HOWARD TERPNING (1927-), STATUS SYMBOLSTitle: Howard Terpning (1927-), Status Symbols Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: 34 x 26 Frame dimensions: 45 x 37 x 4 Notes: Often referred to as the Storyteller of the Native...
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(2 PC) PAIR OF RAJASTHANI INDIAN PROCESSIONPAINTINGSDESCRIPTION: (2 Pcs) A Pair of Indian Paintings depicting a Rajasthani Royal Maharaja procession with several walking figures and over an elephant figures. Both paintings...
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BY OR AFTER SHOBAL CLEVENGER, BUST OFAMOS LAWRENCEPainted plaster portrait bust by or after Shobal Vail Clevenger (American, 1812-1843), depicting Amos Lawrence (1786-1852), the prominent Boston textile merchant,...
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TAINO STONE ZEMI W/ TRANSFORMATION FIGUREPre-Columbian,Hispaniola, Greater Antilles Islands, Taino / Arawak Indians, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. Among the only items specifically referenced by Spanish chroniclers of the 15th century,...
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19TH C. NATIVE AMERICAN BEAVER TOP HATW/ FREEMASONRYNative American, Western United States, Plains Tribes, likely Comanche or Lakota (Sioux), ca. mid to late 19th century CE. This is a fascinating piece of Native...
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20TH C. TLINGIT FELT & BUTTON BLANKETW/ TOTEMIC BEARNative American, Pacific Northwest, United States or Canada, Haida or Tlingit peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A remarkable example of traditional...
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8TH C. INDIAN PALA STONE RELIEF OF VISHNUSouthAsia, India, region of Bengal, Pala Empire, ca. 8th to 12th centuries CE. A beautiful relief and openwork carved stone plaque depicting the Hindu deity Vishnu. The god stands...
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LARGE 18TH C. INDIAN STONE PANEL W/GANESH**Originally Listed At $2000**
South Asia, India, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. Finely carved in relief from a single block of stone, this is a high relief hand-carved...
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IMPRESSIVE MOCHE POTTERY BOUND PRISONERVESSELPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche III to IV, ca. 400 to 700 CE. A dramatic pottery vessel of a bound prisoner shown nude. Limbs spread and tied with ropes to a...
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SIGNED FRITZ SCHOLDER PAINTING - SKELETON,2001Fritz William Scholder (American - Mission/Luiseno, 1937-2005). "Quartz Mountain Skeleton" acrylic on paper, 2001. Signed (scratched into the paint) on upper left. Title,...
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SIGNED FRITZ SCHOLDER PAINTING - "BOLOBLUE TIE"Fritz William Scholder (American - Mission/Luiseno, 1937-2005). "Blue Bolo Tie" acrylic on paper, n.d. Signed in pencil at bottom. A striking painting by the legendary...
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SIGNED FRITZ SCHOLDER PRINT - "BLUEPORTRAIT" (1991)Fritz William Scholder (American - Mission/Luiseno, 1937-2005). "Blue Portrait" Cyanotype Cliche-Verre, 1991. Edition 22 of 24, 1991. Hand signed and numbered...
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EXHIBITED TAINO WOOD ZEMI COHOBA STAND,C-14 TESTEDPre-Columbian, Hispaniola, Greater Antilles Islands, Taino/ Arawak Indians, ca. 15th to early 16th century CE. Incredible! An exemplary wood zemi figure that served...
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IMPORTANT TAINO MARBLE DUHO / CEREMONIALSTOOLPre-Columbian, Caribbean area, perhaps Dominican Republic, Taino (Arawak) Indians, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. What a find! A magnificent marble ceremonial stool known as a...
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SUPERB AZTEC STONE COILED SERPENT /QUETZALCOATLPre-Columbian, Central Mexico, Aztec, ca. 1325 to 1475 CE. An incredible stone carving of a serpent with the coils interlacing, forming a large and solid ball,...
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RARE 18TH C. TIBETAN GILT BRASS SNOWLION PLAQUESCentral Asia, Tibet, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. An exceptional pair of brass Tibetan Snow Lion repousse plaques each adorned with a gilt body and a verdigris...
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FINE KHMER SANDSTONE SCULPTURE OF GODDESSUMA**First Time At Auction**
Southeast Asia, Cambodia, Khmer Empire (Angkor culture), ca. 12th century CE. A skillfully carved, monumental stone statue of the goddess Uma,...
