A few examples of appraisal values for
PLAINS INDIAN

• PAIR OF PLAINS INDIAN BEADED GAUNTLETSPair
  PAIR OF PLAINS INDIAN BEADED GAUNTLETSPair of Plains Indian beaded gauntlets, probably Blackfoot, early 20th c. Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Good condition. No apparent damages or repairs.
• NATIVE AMERICAN PLAINS INDIAN PIPE TOMAHAWK
  NATIVE AMERICAN PLAINS INDIAN PIPE TOMAHAWK Circa 1870, iron and wood.
• NATIVE AMERICAN PLAINS INDIAN BEADED
  NATIVE AMERICAN PLAINS INDIAN BEADED MOCCASINSNative American Plains Indian beaded moccasins, early 20th c. , probably Cheyenne, 10 " l. Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Approx. 10 1/4" l. Good condition. No apparent damages or repairs.
• TWO PLAINS INDIAN DOLL AND CRADLEBOARDS,
  TWO PLAINS INDIAN DOLL AND CRADLEBOARDS, CA. 1920STwo Plains Indian doll and cradleboards, ca. 1920s , one with beaded blanket on painted pine board with tack accents, the other with hide wrap and cotton blanket, 10" l. and 9 1/2" l. Provenance: Descended in the family of Hon. Lewis V. Bogy, Commissioner of Indian Affairs under President Andrew Johnson, 1866-1867. Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Beaded - handle reattached. Other - scuffs to doll face, wear to blanket.
• PAIR OF PLAINS INDIAN BEADED CHILD'S
  PAIR OF PLAINS INDIAN BEADED CHILD'S MOCCASINSPair of Plains Indian beaded child's moccasins, ca. 1900 , 7 1/2" l. Provenance: Descended in the family of Hon. Lewis V. Bogy, Commissioner of Indian Affairs under President Andrew Johnson, 1866-1867. Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Minor bead loss and surface wear.
• PAIR OF PLAINS INDIAN BEADED MOCCASINS,
  PAIR OF PLAINS INDIAN BEADED MOCCASINS, CA. 1900Pair of Plains Indian beaded moccasins, ca. 1900 , 10 3/4" l. Provenance: Descended in the family of Hon. Lewis V. Bogy, Commissioner of Indian Affairs under President Andrew Johnson, 1866-1867. Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Good condition. No apparent damages or repairs.
• PAIR OF PLAINS INDIAN BEADED MOCCASINS,
  PAIR OF PLAINS INDIAN BEADED MOCCASINS, CA. 1900Pair of Plains Indian beaded moccasins, ca. 1900 , 10" l. Provenance: Descended in the family of Hon. Lewis V. Bogy, Commissioner of Indian Affairs under President Andrew Johnson, 1866-1867. Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Good condition. No apparent damages or repairs.
• PLAINS INDIAN BEADWORK & MOCCASINS WITH
  PLAINS INDIAN BEADWORK & MOCCASINS WITH ESKIMO MUKLUKS1. A pair 19th century native tanned hide moccasins with parfleche bottoms and sinew sewn lazy stitch beadwork in orange, blue, pink and white on the vamp. The hide is hardened throughout.2. A pair 19th century native tanned hide moccasins with parfleche bottoms and sinew sewn lazy stitch beadwork in red, white and blue on the vamp. The hide is hardened throughout.3. A pair 20th century hide Eskimo boots with fur exterior, hide soles and animal figures.4. 20th century Norwegian fur boots.5. Two 19th century plains Indian beaded hide strips along with a bead covered wood awl case adorned with cone tinklers - AS FOUND with damage and losses as shown.6. A 19th Plains Indian beaded Strike-a-light bag with lazy stitch beading. The hide is hardened, loss along the bottom and the bottom seam is broken out.Boots measure 10 x 10.5 x 4 inches each.Hardened hide and some losses as listed int he description and shown in the images.
