Best of Santa Fe 2010

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...