Best of The West - February 2014

This is a lot of seven various and sundry pieces of beadwork done in the Nez Perce. This includes a belt buckle, a hair clip, two neck medallions and

c1900 This is a fine example of bead working craft. This is a wall hanger art piece. Although it is similar in appearance to a beaded wall pocket, it

Lot of 2, probably Navajo made. 1) A cuff-style bracelet with openwork silver bands upon which is mounted a triangular piece of matrix turquoise with

A massive handmade cross necklace, probably Navajo, suspended from a chain of round, smooth Navajo “pearls” in graduated size, measuring 14” in length

c1900 This sia small 6"x 3.5" woven basket, with handle. - HKA#65692

A large sterling silver Navajo necklace with elaborate silver leaf designs and accented with round birds eye spiderweb turquoise cabochons. There are

This weaving in traditional black, natural, gray and red colors was woven with aniline dyes. It measures 39 x 51” and was woven by Alice Jonus, from t

c1910 This basket is 14.25" in diameter and 9.25" high and about 12 stitches per inch. The materials used in the design consist of redbud...

A 36 x 42” nearly square wool rug. The tree of life in the central square is adorned by various birds in a colorful array. The square is outlined in a

A lovely Navajo necklace of sterling silver bench made beads and matrix turquoise pieces set in scalloped silver flower-petal designs. The naja pendan

These are traditional Two Grey Hills colors in this “Bug” motif wool rug: black, natural, brown, blue-grey and tan-grey. It measures 39 x 57” and is i

c1930 Yei (pronounced "yay") is Navajo for the benevolent supernatural spirit beings who bring their healing powers to medicinal ceremoni...

c1940 This is a 31” x 23.5” rug that features key Navajo pictorials. There are 3 small Yei figures surrounded by tall corn stalk lines. On the left a

A black/tan bordered wool rug, 31 x 50,” with 8 Yei-Bi-Chai figures on a gray ground, six with turquoise faces looking to the right, and the figures o

A finely made silver and turquoise necklace with hand-made silver decorative link chain and a central pendant in the form of a kachina mask. The headd

c1930 Lot of 3 pieces stamped by maker D.J. Ghate (or Chate). 1) A silver and turquoise necklace done in what is known as a Zuni-style needlepoint se

This lot includes five hand-carved bark masks from Alaska Three of these handcrafted pieces are caribou skin masks by the Nunamiut Eskimo of Anaktuvuk

c1900 Lot of 3: 1 is a beautiful turquoise bracelet in a sunburst pattern. It measures approx. 3.5" in dia. with wrap-around side panels at th...

c1970 This piece was made in the 1970s by famous Navajo silversmith Tommy Singer. Signer was introduced to the art of silversmithing from his father

A native man is seen seated for a photo. This photo was taken by the Department of the Interior. There is no date listed but a handwritten note on the