2013 April Treasures & Tribes Auction

This 36 x 12 cradleboard consists of woven reeds, with a head cover of the same construction. The strong exterior hoop is covered with suede leather,

This lot includes two hand woven cradleboards. 1) A full-size Paiute willow cradleboard with light cloth straps, made for a boy. Measures 34 x 13. Bel

This is a lot of two small cradleboards in a Washoe style. 1) A Paiute made willow and buckskin cradleboard emasuring 17 x 8 and featuring blue yarn a

This is an attractive large, 32 x 14 Paiute/Shoshone style cradleboard from Mono County, made for a girl. Although it was made in more recent times, t

This lot includes 1) an older, attractive Mono style handwoven basket measuring 24 x 8. This basket has some unraveling and broken rods around the lip

Minnie and Carrie Bethel, two Native American sisters who were famous Indian basket weavers in the Mono Lake Basin, befriended Briscoe and his family

This is a large cradleboard made of willow and wrapped in a rough-out rawhide leather. The board measures 36" x 13". The shade hood comes ...

A lot of three significant winnowing baskets. 1) A Mono Lake Paiute utility basket, with buckskin carrying strap and feather decorations. Measures 21

This is a tight weave basket possibly crafted by a Cherokee basket weaver named "Broken Buffalo." It measures approximately 10" x 2&q...

This is a very nice large basket credited to "Broken Buffalo" of the Cherokee. This basket measures about 21" x 6" and is in nea...

This lot consists of a beautiful had woven basket tray, credited to Cherokee artist "Broken Buffalo." The tray measures 15"x 2" ...

This lot consists of a nice larger basket with a geometric two color design. The basket measures 17"x 4" and has no apparent damage or unr...

This large, cone shaped basket was made in the 1970s by a weaver called Broken Buffalo. This basket measures about 18" across the mouth and is ...

The Western Mono (also called Monache Indians) traditionally were a Paiute speaking people of the Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan linguistic family. T

These are two large cradleboards made from willow and buckskin and finely beaded. 1) A Paiute made willow cradleboard measuring 38" x 14"w...

This lot consists of a his hers pair of full-size Washoe cradleboards made from willow, light canvas, and decorated with yarn designs. 1) A 40"...

This is a pair of nice mini cradleboards. 1) A Paiute made willow cradleboard for a girl, covered with dark brown doeskin with white seed beed details

This is a lot of three beautifully made Pyramid Lake Paiute cradleboards made from willow, light canvas, leather, and yarn. Two measure about 20&quo...

This is a beautifully designed cradleboard from the hands of Great Basin artisan Elmira Copeland. Elmira is a Northern Paiute/Pitt River/Maidu Native

A small bowl with a simple flower petal design in devil`s claw, the base of the bowl serving as the center of the flower. Several dark spots are woven

This bowl has 3 wide rows of arrows or narrow triangles that cover the entire body of the basket. There are 4 grups of rim ticks around the top edge.

A large bowl with a beautifully simple design of devil`s claw stair steps edged by two banded rows, angling upwards from base to rim. There are 4 grou

This beautiful polychrome basket design consists of birds in trees, cactus and arrows around the body of the basket, and a turtle in the base. The bir

A rectangular shape, measuring 6 x 4.75 x 2.75 tall. Polychrome. There are 30 stitches per inch and the basket is in excellent condition. The weaver i

A polychrome, pictorial basket with birds, cactus and arrows. Bird quill has been used to create the flowers atop the saguaros. Interestingly, the 3 g

A large beautiful polychrome bowl with a design consisting of two wide bands of diamonds. Measurements: 11.5 diameter x 6.25 height, and 18 stitches p

A pictorial polychrome bowl with eagles, cacus, buzzards, and butterflies. Four groups of rim ticks. Measurements: 6.25 diameter x 3.5 height. Woven b

A flat gambling tray or mat measuring 13.75 in diameter. Four large Mountain Sheep surround the perimeter and a 4-point whirling star is at center. Wo

A beautifully made basket with dramatic geometric design encircling the body. There are 4 groups of rim ticks around the top edge. Woven by Grandma in

A polychrome bowl in colors of natural, yellow, and dark brown/black with a strong geometric design. There are 5 groups of rim ticks, and the measurem

A large polychrome bowl with a knobbed lid in colors of natural, yellow and dark brown. The design pattern consists of 3 bands of zig zags--two dark b

A gorgeous large bowl with 7 birds perched in trees around the circumference. The birds have either yellow (juncus) or pink (bird quill) heads and the

This brown and black banded zig zag basket on natural willow measures 11 in diameter and 4.5 in height. Labeled as made by Grandma in 1935. There are

An overall diamond design with polychrome center spots and a knobbed lid. Measurements are 6.5 diameter x 6.5 height. Woven by Grandma in 1945. Excell

A small bowl with 4 groups of 3 parallel stair-steps or zig zags. The entire design element is set off by a single dark coil around the base and aroun

A medium-sized bowl with 4 groups of rim ticks with only 3 in each group. They are of thicker dimension than usual and more widely spaced. The design

A lovely design of an 8-pointed devil`s claw star at the base, highlighted by 2 narrow bands of zig-zags around the body of the basket. Tagged as wove

A tiny miniature bowl measuring only 2 in diamenter x 1 tall. Woven by Wanona Joquin at age 12. The weaving is a bit irregular. Grandma Ness Collectio

A polychrome, diamond design of juncus and devil`s claw surounds the entire body of this coiled basket and the initial 3 coils at center of the basket

A simple twined conical shaped basket measuring 6.5 diameter at top x 5 in height. The design consists of 5 single stripes of a darker stitch surround

The design consists of 4 groups of dark rim ticks around the top edge, a dark yellowish/tan body with a single coil of devil`s claw around the base. T

A beautifully made basket with 3 groups of rim ticks, and 3 large stacked diamond designs in the body, interspersed by singles. Measurements: 3.5 diam

Lot of 2 small trays measuring 9 long x 7.5 wide. Open-work willow, nicely made. Grandma Ness Collection HKA#62178

This polychrome basket has traditional dark rim ticks and a yellow design around the body that looks like zig zags or stair steps, on a antural willow

A polychrome bowl with rim ticks and a yellow and black zig zag geometric design, and X`s on the bottom. Measurements: 10.5 long x 7 wide x 3.25 high,

A beautifully made tourist tray on a pedestal measuring 9.5 diameter x 4.75 in height. The design consists of a plain zig zag close to the rim, and 4

A tri-colored basket with a geometric design of stacked triangles. Measurements: 6.5 diameter x 3.5 height, and 20 stitches per inch. Woven by Grandma

This tri-colored basket has angled stripes of yellow edged with single black stitches on the natural willow ground. The knobbed top lid carries throug

This basket design consists of polychrome zig zags in yellow and black around the body of the bowl, rim ticks, and a very distinct devil`s claw turtle

Polychrome zig zags around the body of the basket and on the base whirling feathers in devil`s claw. Measurements: 4.25 diameter x 2.5 height. Woven b