brown, grey and red. 58" x 37". First half 20th century. Condition: Excellent condition.
Lot 386: Group of Southwestern Turquoise jewelry
2-stone Hopi or Navajo turquoise Cuff Bracelet with leaf design, with unattributed maker's mark, also marked Hand Made Sterling, 3-1/4" H x 2-3/8" W; Turquoise and silver metal Ring with feather design, possibly Navajo, unmarked, 1-3/8" H, size 6; Sterling and oval turquoise ring with filigree design, marked 925, 1" H, size 5; Silver metal […]
Lot 381: 3 Native American Baskets
1st item: Coiled basketry bowl with alternating deer and geometric designs. 4"H x 6" Diameter. 2nd item: Coiled basket tray or wedding basket with polychrome star design including spirit opening. 14" diameter. Both 20th century, probably Hopi or Navajo. Provenance: A Middle Tennessee collection, purchased by the consignor in the 1970s-80s in the Southwest. 3rd […]