• A LARGE 1930S ANAMOSA PENITENTIARY FOLK
  A LARGE 1930S ANAMOSA PENITENTIARY FOLK ART BASKETDuring the 1930s, a particular form of Folk Art, sometimes classified as Outsider Art, obviously Prison Art, was created at the Anamosa State Penitentiary in Anamosa Iowa. Purportedly, examples of this short-lived art form were produced exclusively by Native American inmates and sold at the prison store. While the forms tended to be urn-like and of Art Deco influence, the brightly colored motifs sometimes displayed traditional Sioux, Lakota and Plains Indian symbolism influence.The construction was a wire frame, or 'warp' in basket making terms, while the weft was a sort of fiber rattan material woven horizontally. Well-preserved examples like this one retain a woven leather ornament around the neck. No record of an example as large as this could be found.Measures 26 x 13.5 x 13.5 inches.Very good original condition, there are no issues of damage or repair, light wear at some edges as shown.
• PLAINS INDIAN PIPE TOMAHAWK, CA. 1880Plains
  PLAINS INDIAN PIPE TOMAHAWK, CA. 1880Plains Indian pipe tomahawk, ca. 1880, with file decorated haft, 19 1/2" l. Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Cracks in haft at head.
• PLAINS INDIAN PIPE TOMAHAWK, LATE 19TH
  PLAINS INDIAN PIPE TOMAHAWK, LATE 19TH C.Plains Indian pipe tomahawk, late 19th c., 20" l. Bought from Arnold Marcus Chernoff, Lyons, Illinois, in October 1977 (with copy of write-up on Chernoff stationary). Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Haft appears to be ca. 1900.
• PLAINS INDIAN BRASS PIPE TOMAHAWK, CA.
  PLAINS INDIAN BRASS PIPE TOMAHAWK, CA. 1880Plains Indian brass pipe tomahawk, ca. 1880, with octagonal bowl, scalled edge to head, brass tacks on haft with the remains of a red surface, a rawhide suspension holds a grizzley bear tooth with bead accents, 19 1/2" l. Bought from Arnold Marcus Chernoff, Lyons , Illinois, in October 1977 (with copy of write-up on Chernoff stationary). Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Haft appears to be early to mid 20th c.
• NORTHERN PLAINS INDIAN TOMAHAWK, CA.
  NORTHERN PLAINS INDIAN TOMAHAWK, CA. 1880Northern Plains Indian tomahawk, ca. 1880, with double-pierced blade of winged elements, 23" l. A near identical example can be seen in Peterson, American Indian Tomahawks , fig. 191. Bought from Arnold Marcus Chernoff, Lyons, Illinois, in July 1978 (with copy of write-up on Chernoff stationary). Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot.
• A CHILD'S SIZED PLATEAU PARFELCHE ENVELOPEA
  A CHILD'S SIZED PLATEAU PARFELCHE ENVELOPEA diminutive painted parfleche envelope with label from 1933 written using a fountain pen from that period reads: Baby trunk made by Mary (Aspum?) George, and given to her sister, Kate Williams for her baby, which only lived to be three years old. Presented at the Puyallup, Washington Fair by Kate Williams, 1933. Pallyup, Washington is within the region of the Plateau tribes who are most associated with the Columbia Plateau that lies between the Rocky Mountains and the Cascade Mountains.The parfleche 'envelope' made by Plateau region tribes and others was essentially a carrying case, a wallet or purse made exclusively by and for the women of various Native American tribes. As author, painter and curator American Meredith (Cherokee Nation) points out in her article PARFLECHES How Native Women Pushed the Envelope of Abstraction, the women who painted these utilitarian objects of high art employed abstraction and the tenets of non-objective composition hundreds of years before the earliest of 20th century Modernists. In the exhibition catalog for The Plains Indians: Artists of Earth and Sky, Gaylord Torrence wrote of parfleche envelopes,'The containers were lightweight, unbreakable and weather-resistant, and their creation afforded women an important means of artistic expression.'These expandable cases were used to carry food, clothing, tools, utensils (like perhaps a horn spoon) - various odds-and-ends of the day, some sacred. With the re-introduction of the horse to Native American culture in the 16th century, these large decorated carrying cases would hang displayed from a horse when traveling, or hung from their twig stand when in camp, again on display. So always they were projecting the creator's abstracted impression of her surroundings, perhaps in this instance, a bird in flight. Scholars believe Plateau examples like this were displayed horizontally, whereas Plains examples were utilized displayed vertically.Measures 12 x 7 inches.Provenance: The Susan Koehn Estate Trust Newton, Kansas
• NATIVE AMERICAN PLAINS INDIAN, SET OF
  NATIVE AMERICAN PLAINS INDIAN, SET OF THREE LEDGER DRAWINGS FRAMED AS ONE, FRAME: 13 X 28 IN. (33 X 71.1 CM.)Native American Plains Indian, Set of Three Ledger Drawings Framed as One,, Dimensions: Frame: 13 x 28 in. (33 x 71.1 cm.)
