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Native American Art and Artifacts
North Pacific Rim - Innuit, Eskimo, Kwakiutl:
 Eskimo
Drummer Doll
Inventory # 60168
Description: This Native American Eskimo drummer doll wears a feather
and fur parka. His mukluks are of seal skin and fur. The drummer's
pants are a contemporary knit aqua colored fabric. His hand holds
a handled, stretched skin drum. His cap of fine feathers tops a
hand carved wooden head. This artifact appears to be of 1960's vintage.
Dimensions: 12" height
Price: $950.
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 Inuit
- Eskimo Kayaker
Inventory#80791
Description: Inuit handmade Eskimo & Kayak model, sealskin
over wood. Embroidered face- early 20th C. Dimensions: 8" Long
X 4" Tall.
Price: $875.
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 Bone
and Ivory Walrus by Walter Kawunn
Inventory#80790
Description: Inuit hand-carved walrus, bone and ivory, by artist
Walter Kawunn - ca. 1920 - 3 1/4" long x 1 1/2" tall -
excellent condition
Price: $950.
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 Vintage
Walrus Fur Toy
Inventory #81311
Description: Vintage Walrus Toy with real fur skin and flippers.
Eyes nose and tusks are molded plastic.
Price: $45.
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 Kwakiutl
Beaver Mask by George Hunt
Inventory#81307
Description: Rare Kwakiutl beaver mask carved by historic linguist,
collector, ethnologist George Hunt. George
Hunt worked for 45 years as an informant and translator for
the anthropologist Franz Boas, supplying artifacts and stories from
1888 until Hunt's death at Fort Rupert in September of 1933. Although
Hunt is seldom credited as an author, the vast majority of Franz
Boas' work based on Kwak'wala-language research, such as Kwakiutl
Texts (1905 & 1906), was derived directly from Hunt's writing.
This mask was acquired from an East Texas estate which included
items from the World
Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago. Items collected by
Hunt comprised the exhibit on the Kwakiutl at the exposition. Hand
carved items were also sold by the Kwakiutl and this mask may be
a souvenir from the exposition.
Additional resources:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hunt_(ethnologist)
Price: Please Inquire -
info@silkwaterantiques.com
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Northwest Native Doll with Beaded Chilkat Design Blanket
Inventory #60172
Description:This beaded Northwest Native American doll wears a
eagle headdress and chilkat style beaded beaver blanket. Composed
of fur,felt,beads, and feathers this doll packs a lot of symbolism
in a small package.
Price: $125.
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 Vintage
Novelty Eskimo - Inuit Doll
Inventory #70519
Description:Vintage Novelty Eskimo Doll with Faux Spotted Seal
Fur Parka, Mukluks, and Baby Carrier on Back. Mid 20th-Century souvenir
item from Alaska. Fair condition. 11" tall.
Price: $85.
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 Makah
Native American Basket with Raven
Inventory: #80453
Description: Makah
Native American (Pacific Northwest) Lidded Basket with raven motif
on sides and swirl lid worked in aniline dyes - damage to rim of
lid and to bottom, ca. 1900.From the estate of archeologist Ann
Irwin
Dimensions: 4" diameter and 2.25" heigth
Price: $225.
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 Makah
Native American Banded Basket
Inventory: #80454
Description: Makah
Native American (Pacific Northwest) Lidded Basket - 2.5" d,
1.75" h with light green bands on sides and lid. From the estate
of archeologist Ann Irwin
Dimensions: 2.5" diameter and 1.75" height
Price: $190.
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 Makah
Native American Basket with Seafarers' Boat
Inventory: #80452
Description:This is a fine Makah
Native American (Pacific Northwest) Lidded Basket with seafarer
motif on sides and swirl lid worked in aniline dyes, ca. 1900From
the estate of archeologist Ann Irwin
Dimensions: 4" diameter by 2.25"height
Price: $450.
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Northeast and Midwest United States :
 Decorated
Woodlands Birch Bark Basket Bowl
Inventory #80568
Description: Birchbark was a versatile natural material utilized
by Native Americans to construct this utilitarian bowl - likely
Athabascan. A single slice of birchbark is cut and sewn to form
this bowl. A branch-like floral design embellishes the four sides
of this bowl. Beautiful patina indicates significant age. Minor
loss on rim. Dimensions: 3 1/2"H X 12"W X 7 1/3"D
From the estate of archeologist Ann Irwin.
Price: $360.
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 Iroquois
False Face Mask Doll
Inventory #60171
Description: This kneeling doll represents a member of the Iroquois
False Face Society. The body is formed of corn husks. The dress
appears to be deerskin. The carved and painted wood mask conveys
the mysterious and magical rituals of False Face Societies.
Price: $125.
