Big Fall Phoenix Auction 2009

Traditional fully beaded cuffs with chevrons and triangles on a white background. 6-3/4" x 10" plus 3-1/2" fringe Mid 1900s

Traditional, sinew sewn and lazy stitch beaded, hard soled moccasins with classic design. 10" Early 1900s

Pair of smaller moosehide moccasins with rawhide soles and sinew sewn beaded cross and accents. 8" Early 1900s

Beautiful pair of buckskin uppers with beaded trim and shiny concho buttons. 16" x 7-1/2" Early 1900s

Old sinew sewn and lazy stitch beaded sheath made from buckskin and rawhide. 8-1/2" x 2-1/2" Early/Mid 1900s

Pair of very early sinew sewn, lazy stitch beaded moccasins with large crosses on the vamps. 9-1/2" Late 1800s

Traditional pair of lightly beaded moosehide toe-seam moccasins with floral designs. 9-1/2" Early 1900s

Early shirt yoke or costume drape made from buckskin with colorful beaded floral forms front and back. 17" x 20" Early 1900s

Beautifully shaped strike-a-lite bag with flap, beaded on the front and with tin cone suspensions. 12" x 3-1/4" Mid/Late 1900s

Old, smaller-sized, sinew sewn, lazy stitch beaded case with tin cone and horsehair suspensions. 7" x 2-1/2" Early 1900s

Very fine Nuu-Chah-Nulth lidded treasure basket with box design; very good condition. 3" x 5" Circa 1920

Very rare shaped lidded storage basket with rattle top and polychrome designs; in very good, as-found condition. 10" x 8-1/2" Late 1800s

Very fine weave, old, flared Nuu-Chah-Nulth basket with duck figures; very good condition. 3" x 7" Circa 1910

Very rare small woven basketry bag with human and mythical figures; very good condition. 4" x 4-1/2" Circa 1900

Super fine double banded cylindrical bowl with polychrome designs; excellent condition, one small glued rim split. 6-1/2" x 8" Circa 1900

Super fine double banded cylindrical bowl with polychrome designs; excellent condition. 5" x 6" Circa 1900

Rare, old, darkened lidded basket with striking geometrics in gold on the sides and top, brown and orange on the knob; very good condition. 4" ...

Beautiful woven basketry tray with striking diamond and blossom motif; excellent condition. 14-1/2" Circa 1940

Outstanding, large, finer weave tray with arrows, 4-winds, and stepped snake designs; very good condition. 16" Circa 1920

Beautiful woven deep basketry bowl with striking crosses and diamond motif; excellent condition. 11" x 3" Circa 1940s

Helen Shupla, Excellent polished black vase with deeply carved designs. 6-1/4" x 5" Circa 1970

Helen Gutierrez, Outstanding polished redware vase with buff feather motif and red floral. 6-7/8" x 6" Circa 1970

Juan and Donicia Tafoya, Beautiful bowl with polished black feather motif on black matte. 3-3/4" x 4-1/2" Circa 1974

Stella Chavarria, Fabulous polished black bowl with deeply carved geometric motif. 4" x 6" Circa 1970s

Great olla with classic black on cream fineline motif. 6-1/2" x 8" Circa 1960

Large, beautiful cup of micacious clay, used for transporting liquid. 5-1/4" x 6" Mid 1900s

Outstanding, extra long, stamped link belt with 20 conchos and buckle - hallmark KS. 53" Circa 1965

Classic necklace of all natural turquoise cabochons with good matrix. 30" Mid 1900s

Exquisite necklace of all matched natural nuggets with good matrix - rare quality. 25" Circa 1964

Elegant 2-strand necklace with lapis roundels on fine lapis heshi. 24" Late 1900s

Fine old flat bowl with simple key design; very good condition. 9" x 2-1/2" Circa 1900

Huge polychrome storage basket with bands of golden geometric forms; some professional restoration. 22" x 15" Circa 1900

Beautiful small tapering bowl with two-color banded design; very good condition. 8" x 4-1/4" Circa 1900

Rather large, fully beaded woven basket with polychrome designs visible on the inside. 8" x 4-1/4" Circa 1920

Rare old willow and red fern open weave sifting basket; very good condition. 13" x 5" Early 1900s

Traditional, finely woven, lidded "yarn basket" with polychrome design, used to draw wool through; very good condition. 14-1/2" x 3&q...

