GROUP OF NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN PHOTOGRAPHSGroupof Native American Indian photographs, four larger photos bearing the stamp G. Walter Reed Western Editor "The Earth" 531 Kerckhoff Building Los Angeles, Cal. on verso, 7...
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32 ASSORTED PRINTSTen (10) engravingsafter Edmund Thomas Parris, 1836, from the portfolio "Gems of Beauty," depicting beautiful women in lush costumes and settings (some margin tears, creases and foxing), all...
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CIVIL WAR ARCHIVE, 11 ITEMS TOTAL1stitem: Confederate States of America Oath of Allegiance, Department of East Tennessee, Office Provost Marshal. Inscribed "Greeneville Augt. 26th" with printed "1863", top right,...
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LAMONT PUGH WHITE HOUSE LETTER AND EPHEMERALotof personal possessions of Navy Surgeon General Rear Admiral H. Lamont Pugh. Includes: a first edition hardcover of "Diagnosis In Daily Practice" (J.B. Lippincott Company,...
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JAPANESE MEIJI LACQUER RYOSHIBAKO BOXJapaneseMeiji gold lacquered ryoshibako document box, with silver mounts. Decorated with a Japanese garden scene.
Provenance: Gift to Louis W. Hill from Komura Jutaro, a passenger...
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G.A.R. CEREMONIAL CANNON LEG ALTARAmerican,late 19th/early 20th century, by Charles J. Naylor, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, working 1870-1913), canted golden polychromed wood cannon form legs leading up to an oxblood...
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FINE TAINO STONE AXE W/ ZEMI FACEPre-Columbian,Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Taino, ca. 15th century CE. This is an amazing and fine polished stone effigy axe featuring an abstract zoomorphic or anthropomorphic zemi figure...
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TAINO STONE ZEMI DOG DEITY / OPIYELGUOBIRANPre-Columbian, Caribbean area, perhaps Dominican Republic, Taino (Arawak) Indians, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. An incredibly well-preserved stone zemi of a Taino dog deity...
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RARE TAINO CAVE SPELEOTHEM ZEMI, MUSEUM-EXHIBITEDPre-Columbian,Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Taino, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. This is one of the most interesting zemis we have seen due to its material which is symbolically significant in...
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IMPORTANT TAINO GREENSTONE TRANSFORMATIONALNUDE FIGURE...Pre-Columbian, Caribbean / Florida, Arawak People, Taino, ca. 15th century CE. A marvelous greenstone zemi figure of a nude male experiencing the transformational...
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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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SUPERB & IMPORTANT TAINO CORAL ZEMIFACEPre-Columbian, Caribbean, Taino, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A stunning and scarce life-sized face of a zemi (sometimes cemi) carved from a single piece of coral! The forward-facing...
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CHINESE BRONZE SWORD20th century, inthe style of Eastern Zhou Dynasty period ceremonial swords, with inlaid turquoise and gilt decoration, 17-1/2 in.
Provenance: E. & J. Frankel, New York; Private Collection,...
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A RARE LEONARD MOREL-LADEUIL (1820-1888)BELLE EPOQUE F... BELLE EPOQUE FIRE GILT BRONZE EWER
Dance of the Wilis
Continental, mid-19th century, bronze. Crowned with the figure of an owl with outstretched wings at...
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J. B. HOWELL MASONIC CEREMONIAL SWORD,FREEMASON...
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RINGLING BARNUM CIRCUS PHOTO BROOKLYN1935B/W photo of the opening ceremony of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus performance on May 18, 1935. Elephants and horses pull elaborate floats around the...
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EDWARD S. CURTIS, THE NORTH AMERICANINDIAN PORTFOLIO XII, 1922Edward S. Curtis, (1868 - 1952) The North American Indian Portfolio XII, 1922, 36 photogravures on Japanese Gampi tissue with original Van Gelder...
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THREE JAPANESE CERAMIC TEA CEREMONYITEMS 19TH/20TH CENTURY HEIGHTS FROM 3” TO 3.5”. ITEMS, 19th/20th Century, Two glazed stoneware chawan and a black glaze covered chaire-e. One chawan signed. Dimensions:...
