American Indian Art at Auction

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<b>AMERICAN INDIAN ART AT AUCTION</b>
<p>Cowan’s is pleased to announce the public auction of a major collection of American Indian Art recently deaccessioned from the Western Reserve Historical Society of Cleveland, Ohio. Consisting of a wide range of basketry, beadwork, weaponry and textiles from all Native American Culture Areas, most of the items were not officially accessioned into the Western Reserve's collection until 1942. Approximately 400 lots will be offered in this sale, highlighted by a fine group of 19th century Navajo textiles, a group of fine Puebloan polychrome storage jars, Apache ollas, a select group of Plain beadwork and parfleches, and numerous California baskets. A small group of select properties from other consignors rounds out the sale.
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Lakota Sioux Beaded Hide Moccasins,219 - Lakota Sioux Beaded Hide Moccasins,
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each with sinew-sewn beadwork in colors of chrome yellow, white, red, cobalt, and light blue on a white background, designs of stylized upside down ...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Lakota Sioux  Beaded Hide Moccasins,220 - Lakota Sioux Beaded Hide Moccasins,
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each with sinew-sewn beadwork in colors of deep red, green, cobalt, crystal, and white, designs of stepped triangles outlined with white beads on top
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Lakota Sioux Beaded Hide Moccasins,221 - Lakota Sioux Beaded Hide Moccasins,
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each with sinew-sewn beadwork in colors of cobalt, red, and green on a white background, design of trianges on top of foot, and stepped triangles alon
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Lakota Sioux Beaded and Quilled Hide Moccasins,222 - Lakota Sioux Beaded and Quilled Hide Moccasins,
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each with sinew-sewn beadwork along the sole in colors of dark red mixed with a few white heart beads and blue on a white background, quillwork in par
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Cheyenne Beaded Hide Moccasins,223 - Cheyenne Beaded Hide Moccasins,
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each with sinew-sewn beadwork in colors of red, cobalt, and green on a white background, with designs of rectangles, bars, and zig-zags on top of foot
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Cheyenne Beaded  Moccasins,224 - Cheyenne Beaded Moccasins,
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each with sinew-sewn beadwork in colors of greasy yellow, pink, turqouise, dark blue, green, and red on a white background, designs on top of foot con
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Southern Cheyenne Beaded Hide Moccasins,225 - Southern Cheyenne Beaded Hide Moccasins,
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each with sinew-sewn beadwork in colors of cobalt and red white hearts on a white beaded background, also with a band of medium green beads around bac
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Cheyenne Beaded Hide Child's Moccasins,226 - Cheyenne Beaded Hide Child's Moccasins,
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each with sinew-sewn beadwork in colors of pink, dark green, red, cobalt, and white on a hide ground; designs of checks separated by a center lane of
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Arapaho Beaded Hide Child's Moccasins,227 - Arapaho Beaded Hide Child's Moccasins,
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each sinew-sewn, with beaded decorations of dark blue, light blue, geasy yellow, green, and "white-heart" seed beads, in the form of equal...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Cheyenne Beaded Hide Child's Moccasins,228 - Cheyenne Beaded Hide Child's Moccasins,
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each with sinew-sewn beadwork in colors of white, translucent yellow, and cobalt; design of simple crosses, and stepped rectangles on top and triangle
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Sioux Beaded Hide Child's Moccasins,229 - Sioux Beaded Hide Child's Moccasins,
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each with thread-sewn beadwork in colors of green, red, red-orange, blue, and white; simple geometric motif on top and triangles and separated by shor
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Sioux Beaded Hide Child's Moccasins,230 - Sioux Beaded Hide Child's Moccasins,
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sinew-sewn and fully beaded in colors of red, red-orange, olive, cobalt, pale blue, medium blue, yellow, pink, and black, with designs of flower-like
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Cheyenne Beaded Hide Child's Moccasins,231 - Cheyenne Beaded Hide Child's Moccasins,
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each with sinew-sewn beadwork in colors of dark green, cobalt, medium blue, yellow, and red "white-hearts" on a white background; designs ...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Detroit Publishing Company Photochromes of Native Americans,232 - Detroit Publishing Company Photochromes of Native Americans,
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lot of 4, each signed in plate "copyright 1899 by Detroit Photographic Co." INCLUDES number 53410 Utes, group of children; PLUS 53409 Ute...
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George Heyn's Hand-tinted Photograph of Sunk Gleska233 - George Heyn's Hand-tinted Photograph of Sunk Gleska
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Hand colored black and white silver gelatin image of Sunk Gleska (Spotted Horse), signed bottom left "Sunk Gleska (Spotted Horse) and lower rig...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Native American Platinum Photograph,234 - Native American Platinum Photograph,
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7.5" x 9.25" signed in negative "Thos.Cry (Moni Chari)-Ponca, copyright 1898 F.A. Rinehart, Omaha, No. 796." From the Rookwood...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Native American Platinum Photograph,235 - Native American Platinum Photograph,
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7.25" x 9.3", signed in negative "Bone Necklace-Sioux, Copyright 1899, F.A. Rinehart, Omaha." >From the Rookwood Pottery Arch...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Native American Platinum Photograph,236 - Native American Platinum Photograph,
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7.5" x 9.25" signed in negative "Casimiro-Santa Clara Pueblo, copyright 1899 F.A. Rinehart, Omaha, No.1424". Stamped on rear, &q...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Native American Platinum Photograph,237 - Native American Platinum Photograph,
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7.5" x 9.25", signed in negative "Thunder Cloud-Blackfeet, copyright 1898 F.A. Rinehart, Omaha No. 1385". Stamped on rear, &qu...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Native American Platinum Photograph,238 - Native American Platinum Photograph,
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7.5" x 9.25", signed in negative "With Horns-Sioux, copyright 1898 F.A. Rinehart, Omaha No. 870." From the Rookwood Pottery Co....
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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