Best of Santa Fe 2010

Huge and impressive black-on-white small-necked Chaco Socorro olla with rare finger hold indentations near bottom and bold negative vertical zigzag ba

Very rare Four Mile polychrome pottery vessel in good condition. Featured in Arizona Highways February 1974. Purchased from Chesley in 1975 for $1,050

Rare pair of bright red quilled armbands with matching quilled suspensions with tin cones, feathers, and horsehair. Ex: Borglum collection. Purchased

Rare rawhide wrapped stone club with tradecloth casing, sinew, bells, and decorated with horsehair tuft. Purchased from Dewey in 1978 for $950; apprai

Rare pair of early deer hide bands, one with a round mirror with incised deer hooves and quilled suspensions with tin cones and feather ends. Ex: Alla

Rare Elk Dreamer Society bag panel (no back) with stylized animal head and rows of red done in quillwork, lazy stitch beaded accents, and horsehair an

Basically the same as above with a different colored head. This piece was turned upside down and made into a bag or pouch. The beadwork looks added al

Hand carved pine dance wand with axe-type handle and long horsehair tufts. This is probably a newer patinated piece. Purchased from Fenn in 1979 for $

Very rare four-strand brass bead necklace with beaded medallion, rolled otter fur, gourd stitch with buckskin and silver fringe - plus an attached bea

Very rare bandolier/medicine necklace (possibly Apache) with 16 strands of twisted hide with shells and bundles attached and with claws, bone, elk tee

Rare warrior's necklace with beaded concretion stone at bottom with beads attached, ochred ermine drops, and bead and buckskin trim. Ex: Emmons ...

Traditionally constructed rawhide covered hand drum with buffalo head on one side, male figure holding a lance on the other. Purchased from Williams i

Rare large sided hand carved and painted cottonwood root Nimen (Hemis) doll with watermelon, rattle, and foliage. Purchased from Bob Ward in 1977 for

Collection of two female and three male unfired clay dolls with traditional painted details, cloth clothing, and horsehair. Purchased from Turney in 1

Very rare, old, carved wooden flute covered with buffalo intestine and with small fully beaded animal fetish, cloth bands, and adjustable pitch slide.

Rare old blackened pottery jar with drilled holes, four bone and feather fetishes attached to the outside, and three more loose fetishes inside. Purch

Traditional turtle bowl with etched detailing (some cracks, head glued) and a clay pipe with a serpent wrapped around it. good condition. Identified a

Rare, large hand carved stone fetish in bear (or buffalo) form with shell disc inlay eyes. 6" x 3" x 2" Pre-1900

Carved of red stone in human form with inset turquoise eyes. 8-1/2" Pre-1900

Unbelievable collection of 37 very old hand carved Zuni, Hopi, and other Pueblo fetish carvings in different forms. Ex: Rex Arrowsmith private collect

Extremely rare esoteric figures in human, bird, and fish/whale forms made from carved stone wrapped in parchment. Ex: Arrowsmith collection. Purchased

An early 1900s Navajo medicine gourd rattle/drum with painted symbols plus a 1920s Laguna carved wooden fetish done in human male form. 7" high...

Rare Tobacco Society amulet - a polished stone covered with laced buckskin with beaded edging and adorned with several small medicine bundles. Apprais

Extremely rare beaded buckskin doll with medicine pouches, ermine and ribbon trim, two-color beaded head, dew claws, and sinew. Provenance states that

Rare bead-covered sacred rock with two hide-wrapped medicine bundles and bead, buckskin, and hair suspensions, all done in red ochre. Purchased from A

Fantastic fully beaded cradle cover with interesting geometric designs done on white ground on body and top tab - buckskin, sinew sewn, and beaded in

Fantastic old quilled cradleboard (on newer slats) with solid top, two-sided tab, and red rows on the sides. Bottom is an old patch quilt. Purchased f

Rare painted and shaped rawhide pieced cradle with Sioux beaded saddle bag strips on front and top, beaded edge, bells, bead and quilled dangles, tin

Rare Southern Plains tunic-style headdress made from (now bare) deer skin with beaded medallion and fob with feather drops. Purchased from Allard in 1

Rare hide (wolf) headdress with painted hard leather "horns" with string and feather ties. Three wooden pahos on top with feather adornmen...

A colorful open beaded apron plus a fully beaded liquor flask with wool tufts. Appraisal value $1,100. 10" x 36" and 3" x 5" Mid...

Classic pair of flat beaded leggings with geometric forms on white field. Purchased from ACL in 1975 for $125; appraisal value $1,000. 8-1/2" x...

Large, lidded storage basket with rare scorpion and eagle(?) figures. Purchased from Duncan's in 1973 for $312. Condition: good. 15" high x...

Classic design western Apache tray with rare human figures and rattlesnake diamonds. Purchased from Austin in 1975 for $200; appraisal value $4,000. C

Beautiful polychrome coiled 2nd Mesa tray or meal plaque with red and black deer surrounding a central floral motif. Purchased from ACL in 1975 for $1

Large classic-shaped basketry bowl with quadrant design done with black devils claw. Purchased from Guidon in 1975 for $150; appraisal value $950. Con

Rare straight-sided oval bowl with human figures encircling the sides. Purchased from Turney's in 1982 for $350; appraisal value $1,200. Conditi...

Beautiful low profile oval basketry vessel with interesting polychrome figures (humans, babies(?)) and diamonds. Purchased from Turney's in 1982...

Large traditional design basket with color bands of red and black on exterior. Purchased from Hogan Shop in 1976 for $150; appraisal value $2,500. Con

Rare traditional tightly woven burden basket with diamond designs and buckskin fringe. Purchased from Orley in 1975 for $1,100; appraisal value $2,200

Classic tight weave polychrome basketry tray with traditional design. Purchased from Nutrioso in 1974 for $130; appraisal value $1,200. Condition: ver

Set of beautiful finely woven 3rd Mesa mealing trays, one with Hopi maiden, the other a black eagle. Purchased in 1970 for $180; appraisal value $1,30

Collection of traditional seated pottery figures holding pots, some with different expressions, some with painting. Purchased from Don Poblo in 1973 f

Beautiful black-and-white Chaco pottery pitcher/mug with rectilinear wings and horizontal stripes on handle. Purchased from Ashton in 1975 for $183.75

Huge Quapaw storage jar with four handles (one broken off) and fancy rim exterior. Ex: Durham collection. Purchased in 1982 for $2,750; appraisal valu

Great collection of nine miniature black-on-white pottery vessels including pitchers, a donut jar, canteens, etc. Condition: some with minor restorati

Rare black-on-white bowl with fineline rim design and hummingbird figure. Purchased from Hinkley in 1975 for $385; appraisal value $750. Condition: ve

Rare thin-walled black-on-white bowl with lizard design in center. Purchased from ACL in 1975 for $250; appraisal value $1,200. Some professional rest

Very rare polychrome figural vessel with winged design. Purchased from Redding in 1977 for $300; appraisal value $2,400. Professional restoration. 6...

Very rare black-on-white Tularosa figural vessel with ram head effigy. Purchased from Arlotta in 1982 for $725; appraisal value $2,500. Condition: ver