2013 April Treasures & Tribes Auction

This 47 x 78 100% wool, authentic Navajo rug features two Yei figures with triangular shaped heads, holding arrows and feathers. The rug shows a large

A small wool 5-figured rug measuring 22" x 39" with gray, tan, black and red figures on a natural ground. The short ends are banded in gre...

These fine--and very old--baskets came from the Phoebe Hearst and John Muir collections, and may date before 1890, according to an internal family let

A tall twined basket measuring 18" diameter x 18" tall. Four horizontal bands of varying widths are the only design. Coarse weave. Top rim...

A pitch-covered conical shaped basket designed to carry water. Small mouth measures 3.5" diameter, and the total height is about 17." Appr...

This large twined bowl measures 23" diameter and stands 5.5" tall. The design element consists of 3 different black/tan horizontal design ...

Tall polychrome twined basket from the Northwest Coast in colors of dark orange, light orange and gold on brown ground. Tightly woven with three horiz

A solemn, contemplative photo of the Lakota chief (1822-1909), dressed in buckskin shirt with quills, fringe and beadwork, and a single feather in his

This is a very good size Shoshone basket with lid. Basket measures about 16" in height, is about 24" at its widest point and has a 14"...

Beautiful heavy silver cuff bracelet with 7 oval coral cabochons. Grandma Ness Collection HKA#62189

A unnique neck piece of open silverwork with 4 inlaid turnquoise stones with matrix and two bird talons imbedded in the design. Measures 3 x 3.5 and i

Lot of 28 depictions from Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. These black and white as well as colorized photos depict daily life, adobe dwellings and t

Lot of 2 photographs of Native Indian women in traditional dress. 1) Part of the "Yuma Indians" photo series produced by E.A. Bonnie Photo...

Lot of 2 hand-tinted photos, thought to be Utes. 1) Portrait of an Indian man with a red blanket wrapped around his shoulders and wearing a ribboned b

This lot consists of a 19th century Plains Indian pipe bag. This exquisite example of the art of beading, measures about 14" (with bottom fring...

“First Edition Lithograph after the original oils by Charles Bird King and James Otto Lewis 1836-1844” This print measures 10.5 x 15 and the mat meas

The art of basketry has long been practiced by the People of the Great Basin. The environment required the inhabitants to create items that could be l

This basket measures about 12.5" across and was constructed with willow. There is some minor wear on the willow and fading. It is either Navajo...

This is a 29" long piece of hollowed wood. Generally square in shape (measuring 17" around), it is narrowed and rounded on either end to a...

Lot of 4. 1)Haida Texts and Myths: Skidegate Dialect. Swanton, John R. Bulletin No. 29. (1905). Includes texts with free and interlinear translations,