• TRIBAL: NATIVE AMERICAN BEADED BUCKSKIN
  TRIBAL: NATIVE AMERICAN BEADED BUCKSKIN SHIRT, EARLY 20TH C., NORTHERN PLAINS INDIANS, WITH TWO GLASS BEAD BLUE, RED AND WHITE DESIGNS, ONE ON EACH BREAST, AND BEADED DESIGNS ALONG THE FRONT, WITH FRINGE AT THE BACK, ...TRIBAL: Native American Beaded buckskin shirt, early 20th C., Northern Plains Indians, with two glass bead blue, red and white designs, one on each breast, and beaded designs along the front, with fringe at the back, shoulders, and along the arms, full-length sleeves with cuffs, cotton lined collar and front placket, all hand-stitched, wear consistent with age and use, including stains, 18" wide at shoulders, 32" long from collar to tail.
• TWO PLAINS INDIAN HANDWOVEN BASKETS
  TWO PLAINS INDIAN HANDWOVEN BASKETS EARLY 20TH CENTURY DIAMETERS 10.5” AND 17”.TWO PLAINS INDIAN HANDWOVEN BASKETS, Early 20th Century, One with black geometric decoration. Dimensions: Diameters 10.5" and 17".
• PLAINS INDIANS DANCE RATTLE. Hide wrapped
  PLAINS INDIANS DANCE RATTLE. Hide wrapped handle with brass studs and beading, attached copper jingle adornments, and hand painted rattle face. 22”L.
• ANTIQUE PLAINS INDIAN BEAVER SKIN TOP
  ANTIQUE PLAINS INDIAN BEAVER SKIN TOP HAT A black beaver skin top hat with internal leather band and external red ribbon, with rivets resembling US militaristic uniform stars, a tail of pressed buffalo nickels on hide, and multiple feathers atop hat, on a wooden stand. Hat 7.5”H x 8”W x 12”D, Stand 14”H x 6.5”W x 9.5”D.
• LATE 19TH C. NATIVE AMERICAN PIPE TOMAHAWK.
  LATE 19TH C. NATIVE AMERICAN PIPE TOMAHAWK. Plains Indian bleeding heart tomahawk, an iron blade with a pierced heart on a carved handle with brass tack design. 8.75”L iron head x 24”L overall.
• Northern Plains Indian War Club, 19th/early
  Northern Plains Indian War Club, 19th/early 20th centuy with spherical stone head on a hide-covered haft with horse hair and beadwork drop (detached) length 33.75 in — 85.7 cm
• PLAINS INDIAN WAR CLUB & PIPE TOMAHAWKCondition The
  PLAINS INDIAN WAR CLUB & PIPE TOMAHAWKCondition The stone head of the war club is chipped at one end, and the leather-wrapped handle is well worn. The tomahawk is in good condition, with some general wear from handling.
