The Best of Santa Fe Auction - Session 2

Outstanding and old lidded birchbark container decorated with incised floral and bird motif. 26" tall

Very early black stone Calumet bowl with original pony bead-wrapped wood stem with dyed horsehair, quill, and notched turkey feather suspensions - ex.

Old birchbark moose calling horn, decorated with incised beaver and floral motif. 5-1/2" X 19"

Three long strands of Lewis and Clark-type Columbia River tradebeads from Fort Vancouver, ex. Cowles Collection. 3" X 34"

Fantastic, old, fully quilled Sioux medicine bag, beaded top and back on sinew sewn buckskin, complete with quilled fringe terminated with tin cones -

Outstanding and large black and white handled jar with human figure depicted on the handle, in excellent, as-found condition - museum quality. 7-1/2...

Traditional native hand carved moon mask depicting human Sisiutl (sea monster) - the type hung in Long House - from Alert Bay, British Columbia. 24&...

Beautiful and large seated pottery storyteller with 44 babies, signed H. Sando. 16-1/2" X 6" X 9"

Large pottery bowl with inside geometric painting and an animal figure in the center. 5" X 11"

One fragmentary, genuine Mayan pottery face and a pre-Columbia-style face effigy pottery vessel. 2 pcs

Two carved stone human effigy figures that appear to be pre-Columbian. 2 pcs

Huge seated human effigy stone carving done with exceptionally heavy stone that may contain some iron. 12" X 10" X 8"

Rare frame of Aleutian Island stone and bone artifacts - with documentation. 40+ pcs

Beautiful and large seated pottery storyteller with 44 babies, signed H. Sando. 17" X 6" X 9"

One large pottery owl with two babies, one pottery bird, and one pottery turtle - all by Seferina Ortiz, Cochiti. 3 pcs

Three pottery pieces including a pottery canteen with lizards, a pottery bowl with lizards, and a container with children, all signed Seferina Ortiz,

Large painted pottery bowl with human face designs and polychrome geometrics. 6" X 15"

Excellent, large and deep basket with fret design - an impressive piece from the Burt Robinson Collection. 14-1/2" X 7-3/4"

Pristine, finely woven basketry tray with star motif. 10-1/4" X 2-1/2"

Pristine, finely woven basketry olla with checkered diamond motif. 6-1/2" X 5-1/2"