Classic soft weave deep bowl with stepped geometric designs; very good condition. 6-1/2" x 9" Circa 1900

Fine, small, two-sided woven bag with Christmas trees on one side. 9" x 10" Early 1900s

Classic shaped polychrome bowl with snake/zigzag pattern and ticked rim sections; very good condition. 9-1/2" x 3-1/2" Early 1900s

Large classic-shaped polychrome bowl with traditional snake design; very good condition. 15" x 15" Early 1900s

Traditional double saddle blanket. 56" x 30" Circa 1950s

Natural color, hand spun wool Two Gray Hills rug. 39" x 24" Circa 1970s

Twill single saddle blanket with intricate pattern. 34" x 23" Circa 1970s

Lillian Carroll, Fine weave Ganado area rug. 28" x 20" Circa 1990s

Pictorial Tree of Life tapestry. 18" x 12" Circa 1980s

Hilda Whitegoat, Horsehair rainbow olla with turquoise. 7" x 9" Circa 2000

Elva Nampeyo, Traditional Hopi jar, signed with cornstalk. 6" x 5" Circa 2009

Ambrose Atencio, Micacious clay bowl. 3" x 9" Circa 2009

Bonnie Fragua, Unusual pig storyteller doll. 7" Circa 2000s

Antonio, Fineline design pottery bowl. 5" x 8" Circa 2000s

Like-new 2-color wool tradecloth horse drape in red and blue with red, white, and blue ribbon trim. 116" x 32" Mid 1900s

Well-used wooden example, hand carved and drilled to accept lashing - ex. Roy Yates Sr. collection; native repair on back. 25-1/2" x 8" Ea...

Fine limited edition (#258/2500) bronze collector's plate - "Buffalo Hunt". 7-1/4" Circa 1970s

Beautiful pair of black and white photos marked "Adam Dog Tail - Stony Indian Tribe, Banff 1930, Alta" - one with him wearing a headdress....

Classic old black and white photo print, marked "John Smith - Cass Lake- Sah-Ba-Nung-Way-Wains - supposed to be 137 years old - Rev. M. Boyle&q...

All in original paper frames, one marked "Sekukuku - Hopi Indian - (Joe Yellowfeet) Grand Canyon July 1924". 10" x 6-1/2" each E...

Hand painted Mexican devotional panel with verse or saying in Spanish. 10" x 8-1/4" Circa 1936

Hand painted Mexican devotional panel with verse or saying in Spanish. 7-1/2" x 11" Circa 1959

Beautiful, fancy, forged iron pipe/axe head with file burned oak haft/stem with brass tacks, 20" x 11-1/2" Mid 1900s

Including: Vol. 11 (1889-1890), Vol. 22 (1900-1901), Vol. 25 (1903-1904), Vol. 28 (1906-1907), Vol. 33 (1911-1912). 8" x 11" Early 1900s

Exquisitely quilled rectangular knife holder made from rawhide and with buckskin fringe. 14" x 3-1/2" Late 1900s

Very fine medium-sized buckskin long bag with quillwork on both sides and the slats. 5" x 31" Late 1900s

Exquisitely quilled rectangular knife holder made from rawhide and with buckskin fringe. 17" x 3-1/2" Late 1900s

Unique design buckskin bag with a hard round cylinder at the base adorned with quilled flags and stars. 19" x 5" Late 1900s

Very fine oblique shaped bag with striking designs done in lazy stitch, entirely ochred in orange. 7" x 14" Late 1900s

Smaller-sized yellow ochred buckskin tobacco bag with lazy stitch beaded trim and long fringe. 5-1/8" x 18" Late 1900s

Dark antelope hide bag with lazy stitch beaded panel and finer 10" fringe - some whiteheart seed beads used. 12" x 3-3/4" plus fringe...