• VICTORIAN BRONZE SCULPTURE, NATIVE AMERICAN
  VICTORIAN BRONZE SCULPTURE, NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN SCOU...Varicolored antique miniature study of Plains Indian warrior with rifle. Artist signed. A miniature Art Nouveau bronze sculpture by Austrian artist Carl Kauba (1865-1922), modeled after a Plains Indian scout with subtle varicolored highlights. Signed to bronze base. #ArtNouveau #BronzeSculpture #CarlKauba #PlainsIndian #Americans #AustrianBronzes #NativeAmericana Artist: Carl Kauba Issued: c. 1900 Dimensions: 3.5"H x 5.5"L x 3.5"W Country of Origin: Austria
• VICTORIAN BRONZE SCULPTURE, PLAINS INDIAN
  VICTORIAN BRONZE SCULPTURE, PLAINS INDIAN ON HORSEBACKVaricolored bronze modeled as an Indian hunter on horseback, with his bird catch. This Victorian bronze study was modeled by 19th century Bohemian Czech artist Franz Bergman (1838-1894). and depicts a highly detailed Native American hunter, mounted on horseback with the remains of his hunt behind him. Rich antique patina over delicate hand applied colors. Engraved Geschutzt 15 #PlainsIndians #NativeAmericana #FranzBergman #VictorianBronzes #19thCenturyArt #BohemianSculpture #BohemianArt #AustrianBronzes Artist: Franz Bergman Issued: c. 1880 Dimensions: 7.5"H x 5.75"L x 3.25"W Country of Origin: Bohemia
• BRONZE BUST SCULPTURE, PLAINS INDIAN
  BRONZE BUST SCULPTURE, PLAINS INDIAN SCOUT AFTER CARL K...A small but highly detailed varicolored Art Nouveau figurine on a resin plinth. Foundry stamps. This antique bronze bust sculpture is modeled in bright varicolored decoration as a plains Indian scout with native accouterments and arrows. Original Bergman Foundry marks. Geschutzt #ArtNouveau #BronzeSculpture #CarlKauba #AustrianBronzes #NativeAmericana #PlainsIndians #Sioux Artist: After Carl Kauba Issued: c. 1900 Dimensions: 8"H x 3.5"W Country of Origin: Austria
• ART NOUVEAU MINIATURE BRONZE SCULPTURE,
  ART NOUVEAU MINIATURE BRONZE SCULPTURE, PLAINS INDIANA detailed antique figurine modeled as a Native American brave with bow and arrow. Artist signed. This miniature Art Nouveau bronze sculpture by Austrian artist Carl Kauba (1865-1922) was modeled after a Plains Indian brave positioned to fire his bow and arrow. Signed to base. #ArtNouveau #BronzeSculpture #CarlKauba #IndianArt #NativeAmericana #PlainsIndians #GhostDance #AustrianBronzes Artist: Carl Kauba Issued: c. 1900 Dimensions: 3.5"H x 4.5"L x 2.75"W Country of Origin: Austria
• ART NOUVEAU BRONZE SCULPTURE, PLAINS
  ART NOUVEAU BRONZE SCULPTURE, PLAINS INDIAN GHOST DANCE...Bergman Foundry. An exemplary antique varicolored bronze figurine, a dancing tribal warrior. Foundry marks. Decorated in spectacular varicolored hues with exquisite detail to the tribal implements, feathers, and clothing. Bergman Foundry stamps. #Bronze #Sculptures #PlainsIndians #GhostDance #CarlKauba #ArtNouveau #VictorianBronzes #AustrianBronzes Artist: After Carl Kauba Issued: c. 1900 Dimensions: 6"H x 5.5"L x 3.25"W Country of Origin: Austria
• ART DECO BRONZE SCULPTURE, HORSEBACK
  ART DECO BRONZE SCULPTURE, HORSEBACK COWBOY & INDIAN BA...A striking early 20th century figural group, two men locked in deadly, galloping combat. Artist signed. This exceptional figural group by Ukrainian born Austrian bronze sculptor Bruno Zach (1891-1945) depicts a horseback Plains Indian and cowboy locked in deadly, knife wielding combat. Rich brown patina. Mounted on a marble base. #ArtDeco #BronzeSculptures #BrunoZach #AustrianBronzes #CowboysAndIndians Artist: Bruno Zach Issued: c. 1930 Dimensions: 11.5"H x 18"L x 8"W Country of Origin: Austria
• 3 PAIRS NATIVE AMERICAN BEADED MOCCASINS1st
