The Best of Santa Fe Auction - Session 1

Rare, old, Northern Plains catlinite war club with fully beaded rawhide handle and a beaded and fringed drop. 5" X 35"

Fine hide bow case and quiver with geometric design, beaded trim with fine, metal-tipped arrows, and a choice, old bow. 51" X 11"

Classic iron pipe axe with fire burned handle, horsehair drop, and engraved tomahawk head. 8" X 37"

Full beaded saddle leather strike-a-lite bag with geometric designs and tin cone dangles. 4" X 7"

Rare and beautiful, all sinew sewn, rawhide sole moccasins with diamond and triangle beaded designs. 4" X 4" X 10-3/4"

Classic, old, high top buckskin moccasins with turned up rawhide soles. 8" X 4-1/2" X 10-1/4"

Fantastic, fully costumed, leather faced doll with fur trimmed parka, mittens, hood, and mukluks. 6-1/2" X 15-1/2"

Very rare, old, articulating wooden doll with superfine boots, pants, and fur parka. 5" X 15"

The largest Eskimo doll we have every seen with leather face, fur clothing, and beaded mukluks. 20" X 43"

Rounded hide bag with beautiful quilled purple horse on one side and geometric quilled designs on the obverse. 10" X 7-1/2"

Two hand-wrought silver tobacco canteens, one hand stamped and set with 9 Blue Gem turquoise stones, the other hand stamped and incised with a coyote.

Very rare, early medicine bundle container, sinew sewn beadwork on mountain sheep with dew claws, complete with contents: carved pipe tamper, medicin

Fossil rock medicine necklace strung with early tradebeads, shells, and ermine suspensions. 32"

Two strand, pump-drilled, Cerillos turquoise and shell heshi necklace. 31"

Very fine handmade and painted pottery jar, signed "Polacca Nampeyo" - perfect condition. 8" X 8"

Seven pieces of hand wrought silver including 3 baby rattles, silver spoon, baby cup, lidded box, and pill container.

Old, Plains, yew wood bow with three bone-tipped arrows. 49"

Large, old, handmade canteen with classic parrot design. 11"

Classic Southern Cheyenne moccasins, sinew sewn on buffalo hide with buffalo soles. 10-1/2"

Heavy, hand-wrought silver necklace strung with large sandcast naja, bench made beads, and silver dollars. 29"