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Southwest United States:
 Natural
Crystal Navajo Rug
Inventory #70912
Description: This beautiful rug has been identified as a Natural
Crystal style Navajo weaving probably from the western New Mexico
area. The weaving is excellent with no tears or holes. Colors of
the geometric design remain vibrant on both sides of rug. Note the
spirit line detail in the middle photo. Circa 1930's - 1940's. From
an Austin estate. Dimensions: 5'9" X 3"9"
Price: Please inquire - info@silkwaterantique.com
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 Navajo
Chinle Rug or Blanket
Inventory #70910
Description: This is a fantastic example of a Navajo Chinle rug
which could be considered of blanket quality. Finely woven geometric
patterns are from natural dyed wool. Circa 1930's from an Austin
estate. Note small holes in photos. Dimensions: 4'10" X 3'4"
Price: Please inquire - info@silkwaterantiques.com
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 Southwest
Native American Woven Sash
Inventory #80662
Description:Vintage Southwestern Native American Handwoven Belt
/ Sash. This tightly woven sash is the type often worn by the Navajo
of the early 20th century. Two shades of green, white , and red
yarn are woven in a textured geometric design. Purchased from the
estate of noted archeologist Ann Irwin.
Dimensions: 9' Long X 3" Wide
Price: $175.
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 Navajo
Doll with Baby and Loom
Inventory #81455
Description: Navajo Weaver Doll with Loom and Baby in Cradleboard.
The Navajo woman sits on a sheepskin and has partially woven a rug
while tending her baby.
Dimensions: 8.25" Wide X 5.5" Deep X 9" Height.
Price: $85.
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 Hopi-Tewa
Kachina "Nahsonhoya" by Dewey Brooks
Inventory #81306
Description: Hopi-Tewa Nahsonhoya Kachina by Dewey Brooks (may
also represent Salakomana, Poli Mana or Pali Pahlik) - 10 1/2"
tall
Price: $245.
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 Santa
Clara Pueblo Blackware Pot by Sharon Garcia
Inventory #81646
Description: Santa Clara Pueblo Bowl with Carved Geometric Scroll
Motif by Sharon Garcia, granddaughter and protégé
of acclaimed pottery Christina Naranjo- Excellent condition - Ca.
1990. Signed
Dimensions: 2 5/8" High x 4 3/8" Diameter
Price: $245.
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 Wedding
Vase by Josephita Martinez
Inventory # 81368
Description:Black on Black Wedding Vase by noted Native American
potter Josephita Martinez (initialed on base) of the Santo Domingo
Pueblo.
Dimensions: 5.5" H X 4" W X 3.25" D
Price: $135
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 Acoma
Seed Pot by G. Salvador
Inventory#60108
Description: Native American pot from Acoma, NM by G. Salvador.
Polychrome relief with incised background. Many figures are represented
on this beautifully crafted seed pot.
Price: $135.
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 Mata
Ortiz - Casas Grande Pot
Inventory #80448
Description: In the manner of the Casas Grande, the potters of
Mata Ortiz
create beautiful works of art based on the old traditions. No potters
wheel is used in the creation of these hand-coiled and hand-painted
ceramics. This handsome polychrome Olla is decorated with a geometric
pattern. Dimensions: 6" tall 7.5" diameter
From the estate of archeologist Ann Irwin
Price: $175.
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 Mata
Ortiz - Casa Grande Pot II
Inventory # 80449
Another wonderful Mata Ortiz - Casas Grande style pot. Painted
in a traditional design of black on buff body, this small pot is
particularly aesthetically appealing.
Dimensions: 3" tall 4.5" diameter
From the estate of archeologist Ann Irwin
Price: $125.
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 Mata
Ortiz - Casas Grande Seed Pot
Inventory: #80450
Description: This small seed pot is decorated with a polychrome
geometric design.
Dimensions: 2" tall 4" diameter
From the estate of archeologist Ann Irwin
Price: $70.
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 Mata
Ortiz - Casas Grande Pot with Fish Motif
Inventory: #80451
Description: Miniature Mata Ortiz Pot with black painted fish motif
on buff body.
Dimensions: 2 1/2" tall 2" diameter
From the estate of archeologist Ann Irwin
Price: $65.
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 Double
Strand Zuni Navajo Bird Fetish Necklace
Inventory#81164
Description:Vintage Zuni/Navajo double strand bird necklace.
Price: $75.
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and Metal Bead Navajo Necklace
Inventory#81165
Description: Vintage Navajo turquoise and silver bead necklace.
Price: $95.
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Native American Contemporary Coral Necklace
Inventory#81271
Description: Contemporary Zuni-style nickel silver and coral bead
necklace
Price: $300.
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Graduated Bead Necklace
Inventory #81523
Description: Navajo Sterling Silver Graduated Bead Necklace on
Sterling Silver Chain - 11 1/2" hang length, Ca. 1950
Price: $295
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 Navajo
Squash Blossom Necklace
Inventory #81522
Description: Navajo Squash Blossom Necklace - Double-strand silver
beads on silver chain, traditional "Naja" with Mountain
Turquoise Pendant, Ca. 1950
Dimensions: 17" hang-length (incl. 3" Naja)
Price: $525
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Navajo Dolls
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Hand-Sewn Navajo Native American Dolls
Inventory #81374
Description:Pair of vintage Navajo Dolls. Our best vintage Navajo
Dolls are hand-sewn. Both with metal waistbands - woman carries
umbrella. Corduroy and cotton clothes. 7" tall
Price: $65
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of Navajo Dolls
Inventory #81416
Description:Pair of machine-sewn Navajo Dolls. 7" tall.
