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  • Great Lakes Wood Teaching Staff

    Great Lakes Wood Teaching Staff

    Lot: 122
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    Great Lakes Wood Teaching Staff, fourth quarter 19th century, long staff with carved head of a Native American, with white glass pony beads inset as eyes, lg. 37 in. more ...

  • Great Lakes Yarn Bag

    Great Lakes Yarn Bag

    Lot: 123
    Sold for: $1,375$1,100

    Great Lakes Yarn Bag, late 19th century, large finger woven bag with a large thunderbird effigy front and back, with finger woven hanging strap, 13 x 16 in. Provenance: Private collection, St. more ...

  • Great Lakes Charm Bag

    Great Lakes Charm Bag

    Lot: 124
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    Great Lakes Charm Bag, late 19th century, finger woven yarn pouch with thunderbird effigies, 5 x 5 in. Provenance: Private collection, St. Paul, Minnesota; purchased from Ken Canfield in the more ...

  • Prairie Burl Bowl with Game Pieces

    Prairie Burl Bowl with Game Pieces

    Lot: 125
    Sold for: $1,250$1,000

    Prairie Burl Bowl with Game Pieces, Possibly Meskwaki, Sauk/Fox, with ten carved and painted bone game animals and disks, including a bear, turtle and Thunderbird, bowl dia. 11 1/4, ht. 2 1/2 in. more ...

  • Woodlands Floral Hide Moccasins

    Woodlands Floral Hide Moccasins

    Lot: 126
    Sold for: $2,875$2,300

    Woodlands Floral Hide Moccasins, Maliseet, c. 1850s, soft hide, with multicolored intricate floral pattern beaded on the vamps and cuffs, with red cloth tongues, edged with blue silk ribbon, lg. 8 more ...

  • Pair of Northeast Child's Moccasins

    Pair of Northeast Child's Moccasins

    Lot: 127
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    Pair of Northeast Child's Moccasins, Iroquois, first half 19th century, smoked hide decorated with fine quillwork covering the central seam on the vamp, the cuffs edged with blue silk and white pony more ...

  • Pair of Northeast Woman's Moccasins

    Pair of Northeast Woman's Moccasins

    Lot: 128
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    Pair of Northeast Woman's Moccasins, Huron, mid-19th century, soft smoked hide with felt vamp and cuff, decorated with fine moose-hair floral embroidery, one with silk ribbon tie, (minor hair loss),more ...

  • Northeast Painted Face Mask

    Northeast Painted Face Mask

    Lot: 129
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    Northeast Painted Face Mask, Iroquois, Seneca, 19th century, Doorkeeper mask, the wide open, exaggerated mouth, with red lips, with large, long nose above, the cutout eyes framed by tin, the cheeks more ...

  • Northeast Painted Wood Mask

    Northeast Painted Wood Mask

    Lot: 130
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    Northeast Painted Wood Mask, Iroquois, late 19th century, "False Face Society," mask, hollowed out face mask made from maple wood, painted on the front in red ochres, with wide, smiling cutout more ...

  • Early Northeast Beaded Bag

    Early Northeast Beaded Bag

    Lot: 131
    Sold for: $2,000$1,600

    Early Northeast Beaded Bag, Iroquois, Seneca, first quarter 19th century, Haudenosaunee, black wool broadcloth elaborately decorated with all white glass beads, silk ribbon edge binding and strap, more ...

  • Early Northeast Beaded Bag

    Early Northeast Beaded Bag

    Lot: 132
    Sold for: $625$500

    Early Northeast Beaded Bag, Iroquois, Seneca, c. 1830s, beaded bag of black wool cloth, decorated with elaborate beadwork, silk ribbon edge binding, with cotton lining, edged with white pony beads, more ...

  • Early Northeast Beaded Bag

    Early Northeast Beaded Bag

    Lot: 133
    Sold for: $938$750

    Early Northeast Beaded Bag, Iroquois, Seneca, c. 1830s, red wool stroud cloth, with elaborate multicolored glass beadwork, green silk edge binding and strap, cotton lining, with white bead edging, 6 more ...

  • Northeast Beaded Cloth Bag

    Northeast Beaded Cloth Bag

    Lot: 134
    Sold for: $469$375

    Northeast Beaded Cloth Bag, Iroquois, Seneca type, c. 1830s, red stroud cloth, decorated with multicolored small glass beads, with flap, blue silk edging, and cotton lining, (minor silk loss),4 3/4 more ...

  • Mohawk Carved and Painted Wood Cradle Board

    Mohawk Carved and Painted Wood Cradle Board

    Lot: 135
    Sold for: $4,375$3,500

    Mohawk Carved and Painted Wood Cradle Board, c. third quarter 19th century, with relief-carved foliate designs, and a bird feeding her chicks on the back, (minor paint loss),lg. 16 3/4, wd. of bar more ...

  • Eskimo Scrimshaw Walrus Tusk

    Eskimo Scrimshaw Walrus Tusk

    Lot: 136
    Sold for: $1,625$1,300

    Eskimo Scrimshaw Walrus Tusk, Alaska, late 19th century, the tusk cut in two, the front side completely illustrated in finely incised elements, pigmented black, with two long friezes of fish, more ...

