2013 April Treasures & Tribes Auction

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

A stunning polychrome bowl with Red Wing Blackbirds--the red is bird quill--and what appear to be yellow-headed orioles in branches. Four groups of ri

This pictorial bowl sports 4 Mountain Sheep as the single design element, along with 4 groups of rim ticks. Measurements: 4.5 diameter x 3 height. Gra

Another Grandma basket from 1939 with 4 squirrels around the body of the basket and a geometric maze design on the bottom.Measurements: 6 diameter x 2

A medium-sized bowl with 4 columns of stacked diamonds around the body and an 8-pointed star design in the base. There are 8 groups of rim ticks. Wove

A medium-sized bowl with two bands of stairs steps encircling the body. Measurments: 6.75 diameter x 2.75 height. Woven by Mary Gregory in 1940. She i

A lovely smaller bowl with a stylized design of stacked diamonds and a star design in the bottom. Measurments: 6 diameter x 3.75 height. Made by Grand

An almost flat tray with two dark stripes and multiple zig zags around the outer edge, and 7 groups of rim ticks. The plain circular center is surroun

A medium sized polychrome bowl with a design element that could be trees or grasses extending from the base to the rim. There are 7 groups of rim tick

A cute polychrome oval basket with woven pieces attached representing the turtle`s head, tail and 4 legs--one leg is missing. Measurements: 5 x 4 x 1.

A small polychrome bowl woven by Wanona Joquin. The Sunburst design in the base is extended upwards into the body with each pointed ray of the sun ext

A polychrome bowl with a wide mouth and a design of yellow centered diamonds encircling the body. A band of dark triangles encircles the base. Measure

A plain twined willow jar measuring 12.5 tall, with two small rope handles. Very nice. No weaver identified. Grandma Ness Collection HKA#62177

The design consists of 4 bands of zig zags covering the entire body of the basket. A large 7-pointed star covers the base of the basket. Measurements:

Part I: Introduction by Powell and accompanying papers: 1) The Menomini Indians, Hoffman, Walter James. Includes sections on antiquities, tribal gover

This lot contains two items from the American Indian culture, including a ceremonial drum. The drum is made from stretched hairless rawhide over a wil

This painting depicts an American Indian of the American South. He appears to be Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, or even Seminole. The painter is Frank

Known as a Tus, these baskets were covered in a thick substance called pitch. Pitch is derived from the pinon pine, and when applied to the basket, it

Entirely beaded in lizard and other pictorial designs, with a beaded hanging strap. Measures 34 long x 5 wide, backed in brown cloth and edged with co

Red and black beaded design on white beaded ground. The cross piece goes around the neck and is tied by two ribbons in the back. The front breast piec

This lot includes 3 pairs of finely beaded leather gloves. 1) A small, child sized pair of leather gauntlet style gloves with kite shaped designs on t

This famous photo by Alexander Gardner measures 4 x 6.5" and is framed in thick artist’s board. The warrior is dressed in a long sleeved shirt ...

This 42.5 x 57.5 100% wool rug features a grey background--parhaps indicating Klagetoh--and a large x pattern in checkered rows of dark brown, red, ta

Pair of child`s moccasins with fringe around ankle and bead design.Grandma Ness Collection HKA#62191

A long "canoe-shaped" basket with a 2-row diamond pattern at top on buff background. Bottom half is dark. A re-enforcing rod creates rim. ...

A round coiled basket measuring 6.5" at base and at opening, 6" in height, and 30.5" around at widest part. The coil foundation is bu...

“First Edition Lithograph after the original oils by Charles Bird King and James Otto Lewis 1836-1844” This print measures 10.5 x 14.95 and the mat m

“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

“First Edition Lithographs after the original oils by Charles Bird King and James Otto Lewis 1836-1844” Lot of 4: 1 is a reproduction pre-Columbian b

Lot of 39 Indian Tribal Series books and 39 silver plated medallions. The books were printed between 1971 to 1976 to accompany the "Commemorati...

“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

“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

A soft-sided twined bowl measuring 9" in diameter and 4.5" tall, with a stacked diamond garland design. Bright yellow porcupine quill stit...

A large round twined bowl measuring 15" in diameter at the rim edge, on a 4" diameter base. The design consists of brown and buff bands ar...

Lot of 2, each measuring about 3" in height and approximately 4"diameter across the opening. Both are close twined. One has a smaller base...

This lot features a sterling silver medal bearing number 34, with display box, photograph and book. The Mescalero Apache Tribe celebrated the centenni

This lot consist of 12 beaded pieces, many ranging in colors and design. There are 2 dream catchers, 5 necklaces, and 6 other beaded items. The items

This is a lovely bottleneck design basket measuring a little over 4" high and about 8" at its widest point. The opening is about 4" w...

Large framed colorful litho print on board, believed to be original frame, mounting and glass. Frame measures 31.5x 25.5, image measures 25.5 x 19.5.

This small photograph measures 4" x 2.5" mounted on white mat. Medium contrast and focus is sharp. There are brown age marks that appear o...

Lot of 2 photos. 1) A semi profile portrait of a woman identified as Mrs. Black Tail Deer, a Rosebud Sioux. She is dressed entirely in a shell or quil

This lot features 8 baskets, 2 pieces of pottery and 1 small gourd vessel. Of the baskets, 2 can be identified as Seminole and Papago but are known to

A large 5' x 8’ rug in natural colors of dark brown, gray and natural wool. The design is stacked diamonds in natural color on the gray central ...

Wool rug measures 33 x 43" and contains a plethora of colors. In addition to the usual red, natural and black, there is also brown, orange and ...

A 30 x 60" wool rug--possibly a double saddle blanket--in plain stripe design of gray, red, black and brown stripes on a natural ground. The sh...

This 48 x 80 100% wool rug features 36 feathers woven into the body of the rug, which features red, dark brown, tan, natural, and heather grey wools.

Lot of 3 wool weavings. 1) Red Saddle Blanket, 29 x 36," with white stacked diamond design, edged in gray. No border. VF condition. 2) Small Ga...