  3 PAIRS NATIVE AMERICAN BEADED MOCCASINS1st item: Native American, likely Plains Indian, full-beaded moccasins having blue, red, green, black and yellow geometric beadwork and parfleche soles. 11" L. Late 19th/early 20th century. 2nd item: Pair of Native American leather and beaded moccasins, blue and white geometric bead design to top and around base of top, parfleche soles. 9 1/4" L. 20th century. 3rd item: Pair of vintage Alaskan beaded moccasins, animal fur with green felt beaded top having a floral design and the word ALASKA and felt lined interiors. 10" L 20th century. Provenance: Property from the estate of Dorothy Louise Luhrs, PhD, (1910-1972), Archaeologist with University of New Mexico/School of American Research Field School, whose studies and research included the Una Via Chaco Canyon, NM, Largo Canyon, NM, Guatemala, Mexico, and the Hoopa Indian Reservation in northern California. Luhrs was also president of the Southwestern Anthropological Association from 1950-51. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com) Condition: 1st item: Left Moc: Soles are separated at heel, side and toe of left shoe. Some tears in leather and loose stitching. Beads mostly intact. Right Moc: Soles are separated at toe/side with a tear in the heel. Both shoes show wear from age and use. Ties are missing. 2nd item: Good condition, tight beads. Some minor surface dirt. 3rd item: Very good condition with tight beading.
• RALPH ALBERT BLAKELOCK O/B MOONLIT LANDSCAPERalph
  RALPH ALBERT BLAKELOCK O/B MOONLIT LANDSCAPERalph Albert Blakelock (American, 1847-1919) oil on wood panel, moonlit landscape, with heavily forested foreground and moon rising against a cloudy sky; the moon is reflected in the ground or possibly a pool below. Signed R.A. Blakelock lower right in red. Rococo style whitewashed giltwood carved frame. Authenticated by Norman A. Geske of the Nebraska Blakelock Inventory in 1976. Label verso for University of Nebraska Blakelock Inventory No. 909 (full record number is NBI-909-II). Additional label with handwritten inscription "Tennessee Fine Arts Center Nashville Tenn." 5 3/8" x 7 3/4" sight, 12" x 15" framed. Biography (courtesy Askart and Michael Zellman, 300 Years of American Art): Ralph Albert Blakelock studied briefly at Cooper Union, and at the Free Academy of the City of New York. In 1867, he first exhibited at the National Academy of Design. Primarily self taught, he declined his wealthy father's offer to pay for more extensive art schooling, and in 1869, embarked on a horseback tour of the West that lasted several years. He lived with Plains Indians, painting pictures of their villages, and traveled and painted through the Rockies and the Sierra Nevadas and in San Francisco and Mexico. His western paintings were in the Hudson River style, although they were rough and more painterly. Returning to New York, he developed what became his signature expression: quiet, moody, nocturnal scenes accented with bright colors depicting light, and trees silhouetted against the sky. He had a labor-intensive technique, which was building up of multi layers of thick paint, scraping some away, and "adding more to build a complex tonality". (Zellman 420). In 1899, Blakelock had a mental breakdown. He spent the final two decades of his life in a mental institution in New York. It was only in the final few years before his death that collectors began paying substantial sums of money for his work. Provenance: The living estate of Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin H. Caldwell, Nashville, TN, ex-Tennessee Fine Arts Center at Cheekwood. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com) Condition: Painting: Drying cracks resulting in "alligatored" appearance to paint, 1/4" area of abrasion along perimeter of left edge. Frame: Losses to two corners, some small cracks, two 1/2" losses to inner edge molding, scattered small surface layer losses.
