2013 April Treasures & Tribes Auction

A wool Navajo Yei rug with 9 figures in the center alternating with corn plants on a red ground. Gray, black and natural color design elements. The bo

This 57 x 36 rug is an older example of a Navajo made rug. The colors used include traditional natural, tan, dark brown, light brown, grey, and red. T

A gorgeous beaded bottleneck basket measuring 6.5 diameter opening and base, 7 tall, and approximately 15 across widest point at shoulder. Black, red,

A very old coiled bottleneck basket--the bottleneck is very slight. It measures 5.5 diameter across mouth and is 6 tall. The original design consisted

This lot includes 6 Pendleton blankets. 1) A 64 x 80 reversible Pendleton blanket, with a black background on one side and a vibrant multicolor backgr

This gorgeous 61 x 89 rug features 6 Yei figures surrounded by a rainbow goddess. Pictorial corn stalks are also woven throughout the design. The weav

This lot includes four items from Plains and Sioux origin. 1) A 20 long fur and hide wrapped stick with ornamental feathers and beads and pocket gophe

This is plains Indian-style war shirt in a large size. It’s made from brain tanned deerskin and measures 48" in length and about 30"wide. ...

This impressive 12 x 16 watercolor pencil drawing measures 23 x 26.5 in its finedouble matting and frame. The piece features two Native American India

This rug was made around 1930. It measures 37" 89" and has some bleeding with the colors. From the Tahoe Wovoka Estate Collection.Wovoka C...

Native American style modern rug, measures 91 x 67. Colors of brown, black, white and turquoise are present in the patterns, and in the perimeter bord

Edward S. Curtis is most well known for his ethnography photography of North American Indians during the turn of the 20th Century. This photogravure w

This intricate and vibrant eye dazzler rug measures 24" x 35". The top of the rug features a satin type band across the back, likely used ...

Tiny woven basket with lid, contrasting weave. Leather top bottom, measures almost 3.5 in dia. X 2.5 high. From the Tahoe Wovoka Estate collection.W

This lot includes 6 different small rugs. 1) A 31 x 61 rug woven with natural and pastel colors in Native inspired designs. White twisted fringe on bo

This 47.5 x 74 100% wool rug features Navajo design elements in white, orange, red-orange, brown, tan, and black wools. The top and bottom edged are r

Edward S. Curtis is most well known for his ethnography photography of North American Indians during the turn of the 20th Century. The photograph meas

A large wool rug measuring 86 x 120 in the Two Grey Hills style of muted earth tones. Natural dyes in colors of gray, brown, black, and natural. Black

This 19 x 166 hall or table runner features vibrant goldenrod, light red, deep red, lilac, hunter green, and teal colors on a natural ground. Non-Nava

A small basket measuring 2.25 tall x 3 diameter. Bright blue ground with orange, red, black yellow, white stacked triangle patterns edged in gilt bead

This beautiful large basket was woven by Tillie Snooks (1874-1945) from the Lake Tahoe area of Nevada. This is a 3-rod coiled basket of willow, redbud

A small beaded degikup basket measuring 2.5 diameter at top and bottom, 3 in height. The white ground features a bright pattern of red, orange, green

Large painting of Wovoka-Paiute Messiah by K.T. Young. Very expressive portrait, striking eyes and facial features, along with color usage. This oil-o

Colorful standing portrait of Wovoka, with his famous hat in hand. An acylic print, the double-mat frame measures 28x35. From the Wovoka-Tahoe Collect

This 45.5 x 84.5 rug features a clear Teec Nos Pos style border and gray, red, black, and tan colored wools. This finely made rug is in very good cond

This 36 x 51.5 rug features a traditional Teec Nos Pos border design and very intricate patterns including feathers throughout the rug. Traditional co

This is a Robert Montanucci original oil on canvas on panel, entitled "War and Peace." This piece is from the Tahoe Wovoka Estate Collecti...

This fine art piece is number 43 of 550 and signed by California artist Robert Montanucci. Measuring 8" x 10" or 12" x 15" with ...

Professionally framed B W photo of 4 women seated around a traditional wood lodge in western attire, with various bowls and baskets at their feet. A

This impressive 16.5 tall handthrown and hand glazed ceramic vessel features a dark glossy brown glazed interior, and a cream and buff flecked exterio

This 12 tall hand thrown vessel is glazed with a variety of colors including lilac, hunter green, sky blue, peach, and a dark raspberry. The interior

This 6 long tool is enclosed in a finely beaded hide case with white, red, blue, and green seed beads. The top is covered with a matching beaded 5.5 f

This dark blue, red and black eye dazzler was made by Navajo wear Frances Davis for Russell Foutz`s Indian Room. Foutz was born in 1914 in Fruitland a

This photogravure on vellum depicts a plate from Edward Sheriff Curtis` massive volumes, The North American Indian. This piece is titled Native Concep

This is a colorful Navajo Religious sand painting, entitled "Humpback Yei-Be-Chai" It was crafted by Rosabelle Ben of Shiprock, N.M. Accor...

This is a painting on tile by Taos, New Mexico artist Charles Collins. It is part of his "Vessels of the Ancients" collection. Picture mea...

This 34.5 x 60 two grey hills rug features a thin, tight weave of the traditional black, natural, pale tan, medium tan, dark tan, and brown wools. Thi

Professionally framed watercolor of American Indian boy in full feather dress, with muted figures in the background. The artist is listed as M. Kingma

Professionally framed watercolor of a trio of American Indian girls dancing in colorful ceremonial dress, with forest trees in the background. The art

Large vivid painting of a warrior`s face and feathered headdress, with full war paint, buckskin shirt and other accoutrements. The subject`s eyes appe

This is a photo of several Paiute sub chiefs standing around spiritual leader Wovoka aka: Jack Wilson (1856-1932) of Yerington, Nevada. Back in 1890,

This photograph shows a Paiute woman surrounded by several baskets in a store. While the subject in the picture is unknown, this was possibly taken in

This classical view from Emerald Bay shows a Washoe woman by her camp along the shore. The photo is a blow up image of a postcard produced by James Be

This is a great photograph from the 1870s, showing a Paiute arrow maker posing with his daughter in front of their wikiup. This is a reproduced photo

This is a very ornate handcrafted piece in the Native American tradition. Made from hair on deer hides, trade cloth, brain tanned buckskin and beading

This lot contains three fabulous photogravure on vellum images produced by Edward Sheriff Curtis at the turn of the 20th century. Every winter, Lakota

This is a Native American Indian "Halo" style war bonnet crafted by Southern California artist Thomas Domiani. It is constructed of dyed t...

This is a sculpture of an American Indian Chief done by Southern California artist Thomas M. Domiani. The chief stands 6’4" and is dressed in r...

This is a finely made Apache style cradleboard from the San Carlos Reservation and constructed from light canvas and osage or mulberry wood. The sun h

Lot of 3 handmade cradleboards. 1) A Cherokee board, solid wooden construction of Ponderosa pine, laced together with rawhide. There is a thin curved