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20TH C. NATIVE AMERICAN HOPI WOOD KACHINABY A. HONANIE...Native American, Arizona, Hopi culture, Moenkopi, ca. late 20th century CE. A wonderful, signed wooden kachina doll by the talented Hopi carver and silversmith...
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20TH C. NORTHWEST COAST PAINTED CEDARTHUNDERBIRDNative American, Pacific Northwest, ca. 20th to early 21st century CE. A fine, hand-carved cedar plaque in the form of the head of a Thunderbird with clear cut...
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TAINO RHYOLITE CEREMONIAL SCEPTER W/CACIQUE FIGUREPre-Columbian, Hispaniola, Greater Antilles Islands, Taino/ Arawak Indians, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. An exceptionally rare rhyolite ceremonial scepter depicting...
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5 PC. SHIVA LINGAM STONES: Five IndianLingam Stones that are often revered as an emblem of generative power and represent the totality of all existence. Representations of Shiva. Largest Approx. 6'' l x 3'' w.
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Algonquian Ball Club, with Decorations
mid-19thcentury
having a notched triangular butt and finger-grooved handle; body of club profusely decorated with imagery of thunderbirds, horned panthers, horned serpents, and a...
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HENRY BOUQUET, BRITISH COLONIAL OFFICER,DS, 1763 Henry Bouquet (1719-1766, Swiss-born soldier, Lt. Col. of the Royal American Regiment during French & Indian War and Pontiac's War) handwritten document, signed,...
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JAMES EARLE FRASER, END OF THE TRAIL,1915, 1967James Earle Fraser, (1876 - 1953) End of the Trail, 1915, 1967, bronze, edition 17 inscribed at base: FRASER #17 / SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY The original plasters...
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DON POWERS, UNTITLED (PLAINS INDIANWITH PIPE), 1982Don Powers, (b. 1950) Untitled (Plains Indian With Pipe), 1982, tempera on paper signed and dated lower left: Don Powers © 1982 tempera on paper Dimensions:...
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Rosebud Agency Sketchbook, by "Jack"9 x 5 1/2 inch sketchbook containing 72 illustrations on unlined paper, in color pencil, ca 1880s-1890s. Paper cover featuring blue pencil inscription "Capt McCauley for Indian...
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IMPERIAL YELLOW-GROUND SILK BROCADE'DRAGON' THRONE CUSHION COVER
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD ??? ??????????????????finely embroidered with a front-facing, five-clawed gilt dragon worked in satin stitch and...
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CONFIDENTIAL ALS HENRY CLAY TO DANIELWEBSTER RE: ELECTION OF 1824, THROWING THE PRESIDENCY TO JOHN QUINCY ADAMS OVER ANDREW JACKSON A letter written two weeks before the election from "The Great Compromiser"...
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A Bronze Dorje or Varja The heavy scepteris typical of the Indian Dorje or the Tibetan Varja cast in bronze and possibly once fire gilt finish. ("Thunderbolt" and "Diamond" in Sanscrit) a ritual object common to...
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Extremely Rare Embossed Tin Modox Sign.Circa 1900 to 1905. Framed without glass. Outstanding, powerful, and colorful graphics of Indian in full headdress. Only light to medium overall wear with some minor chips...
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Capt. George Randolph Dyer AQM--Lincoln-SignedCommission and Pilot Knob Archive Comprising an early eagle mast head commission partially printed on vellum 12.25 x 15.75 in. matted framed and glazed 14.25 x 17.25 in. dated...
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Thirteen reference Books on Knives Axes& Powder Horns Lot includes; Accouterments Powder Horns and Their Architecture American Engraved Powder Horns Engraved Power Horns of the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary...
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[American Indian - General] Books onNative Dance Religion and Games lot of 9 books including:Capps Walter Holden (ed). Seeing with a Native Eye: Essays on Native American Religion. New York: Harper and Row 1976.Culin...
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A Bronze Dorje or Varja Apprx. 9"L theheavy scepter is typical of the Indian Dorje or the Tibetan Varja cast in bronze and possibly once fire gilt finish. ("Thunderbolt" and "Diamond" in Sanscrit) a ritual object...
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Michael Lucero (1953 USA) Totem forthe Fifth Day1983Earthenware; ht. 103.5 in.Critic Lucy C. Lippard writes of Lucero that in using Mesoamerican influences in his art he is "aware of the unavoidable intellectual...
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World War II POW Diaries of BritishLieut. J.W. Hugo Held by Japanese A lot of two diaries written in captivity by British officer Lt. James W. Hugo while prisoner of the Japanese in World War II. ?These two...
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