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

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