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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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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NORTHERN PLAINS CATLINITE PIPES & WOODFLAT STEMSFor your consideration this lot includes two (2) Northern Plains Catlinite Pipes and Wood Flat Stems; one "plains" pipe and one "elbow" pipe. Pipestone (Catlinite)...
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AL COLE (1944-2009) HAMATSA CROOKEDBEAR MASKThis is an outstanding and large Crooked Bear Mask signed and carved by Al Cole (1944-2009) of the Nuxalk (Bella Coola) Kwakwaka'wakw from the 20th Century. The Crooked...
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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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SICAN LAMBAYEQUE CEREMONIAL COPPER DISK**OriginallyListed At $800**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican / Lambayeque culture, ca. 750 to 1370 CE. A wonderful 99.5% copper ceremonial disk adorned with an openwork oracle...
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CHAVIN CUPISNIQUE POTTERY SACRIFICIALLEG VESSEL**Originally Listed At $1600**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, Quebrada Cupisnique, ca. 1200 BCE. A fascinating mold-made terracotta stirrup vessel with...
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INCA STONE CEREMONIAL VESSEL W/ SNAKESPre-Columbian,North Coast Peru, Inca, ca. 1400 to 1533 CE. A fine hand-carved stone ceremonial bowl featuring high relief snakes across the sides. The vessel's body has a rounded but stable...
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SICAN-LAMBAYEQUE WOOD THRONE FOR ANEMPERORPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican-Lambayeque, ca. 750 to 1375 CE. A hand-carved wooden throne from the Sican-Lambayeque Empire which was known for creating the...
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MASSIVE ARCHAIC EASTERN WOODLAND STONEFULL GROOVE AXENative American, southeastern United States, western North Carolina, Caney Fork Township, Eastern Woodland, Late Archaic period, ca. 2000 to 1000 BCE. An impressive...
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20TH C. TLINGIT WALRUS IVORY & NACRESHAMAN ORCA AMULET...Native American, Pacific Northwest Coast, United States or Canada, Tlingit people, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. This is a stunning walrus ivory pendant...
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NATIVE AMERICAN OREGON OBSIDIAN SILVERSHEEN SPEAR HEAD...Native American, Northwestern United States, likely Oregon, Columbia River Region, Chinookan peoples, ca. 9th to 19th century CE. This a large piece of...
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19TH C. NIAS WOOD ADU ZATUA PANEL, EXBONHAMSSoutheast Asia, Indonesia, North Sumatra Province, Nias Islands, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A fabulous wood architectural panel featuring a high relief carving...
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LARGE SICAN LAMBAYEQUE COPPER TUMI W/NYLAMPPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican / Lambayeque culture, ca. 1000 to 1350 CE. A rare ceremonial tumi formed from a lengthy sheet of hammered copper with a slightly...
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PRE-COLUMBIAN CHIMU GOLD RITUAL KERO(DRINKING VESSEL)Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Chimu, Late Intermediate Period, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. An elegant ritual kero (drinking cup) formed from a single sheet...
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STUNNING SICAN SILVER & TURQUOISE LORDAQUILLA VESSEL**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican / Lambayeque or Chimu culture, ca. 750 to 1370 CE. A silver drinking vessel with portrait-like...
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MOCHE FINELINE STIRRUP MUSICIAN HOLDINGCONCH SHELL, TL...Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, late Moche to early Wari (Huari) culture, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. A fascinating pottery stirrup vessel in the form of a musician...
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CHAVIN STONE JAGUAR MORTAR FOR CEREMONIALHALLUCINOGENS...**Originally Listed At $1800**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin / Cupisnique, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A fantastical stone metate or mortar stone, carved...
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ZAPOTEC POTTERY SEATED GOD COCIJO VESSEL,TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec culture, Monte Alban III, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A magnificent ceramic vessel in the form of a seated god, Cocijo or Cociyo, the...
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AFRICAN KUBA RAFFIA CLOTH PANEL W/ CHECKEREDPATTERNCentral Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A lengthy woven cloth panel made from raffia palm leaves with a pompom trim-...
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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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NORTH EUROPEAN CEREMONIAL BIRCH TANKARDAND CUP c. 1650, likely Norwegian, parcel gilt turned and carved burl birch, carved bone studs, the tankard with lobed body and conical neck, set with scroll dragon-form...
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NORTH WEST COAST CEREMONIAL PADDLE circa1900. carved and painted....
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RARE POSTWAR ANTIETAM NATIONAL CEMETERYDEDICATION BOOK History of Antietam National Cemetery, Including a Descriptive List of the Loyal Soldiers Buried Therein; Together with the Ceremonies and Address on the...
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SCARCE EAST SEPIK NEW GUINEA BASKETRYHELMET MASK, WWII ERA Abelam Yam Harvest Ceremony Spirit Mask (Baba Tagwa Tumbwa) in coil-woven plant fiber, rattan, grey, yellow, red and black pigments. The Abelam People...
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(3) INUIT SEALSKIN MASKS Ceremonial,from Anaktuvuk Pass , a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska. 1960's vintage. Roughly 11" tall....
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N. AFRICAN TRIBAL BASE METAL CEREMONIALNECKLACE North African, likely Berber tribal ornate base metal ceremonial bib drop necklace with gold-tone rope closure. Necklace: 32.0" L inner circumference. Bib: 11.5"...
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COLLECTION OF CHINESE ARCHAISTIC JADECEREMONIAL ORNAMENTAL PIECES: STYLE OF CHOU / HAN DYNASTY 1"H X 8"W X 3 1/2"DCollection of Chinese archaistic jade ceremonial ornamental pieces: style of Chou / Han dynasty,...
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A FINE, LARGE AND RARE CATLINITE CROSSON PLINTHThe beautifully patinated carving in two parts is comprised of a rising Christian cross atop two integral stepped outsets, and a separate trapezoidal pedestal with...
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Bess & Harry Truman White House correspondenceand memorabilia circa 1943-1957 consisting of: 2 type-written handsigned letters written to Louise Stewart from President Harry S. Truman on White House stationery thanking...
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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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[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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Oceanic North Moluccas ceremonial woodenshield, probably Halmahera, Indonesia; arched, pinch waisted form with geometric pattern shell inlay, carved hand hold, bent twig border. Provenance: from the estate of Harrison...
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Indian painting, pigment on canvas,royal procession with rajah and attendants in howdah on elephant proceeded by standard bearers, woman with ceremonial figures, soldiers, 20th century, 41-1/2 x 111 x 3/4 in....
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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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Charles Hook Armco Steel Company Lotof Manuscripts & Documents Lot includes letters photographs pamphlets mostly from the late 1930s through the 1960s. Born in 1880 the youngest of four children of Henry and...
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