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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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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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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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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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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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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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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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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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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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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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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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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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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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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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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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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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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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Native American Platinum Photograph,239 - Native American Platinum Photograph,
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7.5" x 9.25", signed in negative "Eagle Elk-Sioux", coyright 1898 F.A. Rinehart, Omaha, No. 875." Stamped on rear, "Th...
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Standing Rock Agency Ration Token,240 - Standing Rock Agency Ration Token,
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octagonal steel ration token dated "1875," and inscribed with title above, reverse marked "Good for 10 Pounds Meat," nearly 1&qu...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Colonial American Tomahawk,241 - Colonial American Tomahawk,
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Halberd-type tomahawk with original wooden handle, illustrated in Hartzler & Knowles, "Indian Tomahawks and Frontiersmen Belt Axes," p...
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Estimate : 6,500.00 - 8,500.00
 
 
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Hatchet Captured in Black Hawk War,242 - Hatchet Captured in Black Hawk War,
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hand-forged, and stamped "D. Sharpe" near the butt. The head with a tear-dropped eyelet, 4.25" x 3.25" showing evidence of heav...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Early Spontoon Type Tomahawk,243 - Early Spontoon Type Tomahawk,
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probably 18th-century. Classic example of a rare, early type with two bands of pewter inlaid into wooden handle, with pewter end caps, pipe-tomahawk w
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Fine Joseph Jourdain Tomahawk,244 - Fine Joseph Jourdain Tomahawk,
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circa 1845-55. Hand-forged steel, with Jourdain's signature inlaid brass crescent, decorated with a series of six tiny "punches"; the...
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Estimate : 9,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Early Wood and Catlinite Bullet Mold,245 - Early Wood and Catlinite Bullet Mold,
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composed of two carved and slotted wooden sides, each fitted with a catlinite inset, with five circular molds, three approximately .30 caliber, one .3
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Recurved Wooden Bow,246 - Recurved Wooden Bow,
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19th-century. Possibly Great Lakes or Northern Plains, with great polished patina; 42.25" long. Deaccessioned from the Western Reserve Historic...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Recurved Wooden Bow,247 - Recurved Wooden Bow,
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probably Great Lakes region. Inked museum accession number; 48.5" long. Excellent.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Great Lakes Style Wooden Bow,248 - Great Lakes Style Wooden Bow,
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with ends carved with notched scallops,and with fine polished patina; 43" long. Probably Chippewa or Winnebago. Deaccessioned from the Western ...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Cree Beaded Canvas Moccasins,249 - Cree Beaded Canvas Moccasins,
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each with thread-sewn beadwork in overlay stitch, colors in cobalt, translucent red, and translucent blue on a pale variegated-blue bead background, s
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Northern Plains Beaded Hide Moccasins,250 - Northern Plains Beaded Hide Moccasins,
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each with sinew-sewn beadwork in colors of royal, cobalt, medium blue, red, orange-red, pink, dark green, and silver tone on a white beaded backgroun
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Sioux Beaded Hide Moccasins,251 - Sioux Beaded Hide Moccasins,
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each of buffalo hide with sinew-sewn beadwork in colors of dark blue, pink, yellow, and translucent green, with designs of diamonds on top, and with h
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Eastern Woodlands Beaded Hide Moccasins,252 - Eastern Woodlands Beaded Hide Moccasins,
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lot of 2. Includes one on which artisan used ultra-small beads on moccasin with a velvet cuff bound with red trade cloth and beaded in colors of pale
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Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Beaded Hide Moccasins,253 - Beaded Hide Moccasins,
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lot of 3. Includes a pair collected by Charles Manchester of Akron while a judge in Indian Territory, OK, with a stylized floral motif in colors of pi
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Cree Beaded Tobacco Bag,254 - Cree Beaded Tobacco Bag,
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all thread-sewn, with a notched throat decorated with a lane of black and white seed beads, margins with mauve and black beads, and main decorative pa
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Eastern Woodlands Beaded Hide Gauntlets,255 - Eastern Woodlands Beaded Hide Gauntlets,
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pair, each with a thread-sewn rose bouquet on the front and with a bunch of daisies on the reverse, and with fur trim at the cuff, wrist, and top of t
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Northern Plains Hide Beaded Gauntlets,256 - Northern Plains Hide Beaded Gauntlets,
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pair, each with thread(?)-sewn beadwork in overlay technique and with design of flowers and butterflies, in colors of red, red-orange, yellow, orange,
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Cree  Woman's Hide Mittens,257 - Cree Woman's Hide Mittens,
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with finely embroidered floral decorations in bright cotton threads of various colors; 8.50" x 4.5" Deaccessioned from the Western Reserve...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Iroquois Hat,258 - Iroquois Hat,
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Glengarry style, constructed of black twill-weave wool trimmed with red trade cloth, decorated on top and sides with a star and foliate motifs, thread
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Western Great Lakes Child's Beaded Hide Vest,259 - Western Great Lakes Child's Beaded Hide Vest,
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front with delicate beaded floral pattern outlining edges and decorating center of panels in colors of pale blue, rose, dark green, light green, black
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Eastern Woodland Beaded and Fur-Trimmed Woman's Hide Jacket,260 - Eastern Woodland Beaded and Fur-Trimmed Woman's Hide Jacket,
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with floral, leaf, and berry motif across back yoke, thread-sewn overlay stitch in bead colors of light blue, yellow, dark green, light green, pink, c
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Fine Buckskin Jacket and Dress,261 - Fine Buckskin Jacket and Dress,
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jacket with finely cut 2.5"-4.5" fringe on shoulders, around armholes and waist, down length of sleeves, around lower edge of sleeves and ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Wool Trade Blanket,262 - Wool Trade Blanket,
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early 20th-century gray wool trade blanket, with black line decoration, original sewn on silk printed label "Jacobs Oregon Pure Virgin Wool...&...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Pair of Fine Iroquois Beaded Purses,263 - Pair of Fine Iroquois Beaded Purses,
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both 19th-century and lavishly decorated with floral motifs of various colors of seed beads. Both with opening flanked by beaded flaps, one covering
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Pair of Fine Iroquois Beaded Purses,264 - Pair of Fine Iroquois Beaded Purses,
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both 19th-century and lavishly decorated with floral motifs of various colors of seed beads. One with throat flanked by two flaps, one covering a con
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Iroquois Beaded Coin Purses,265 - Iroquois Beaded Coin Purses,
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lot of 3. Each lavishly decorated with floral motifs of various colors of seed beads; includes a "U" shaped; 4.25" x 4.5"; PLUS...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Early Great Lakes Puzzle Pipe Stem,266 - Early Great Lakes Puzzle Pipe Stem,
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of carved hardwood with fine cut-outs, each with engraved surround and rubbed with tempera paint in red, blue, green, and yellow, old India ink inscri
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Eastern Woodland Puzzle Pipe Stem267 - Eastern Woodland Puzzle Pipe Stem
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with elaborately carved intaglio and pierced motifs of various plants, weapons, and with two Native Americans each wearing a feathered headdress, orna
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Iroquois Dance Rattles,268 - Iroquois Dance Rattles,
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lot of 3. Includes two water turtles and one western box turtle, all with dew-claws and hooves attached to shell with leather thongs; 6.5" lon...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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