- THE MACKEY-MULLER SHOURDS MERGANSERHarry
V. Shourds (1861-1920)
Tuckerton, NJ, c. 1890
15 3/4 in. long
“Shourds is one of the acknowledged master makers of New Jersey decoys. His birds were as fine as any made...
[more like this] - EXCEPTIONAL SWIMMING MERGANSERNorth
Shore, MA, c. 1890
17 1/2 in. long
This hollow swimming merganser is among the finest decoys discovered in decades. As this Massachusetts masterpiece makes its public debut,...
[more like this] - GRAND CURLEWCharles Sumner Bunn (1865-1952)
Shinnecock,
NY, c. 1900
17 1/2 in. long
In 1971 Milton Weiler’s “Classic Shorebird Decoys” portfolio was published with text by William J. Mackey Jr. Across from Weiler’s Plate...
[more like this] - SONIE JOI RUFFIN "ODE TO DR. CARVER"
(2015 QUILT)Sonie Joi Thompson-Ruffin
(Missouri, b. 1951)
Ode to Dr. Carver , 2005
Quilted silk chiffon kente cloth and pima cotton, cowrie shell drops
78" x 16"
The work...
[more like this] - NATIVE AMERICAN POTTERY INCL. MARIA
MARTINEZ PLUS GEORG...1st item: San Ildelfonso blackware low bowl by Maria Martinez (1887-1980) depicting the Guardian of the Water deity Awanyu to the body. Incised signature...
[more like this] - BUFFALO BILL AND PAWNEE BILL ARCHIVE
OF PHOTOS AND EPHE...Cody, Hon. W. F. Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill Archive of Photos and Ephemera. 1880s Ð 1900s. Fourteen pieces, including a 3 x 5" photo of a young Buffalo...
[more like this] - W. W. COLE'S WITH DR. W. F. CARVER AND
HIS GREAT WILD W...W. W. Cole's with Dr. W. F. Carver and his Great Wild West Show. St. Louis: Great Western Printing Co. Show Printers, 1886. Double sided herald featuring...
[more like this] - DR. W.F. CARVER, CHAMPION RIFLE SHOT
OF THE WORLD.Dr. W.F. Carver, Champion Rifle Shot of the World. New York: Graphic Co., 1878. Pictorial Western sharpshooting broadside for William F. Carver. Mounted and varnished...
[more like this] - 20TH C. FELIPE ARCHULETA WOODEN WOODPECKER
SCULPTUREFelipe Benito Archuleta (Hispanic American 1910-1991), ca. 1970 to 1980s CE, "Woodpeckers." This is a fabulous hand carved and painted wooden sculpture by the folk...
[more like this] - EGYPTIAN ALABASTER CYLINDER VESSEL,
EX SOTHEBY'S**First Time At Auction**
Ancient Egypt, Early Dynastic Period, 1st to 2nd Dynasty, ca. 3150 to 2686 BCE. A gorgeous vase of a slender form that is hand-carved...
[more like this] - AMERICAN PINE PAINTED DOCUMENT BOX,
EARLY 19TH C.swag, garland, and laurel original painted motifs. Original metal handles and lock. Original period wallpaper liner. 7" high, 20" wide, 10" deep. Shows age appropriate...
[more like this] - AFRICAN CARVED WOOD FETISH FIGURE Ere
Ibeji Figure, Yoruba Peoples, Nigeria, wood with glass bead necklace, 12" tall. Wear from use and veneration.
Per Dr. Perri Kim: "The Yoruba have one of the highest rates...
[more like this] - (11) Black American History figurines
by Martha Holcombe, tallest 10", c/o 1992 George Washington Carver, 1992 Frances Harper, 1992 Ida B Wells, 1994 Bessie Smith, 1994 Augustus Walley, 1992 Mary Bethune, 1991...
[more like this] - 1 vol. (Franklin, Benjamin.) [Bowles's
Moral Pictures, or Poor Richard Illustrated, Being Lessons for The Young and Old, On Industry, Temperance, Frugality by The Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin.] [London: Bowles and...
[more like this] - 1 piece. Broadside. (Franklin, Benjamin.)
"Bowles Moral Pictures; or Poor Richard's Illustrated... by the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin." London: Bowles & Carver, Sept. 29, 1795. 18 7/8 x 23 5/8 inches (479 x 600 mm)....
[more like this] - George Washington Carver letter, two
pages hand written in black ink on stationery of the Carver Products Company, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, August 15, 1924, to a student, Mr. Hyne: "Write a letter to Dr....
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