  • Large Eskimo Scrimshaw Walrus Tusk Cribbage Board

    Large Eskimo Scrimshaw Walrus Tusk Cribbage Board

    Lot: 137
    Sold for: $2,375$1,900

    Large Eskimo Scrimshaw Walrus Tusk Cribbage Board, signed "Joe Kakarook," and dated 1899, the central part carved out for the cribbage holes, and decorated with plants and flowers, pigmented black, more ...

  • Eskimo Scrimshaw Walrus Tusk Cribbage Board

    Eskimo Scrimshaw Walrus Tusk Cribbage Board

    Lot: 138
    Sold for: $1,750$1,400

    Eskimo Scrimshaw Walrus Tusk Cribbage Board, signed "Joe Kakarook, Nome Alaska" and dated 1901, one side with cribbage holes, a landscape with two elk, and the other with two seals, the other side more ...

  • Eskimo Harpoon Counterweight Fragment

    Eskimo Harpoon Counterweight Fragment

    Lot: 139
    Sold for: $375$300

    Eskimo Harpoon Counterweight Fragment, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, Punuk period, approx. A.D. 800-1400, with drilled base, the turreted type with incised line designs, (missing side arms),ht. 2 more ...

  • Eskimo Harpoon Point

    Eskimo Harpoon Point

    Lot: 140
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    Eskimo Harpoon Point, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, Old Bering Sea III period, c. A.D. 300-500, engraved with fine line curvilinear and drilled designs, smooth, dark surface, lg. 4 1/2 in. more ...

  • Northwest Coast Argillite Totem Pole

    Northwest Coast Argillite Totem Pole

    Lot: 141
    Sold for: $1,500$1,200

    Northwest Coast Argillite Totem Pole, Haida, 19th century, with a large, seated bear at the base, a raven on top, together with another animal above the bird, in a typical stacked and graduated more ...

  • Northwest Coast Polychrome Model Totem Pole

    Northwest Coast Polychrome Model Totem Pole

    Lot: 142
    Sold for: $2,000$1,600

    Northwest Coast Polychrome Model Totem Pole, c. 1900, wood, with two stacked clan totem animals, the lower a seated bear, with a perched raven on top, painted highlights and detailing, the head on more ...

  • Northwest Coast Polychrome Model Totem Pole

    Northwest Coast Polychrome Model Totem Pole

    Lot: 143
    Sold for: $1,500$1,200

    Northwest Coast Polychrome Model Totem Pole, c. 1900, wood, with four clan crest animal figures, multicolored paint work in red, green, and black, with old paper label verso, which attributes it to more ...

  • Northwest Coast Polychrome Model Totem Pole

    Northwest Coast Polychrome Model Totem Pole

    Lot: 144
    Sold for: $1,375$1,100

    Northwest Coast Polychrome Model Totem Pole, c. 1900, wood, with four clan crest animal figures, multicolored paint work in red, green, and black, with old paper labels verso, ht. 18 1/2 in. more ...

  • Northwest Coast Totem Pole

    Northwest Coast Totem Pole

    Lot: 145
    Sold for: $5,000$4,000

    Northwest Coast Totem Pole, fourth quarter 19th century, cedar wood, tall, unpainted, with twelve clan crest animals depicted stacked and co-joined, with an eagle holding a whale on top of the pole, more ...

  • Northwest Coast Sheep Horn Spoon

    Northwest Coast Sheep Horn Spoon

    Lot: 146
    Sold for: $250$200

    Northwest Coast Sheep Horn Spoon, late 19th century, the long-graduated handle with elongated scoop, dark, smooth patina, with metal stand, lg. 10 1/2 in. more ...

  • Northwest Coast Wood Spoon

    Northwest Coast Wood Spoon

    Lot: 147
    Sold for: $500$400

    Northwest Coast Wood Spoon, late 19th century, the long scoop, with graduated handle, with three shell inlay panels, with metal stand, lg. 8 1/8 in. more ...

  • Northwest Coast Two-Piece Horn Spoon

    Northwest Coast Two-Piece Horn Spoon

    Lot: 148
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    Northwest Coast Two-Piece Horn Spoon, Tlingit, 19th century, of classic form, with a shallow flaring bowl, with golden patina, inset to a long, slightly curving handle, fastened with two pins, more ...

  • Northwest Coast Gaming Set

    Northwest Coast Gaming Set

    Lot: 149
    Sold for: $1,875$1,500

    Northwest Coast Gaming Set, Tsimshian, Alaska, late 19th century, wrapped leather pouch with numerous polished wood sticks with markings, 6 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. more ...

  • Northwest Coast Wood Effigy Bowl

    Northwest Coast Wood Effigy Bowl

    Lot: 150
    Sold for: $1,875$1,500

    Northwest Coast Wood Effigy Bowl, Tlingit, or Haida, 19th century, large bowl, probably in the form of a seal, with shell inlay eyes, and embedded beads around the rim and sides, with a worn, more ...

  • Northwest Coast Effigy Amulet

    Northwest Coast Effigy Amulet

    Lot: 151
    Sold for: $625$500

    Northwest Coast Effigy Amulet, Tlingit or Haida, fourth quarter 19th century, probably made from walrus tusk, a transformational creature, part bird, part man, with abalone shell inlays, ht. 2 1/2 more ...