American Indian Art at Auction

circa 1880-1900. Concave base with flaring sides, and short rim. Painted with red and black floral devices on a cream slip. The interior rim painted

circa late 19th-early 20th centuries. Concave base, with squat, globular shape, painted with red and black floral devices on a cream ground; 9"...

lot of 2, both probably early 20th-century. Includes a burnished red bodied high necked jar with flaring lip, decorated with black geometric design, 5

probably early 20th century. A double-spouted globular vessel, with buff slip painted with black geometric forms; 8.75" high x 8" diameter...

circa 1870-80. With concave base, flaring body, and short rim, with black decorations on cream background, with interior of rim painted red; 9"...

circa 1880. Concave base, with flaring sides, and short rim. Painted with four black floral devices and three perched birds, the decorative panel b

signed Marie Santana; 4.25" high. Very good to excellent, no chips or abrasions.

unsigned, but possibly Maria Martinez, post card with color photo of Martinez states "Hi, Here's the lady who made your lovely black pot. ...

signed "Tonita + Juan;" 4" high. Very good to excellent, very minor abrasions of slip on interior rim.

with painted frieze of triangles on body, and stepped clouds on neck. Signed "Carlos Sunrise Dunlap San Ildefonso Pu." on base; 5.25"...

Early 20th century. Carinated bowl form with applied handle, black burnished surface painted with large floral motifs; 4.5" high x 5.5" di...

deeply carinated form, with black burnished surface decorated with encircling band of painted "feathers." Signed "Maria + Santana;&qu...

signed "Tonita," with a carinated form with geometric designs and feathers above the shoulder, 3.75" high x 5.0." Excellent.

lot of 2, includes a black-on-black turtle signed "Jennie Trammel," (1920- ) daughter of Margaret and Alcario Tafoya, height 2"; AND ...

with black painted panel of stylized feathers on shoulder. Signed "Marie and Julian;" 3.25" high x 4.25" diameter. Very good ...

early 20th-century. Globular jar with strongly everted rim, with red slip decorated with panels of scrolling floral motifs, with the interior neck w

circa 1900-1920. An uncommon early form for this pueblo, with cream slip and with the body decorated with black and red floral and geometric motifs an

circa 1900-1920. A flat bottomed globular basket, with stepped orifice and applied loop handle, the cream slip decorated with stylized mountains and

with a frieze of black painted stylized bear claws on shoulder. Signed "Lupita Martinez" on base; 2.25" high x 3.25" diameter. ...

signed "Marie & Julian" with a globular shape with four long panels depicting a kiva step and cloud motif separated by a plain glossy ...

circa 1890. A large, heavy jar, with concave base, with a sharply angled shoulder and tall, flaring neck; 12" high x 11.5" diameter. Deac...

circa 1900-1920. Elongated barrel shape, with applied loop handle, and with black and red geomeotric motifs painted on a grayish slip; 9.5" hi...

lot of 4, all with micaceous paste. Includes a globular jug, with applied handle and strongly everted piecrust rim; 6.75" high x circa 6.0"...

circa 1880. A massive flat bottomed jar with short rim featuring an interior shelf for a missing lid. Pinkish-cream slip decorated with central band o

circa 1890-1900. Flat bottomed bowl with flaring sides, the interior with a white slip decorated with black painted geometric and floral devices, the

20th century. Typical figurine holding pot between legs, with negative painted facial and chest decorations; 7.25" high. Deaccessioned from th...

lot of 2. Includes a circa 1800 Kiapkwa polychrome bowl, with a cream slip decorated inside and out with black and dark red paints, with interior rim

20th-century. Globular jar with an indented base with weak shoulder and short rim. Cream slip decorated with two black deer and red heart lines, eac

circa 1880s. A classic jar with concave base and gracefully flaring sides, painted in black and red on a cream slip, decorated with two panels of deer

circa 1880-1890. Concave base with globular body and strong shoulder, with cream slip painted with black and red stylized "rainbird" des...

circa 1880-1890. Globular jar with concave base and strong shoulder. The cream slip painted with a stylized "rainbird" in black and red, ...

early 20th century. Lot of 2, both seemingly of plaster of Paris, though clearly of Puebloan manufacture. Both with typical creamy slip decorated wit

circa 1880s. Rounded bottom, with flaring sides and short, slightly excurvate rim, with painted black and rust-colored geometric devices on a cream s

circa 1880-1890. A well used globular storage jar with an indented base, and decorated with a band of painted red and black birds perched atop geomet

circa 1880-1890. Globular jar with concave base, with black and red painted geometric panels and one panel of red painted birds, and with panels pain

20th-century. A finely constructed jar with a swirling geometric design, signed "Juan Quezada 1,2,97." 8.5" high, with burnished pott...

20th-century. Buff ground decorated with a diagonal square motif swelling at shoulder and graduating to smaller squares as it progresses to rim and b

with seed bead necklace and earings. Male stick figure with red, black and white painting over tan clay, with added three strand necklace of white an

lot of 4. Includes a polychrome saucer, signed "J.G.L. Isleta N M", 5.5" diam., PLUS a Hopi black-on-yellow ash tray, signed "?...

lot of 4. Includes a Zuni polychrome jar with appliqued frogs and serpents, signed "J. Kalestewa Zuni, NM", 8" high, excellent condit...

lot of 6, includes a black-on-red Maricopa bowl, 4" tall, PLUS an old polychrome Zia canteen, 3" high, PLUS a polychrome Acoma dish, sign...

lot of 3. Includes a polychrome bowl signed "M V Chino Acoma Sky city NM", 4 1/2" high; a small Acoma polychrome canteen, 4" h...

lot of 2. Includes a large poster painted olla, 9" high, AND a poster painted cup and saucer, 2" high. Both pieces are in very good plus...

large Acoma polychrome jar with fluted rim and covered with intricate designs signed in crossword puzzle fashion "Salvador" Acoma." ...

lot of 5. Includes a large burnished jar with globular body with an elongated neck and everted, piecrust rim; 10" high x 10.5" diameter; P...

both constructed of sinew-sewn deerskin. The whetstone case decorated with flowing triangular motifs of red and green seed beads against a white grou

thread-sewn seed beads in colors of translucent yellow, red, white, blue, and mauve, and with beaded fringe of iridescent mauve and blue seed beads; 1

constructed of two panels of thread-sewn deerskin, and decorated on one side with a geometric pattern of dark green, orange, light green, dark blue an

with simple geometric design of a square divided into 20 checks in colors of pink, blue, pale olive, crystal, and red, with triangles emerging from ea

of finely coiled technique with pitch overlay; 14" high. Collection history indicates "This piece was given to white missionary (Miss Bus...