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CHINESE THANGKA OF TARA. QING DYNASTYA Chinese Thangka painting on silk of Tara, dating from the Qing dynasty. Thangkas have a variety of uses, bt they are mostly used as a means of gaining merit, in death rituals,...
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SANTA FE RAILWAY, E. I. COUSE CALENDAR,NOVEMBER 1923Santa Fe Railway, E. I. Couse Calendar, November 1923, featuring a chromolithograph reproduction of "The Flute Ceremony" Published by American Lithographic...
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George III Era Sterling Silver Armbandsand British Officer's Gilt Copper Gorget, Presented to Ojibwa Chief John Aisance
lot of 3, includes:
William Bateman (London, 1774-1850) Sterling Silver Armbands
each hallmarked...
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1814 George III Silver Peace Medal
Warof 1812 period medal depicting a mantled bust of George III on one side; reverse with Royal Arms; 60.4 mm
PUBLISHED:
Sovereignty Gifts (Hoover and Brasser 2020: pg. 6, 16-17)
Although...
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CRUCITA CALABAZA NATIVE AMERICAN SANILDEFONSO PUEBLO, BLUE CORN, POLYCHROME POTTERY BOWL 4 3/4"H X 10"DIAM.Crucita Calabaza Native American San Ildefonso Pueblo, Blue Corn, polychrome pottery bowl, signed under...
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NATIVE AMERICAN EXCEPTIONAL CRUCITACALABAZA, (1921-1999) SAN ILDEFONSO BLUE CORN POTTERY JAR, CA 70S-80S. 5 1/4"H X 6"DIAM.Native American Exceptional Crucita Calabaza, (1921-1999) San Ildefonso Blue Corn pottery...
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TELEPHONE PIONEER LINESMAN G.J. NICHOLSONARCHIVE United States,20th CenturyG. J. Guthrie Nicholson, Jr. was a legendary "Long Linesman" who installed long distance telephone lines in Canada, Alaska, England, Cuba,...
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* (ENGLAND) ASHMOLE ELIAS The InstitutionLaws and Ceremonies of the most Noble Order of the Garter. London: Printed by J. Macock for Nathanael Brooke 1672. Folio 3/4 calf over marbled boards spine tooled and lettered...
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A group of Royal memorabilia includingprogrammes of service and menus from the Royal Wedding of Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer Wedding Breakfast The Marriage ceremonial plus a Christmas card inscribed...
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Non-Ceremonial Upper Amazonian ShrunkenHead, or tsantsa, a genuine human head shrunken and preserved in the traditional manner, h. 4", with hair length 25", presented on a custom steel and wood stand, h. 25",...
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Replica bronze Liberty Bell whitechapel foundry, london, 1975 On hanging frame and trailer. PROVENANCE: In 1975, Chairman of the Liberty Bell Foundation, Edward J. Piszek commissioned this full-size...
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[American Indian - General] Books onNative Histories Stories and Travel lot of 10 books including:Cahn Edgar S. (ed). Our Brother's Keeper: The Indian in White America. Washington D.C.: New Community Press Inc....
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Tom Thumb's Personal Valet's CDV AlbumAn album that was once the property of Tom Thumb's personal valet B.J. Sellers containing 15 cdvs most with either E. & H.T. Anthony or Charles D. Fredericks & Co. backmarks....
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[American Indian - Northeast] Bookson Legends and Art of Tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy and Great Lakes lot of 10 books including:Brawer Catherine Coleman (ed.). Many Trails: Indians of the Lower Hudson...
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Turkey tail ceremonial spear, foundon the Boozman Farm, 5 mi. W of Smith, AR, in Le Flore Co., OK, found by Z.J. Harrison. 8 3/8"....
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Shona Hah Kwakiutl Carving of a CayuseWoman hand-carved woman with hide dress and felt blanket signed on base height 16 in.20th centuryShona-Hah (1912-1997) or Mary J. Smith was Cherokee by birth and became the...
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Thomas L. McKenney (American 1785-1859)and James Hall (1793-1868): the George Strother Gaines (1784-1873) Original Subscriber Set of the History of the Indian Tribes of North America 1837-1844 3 vols. in folio...
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[American Indian - Southwest] Bookson Hopi Legend History and Autobiographies lot of 14 books including:Coffer William E. Sipapu: The Story of the Indians of Arizona and New Mexico. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold...
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