Beautifully beaded in lazy stitch with flag and pipe designs done on buckskin with 7" fringe. 13-1/2" x 3" plus fringe Late 1900s

Beautifully beaded in lazy stitch with three dog figures done on buckskin with 4-1/2" fringe. 10" x 3" plus fringe Late 1900s

Hand carved bone knife with tradecloth wrap plus a beautifully beaded buckskin sheath - in presentation case. Knife 10" x 1", sheath 10&qu...

Plate #29 - figure from the Shalako dance at Zuni, artist aka Alfonso Royball. 15" x 19" (22-1/2" x 26-1/2" framed) Circa 1930s

Plate #3 - female figures of the basket dance, artist aka Tse Ye Mu. 15" x 19" (23" x 27" framed) Circa 1930s

Plate #5 - depicting the women of the corn dance, artist aka "Ogwa Pi". 15" x 19" (22" x 27" framed) Circa 1930s

Plate #47, Sun disk rising from the body of the Avanyu. 15" x 19" (23" x 27" framed) Circa 1930s

Plate #11 - turkey with maize. 15" x 19" (22" x 26" framed) Circa 1930s

Plate #25 - Montezuma summoning the animals from the cavern. 15" x 19" (22" x 25-1/2" framed) Circa 1930s

Plate #9 - bird forms associated with plant forms composed of cloud and rain emblems. 15" x 19" (34-1/2" x 28" framed) Circa 1930s

Plate #18 - representation of the Big Horn Dancer above an Avanyu serpent. 15" x 19" (23" x 27" framed) Circa 1930s

Plate #24 - figures in the great Corn Dance. Circa 1930s

Plate #22 - Female Butterfly Dancer. 19" x 15" (26" x 22" framed) Circa 1930s

Fantastic hand carved ivory pipe with rare shark and squid figures and inlaid abalone features. 12-1/2" x 4" x 1" Mid 1900s

Fine communist carved figure, this a school boy delivering the word. 7-1/2" x 3-1/4" Early/Mid 1900s

Fine Communist carved figure, these two school boys in uniform. Larger 3-3/4" x 1-3/4" Early/Mid 1900s

Fine Communist carving, this a young female with a bundle of flowers. 5-1/4" x 3" Early/Mid 1900s

Very finely carved pair of Deity faces, one male, one female. 5" x 3" each Early/Mid 1900s

A large priestess head with inlaid emerald in the forehead - 4 subjects and 2 candlesticks. Largest 15-1/2" x 4" Early/Mid 1900s

Finely carved single figure, this a kneeling woman. 11" x 2-1/2" Early/Mid 1900s

Finely carved single figure, this a female with a large headpiece. 9-1/4" x 2" Early/Mid 1900s

Hand carved pair of 2-hole catlinite ceremonial amulets. Larger 4-3/4" x 1-3/8" Mid/Late 1900s

Simple hand carved wooden bowl with inlaid shell accents. 10" x 6" x 3-1/2" Mid/Late 1900s

Unique home spun wool pictorial rug with eagle figure. 25" x 34" Circa 1950

Beautiful eye dazzler rug with 2 diamonds with serrated edges; good condition. 46" x 31" Mid 1900s

Large Crystal rug with serrated triangles and two-color border; good condition, some edge issues. 76" x 44" Mid 1900s

Interesting soft weave pictorial rug with unique border; fair condition with some wear-through, etc. 60" x 32" Circa 1940s

Early, soft weave banded wearing blanket; fair condition. 52" x 42" Early 1900s

Traditional elongated floor rug with serrated diamond designs; good condition. 65" x 30" Circa 1940s

Colorful, clean, and crisp eye dazzler in black, white, red, tan, and rust; very good condition. 62" x 38" Mid 1900s

Beautiful, stepped diamond rug with serrated elements in interesting color; very good condition. 70" x 82" Mid 1900s

Outstanding 3-color optical rug; very good condition. 67" x 63" Mid 1900s

Mavera Begay, Small dark ground Chinle with stepped diamonds; very good condition. 22" x 32" Circa 1980s