• ATTRIBUTED TO RALPH BLAKELOCK, O/C LANDSCAPE
  ATTRIBUTED TO RALPH BLAKELOCK, O/C LANDSCAPE WITH FIGUR...Ralph Albert Blakelock (New York/California, 1847-1919) oil on canvas landscape painting depicting a heavily forested area under a hazy sky; a river runs through the center of the work and into the foreground where a figure stands fishing, rendered in a delicate impasto. Signed "Blakelock" lower right. Housed in a giltwood frame with bead course decoration. Sight: 11 1/2" H x 9 1/2" W. Framed: 17" H x 15" W. Biography (courtesy Askart and Michael Zellman, 300 Years of American Art): Ralph Albert Blakelock studied briefly at Cooper Union, and at the Free Academy of the City of New York. In 1867, he first exhibited at the National Academy of Design. Primarily self taught, he declined his wealthy father's offer to pay for more extensive art schooling, and in 1869, embarked on a horseback tour of the West that lasted several years. He lived with Plains Indians, painting pictures of their villages, and traveled and painted through the Rockies and the Sierra Nevadas and in San Francisco and Mexico. His western paintings were in the Hudson River style, although they were rough and more painterly. Returning to New York, he developed what became his signature expression: quiet, moody, nocturnal scenes accented with bright colors depicting light, and trees silhouetted against the sky. He had a labor-intensive technique, which was building up of multiple layers of thick paint, scraping some away, and "adding more to build a complex tonality". (Zellman 420). In 1899, Blakelock had a mental breakdown. He spent the final two decades of his life in a mental institution in New York. It was only in the final few years before his death that collectors began paying substantial sums of money for his work. The Collection of Karen Wentz, Knoxville, Tennessee. Condition: Overall very good condition with drying cracks resulting in "alligatored" appearance to paint. 2 minute areas of loss in center of work and upper left corner, both less than 1/10" dia. Has not been retouched. See UV light photos for reference. Frame with minor areas of gilt loss.
• NATIVE AMERICAN BEADED BAG, PLAINS INDIANNative
  NATIVE AMERICAN BEADED BAG, PLAINS INDIANNative American fully-beaded bag, possibly Sioux or Kiowa. Beaded square form constructed of one folded piece of hide having stylized floral, heart and cross designs to each side, all on a white ground. Coiled handle and looped beaded fringe are likely later added elements. Bag (w/out handle): 6 1/4" H x 5" W. Early 20th century. Condition: Overall very good condition. One side of handle is detached. Coiled handled and looped beaded fringe are likely later added elements.
• PLAINS INDIAN SKINNING KNIFE IN HIDE
  PLAINS INDIAN SKINNING KNIFE IN HIDE SHEATHPlains Indian skinning knife, well used, with wood handle and beaded edging to the painted hide sheath; measures approximately 10" long.
• PLAINS INDIAN WAR CLUBPlains Indian
  PLAINS INDIAN WAR CLUBPlains Indian war club having a double cone stone head with lead tracings, a hide wrapped wood handle and beaded "tail" (now detached); measures approximately 29" long (with tail), club only 14" long.
• TWO MEERSCHAUM PORTRAIT TOBACCO PIPES,
  TWO MEERSCHAUM PORTRAIT TOBACCO PIPES, LATE 19TH/EARLY ...TWO MEERSCHAUM PORTRAIT TOBACCO PIPES, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, carved in the form of a Venetian Devil and a Plains Indian Nation Chief in a war bonnet, largest height: 2 1/2", depth: 5 1/2". Condition: Expected stains, mild chips and losses, but overall in good condition, wear commensurate with age and use. Simpson Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Simpson Galleries regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Simpson Galleries. All lots offered are sold "AS IS."
• DANIEL CODY MULLER PASTEL PORTRAIT OF
  DANIEL CODY MULLER PASTEL PORTRAIT OF A PLAINS INDIAN E...Daniel Cody Muller (1889-1977) Pastel Portrait of a Plains Indian Elder , circa 1940, signed lower left Dan Muller, Muller was active in Montana and known for cowboy genre. 19 in. x 14 in. Overall 27 ½ in. x 21 ½ in. Condition: Items may have wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Please contact the gallery for further details prior to bidding. Any condition statement given as a courtesy should not be treated as fact.