The Best of Santa Fe Auction - Session 1

Hand wrought heavy silver bracelet with large turquoise cabochons. 3-1/4" X 2"

Exquisite, miniature petit point, turquoise and silver cuff bracelet with 525 cut stones, by Haloo. 2-1/2" X 2-1/2"

Outstanding squash blossom with seafoam turquoise nuggets and leaf motif. 32"

Beautiful geometric design blanket from Texcoco with striking feather, flame, and butterfly motif. 78" X 58"

Choice 2-piece "rug dress" with striking triangular design. 40" X 24"

Unusual soft weave floor rug from the Western Reservation. 72" X 45"

Unusual little non-traditional double Yei rug. 28" X 39"

Very fine weave, all natural wool, Two Grey Hills rug with central lozenge motif. 42" X 56"

Beautiful Crystal area rug with natural wool colors and geometric designs. 38" X 56"

Choice six-figure Yei-bei-chai weaving with outstanding detail. 3' X 5'

Very small Western Reservation Storm Pattern rug. 22" X 30"

Choice Wide Ruins vegetal dye rug by master weaver Ellen Smith. 3' X 5'

Very fine grade weaving with 8 Yei figure & cornstalk border, by master weaver Mary Peshlakai. 36" X 44"

Original oil on board by this famous Rosebud Sioux artist, depicting an Indian family in a wagon in the hills. 19" X 24"

Classic, signed pastel depicting a Southern Plains eagle dancer. 11" X 14"

Fine, framed, original painting depicting a Hopi singer and two dancers, signed "D. Namoki, Hopi '84." 11" X 14"

Classic, framed and signed original of a Pueblo dancer with Kiva in the background. 10" X 14"

Very large, signed original oil painting of a seven-year-old Eskimo girl, in a beautiful gold gilt frame. 19" X 25"

Large, framed pastel depicting an Indian lady, by this famous Canadian/Santa Fe artist, signed "Christofferson." 18" X 24"

Large, framed pastel entitled "Eagle Hunter, Blackfoot," signed "Christofferson." 18" X 24"

Large, framed pastel entitled "Indian Lady," signed "Christofferson." 18" X 24"

Large, signed, pastel portrait of "Lemmy - Yellow Bird" by the famous Gerda Christofferson, dated 1951. 18" X 24"

Large, signed, pastel portrait of a Blackfoot Indian warrior with headband. 18" X 24"

Fantastic sandcast & hand wrought silver necklace set with #8 spiderweb turquoise stones. 28"

Classic example of heavy hand stamped bands of triangular silver with elongated heavy matrix turquoise stones (ATADA item). 1" wide

Classic design turquoise and silver necklace with teardrop shaped stones set in silver clusters (ATADA item). 20"

Old commercial leather bow guard in traditional, sandcast silver spider design with drilled turquoise stone (ATADA item). 2-1/2" X 3"

Four beautiful ketoh-style manta pins, all of silver and turquoise, collected at Santo Domingo Pueblo in the 1950's (ATADA item). 2-1/4" X ...

Lot containing one Zuni inlay pin, one Zuni row bracelet, and one Navajo cluster bracelet (ATADA item). 3 pcs

Earrings, tie tack, and Zuni head from Sotheby's famous "Wallace" auction (lot #s 335, 967, & 1154 respectively) - original catalo...

Dr. Gregory Schaaf's Indian art series of four books: Hopi/Tewa Pottery, Pueblo Indian Pottery, American Indian Textiles, and Southern Pueblo Po...

Large scalloped-top pottery olla with traditional 3-color geometric design, signed "C. Garcia, Acoma, NM". 13" X 11"

Beautiful, wide shoulder pottery olla with scalloped top and numerous Gila monster designs, by S. Stevens. 11" X 13"

Six-strand hand carved shell frog fetish necklace.

Old Laguna handmade Kiva pot with frog design. 4" X 7-1/2" X 8-1/2"

Five long strands of turquoise and clamshell strung with old silver beads and cross. 5" X 33"

Old, medicine man's 4-strand necklace with hand carved fetishes, turquoise nuggets, coral, shells, and turquoise jacklas. 4" X 36"

Five long strands of blood red coral hung with large, hand wrought silver cross. 5" X 32"

Three outstanding, old, hand wrought silver, Kingman and spiderweb turquoise bracelets with large stones. 2-1/2"X 6"

Fine, Old Pawn, hand wrought silver squash blossom necklace.

Old, 7-strand, coral and turquoise necklace. 7" X 20"

Old handmade pottery canteen. 6" dia.

Outstanding necklace of matched spiderweb turquoise nuggets interspersed with red coral and turquoise beads. 21"

Classic and beautiful, full beaded moccasins, sinew sewn of buffalo hide with beautiful geometric design. 3" X 4" X 11"

Classic hide baby cradle with beautiful line quillwork, a quill and tin cone flap, and printed muslin bottom. 10" X 8" X 32"

Choice, child's, red stroud blanket with beautiful, full beaded, sinew sewn blanket strip in tepee design. 38" X 57"

Pair of beautiful, old, buffalo hide leggings with wide, geometric beaded strips and fringe. 11" X 29"

Fantastic, fully beaded pipe bag with outstanding geometric beadwork on both sides and hide fringe. 5-3/4" X 32-1/2"

Sinew sewn buffalo hide moccasins with beaded line design and fringe around sides and heel. 4" X 3-3/4" X 15"

Beautiful pair of full beaded, rectangular hide tepee bags with striking geometric designs. 10" X 15" each