Price:$35.
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Pair of Navajo Dolls
Inventory #81417
Description:Pair of machine-sewn Navajo Dolls. 7" tall.
Price: $35.
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 Pair
of Large Navajo Dolls
Inventory #81415
Description:Pair of machine-sewn Navajo Dolls with painted faces.
9 " tall.
Price: $55.
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Southeastern United States:
David Wilson Estate
Many of the folowing items are from the estate of the Native American
collector David Wilson. Mr. Wilson collected primarily in the Texas
Brazos River Valley but also ventured to Arkansas, Arizona, Missouri
and surrounding states to add to his collection. Most items were
recorded in his inventory log with details of where they were found.
Information from this log is included (if available) with the purchase
of items from his collection.
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Mississippian Effigy Bowl - Arkansas
Inventory #80788
Description: Prehistoric Mississippian Cultural Effigy Bowl found
in Poinsetta Co., Arkansas - 2.75" x 6.5"
From the David Wilson Collection.
Price: $850
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 Mississippian
Period Bowl - Arkansas
Inventory #80789
Description: Mississipian Bowl with incised decoration on rim found
in Arkansas - county and site unknown - mended - 3" x 7.5"
From the David Wilson Collection.
Price: $ 350.
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 Cherokee/Choctaw
Split Cane Gathering Basket
Inventory #81313
Description: Native American (Choctaw/Cherokee) gathering basket.
Made of split cane with polychrome pattern. Handle has been repaired.
Dimensions: 16"W X 10 1/2"D X 4"H (10"H with
handle)
Price: $165.
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 Pine
Needle Basket with Lid
Inventory #80189
Description: Vintage Pine Needle Basket with Lid. Nice split stitch.
Great Patina. Wear on basket rim and bottom (see photos). Dimensions:
6.5" diameter X 3.5" height.
Price: $55.
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 Large
Seminole Doll
Inventory#80803
Description: Very large (24" tall) Seminole Doll from the
mid-20th Century. Traditional quilted dress and bonnet cover the
body of palm husk fibers. The facial features are embroidered on
palm. The body beneath dress has tears contained by a stocking.
Price: $375.
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 Cherokee
Catawba Black Pot 1
Inventory#80786
Description: Cherokee Catawba clay pot with incised arrowhead motif
by Native American potter Louise Bigmeat Maney (1932-2001), Cherokee
(North Carolina) - signed, ca. 1970 - 3.25" tall
Price: $155.
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 Cherokee
Black Pot 2
Inventory#80787
Description:Cherokee Catawba clay pot with incised arrowhead motif
by Native American potter Louise Bigmeat Maney (1932-2001), Cherokee
(North Carolina) - signed, ca. 1970, 4" tall
Price: $165.
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Mexico:
 Carved
Classic Maya Stone Figurine
Inventory#81340
Description:This carved stone figure (origin unknown- from Victorian
era estate) appears to be a Maya carved stone figurine from the
Classic period. Its exact origin is unknown. It is impossible to
date without further tests. The figure appears kneeling and wears
a headdress. The facial features and carving technique appear to
be Mayan of the Classic or Toltec periods. Wear and style suggest
the piece could be Pre-Columbian but it is priced and sold as a
contemporary art piece. Dimensions: 7 1/2"H X 2 1/2"W
X 4"D.
Price: $495.
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 Huichol
Native American Cougar/Jaguar
Inventory #81569
Description: Huichol Indian - Native American Carved Cougar or
Jaguar Head. This Jaguar head is a classic example of Huichol carving
without the applied beading typically on Huichol sculptures. Dimensions:
5.25" W X 5" H X 4.5" D.
Price: $125
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South America:
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Native American Chulucanas Pottery Jar with Nazca Lines
Artist Signed - Julio Flores
Inventory # 80447
Description: This Chulucanas pot is covered with a colorful glaze
and engraved with representations of Nazca lines. The Nazca
Lines are geoglyphs found in the Nazca Desert, a high arid plateau
between the towns of Nazca and Palpa on the Pampas de Jumana in
Peru.
"Thousands of years ago, the potters of the Vicus culture
in the coastal deserts of Peru were known throughout the land as
the finest ceramic artists. Using the clay beneath their feet, the
natural symbols around them and a strong religious inspiration to
guide them, they fashioned elegantly shaped, subtly painted ceramic
pots. Hand burnished with volcanic rock, decorated with earth colors
of naturally-dyed slips, and based on their ancient culture for
motifs as old as time, Chulucanas pottery is made by the descendants
of these indigenous artist of northern Peru. Chulucanas pottery
can be considered a true inheritance from the Precolombian art of
the Vicus, not only because of its quality but also because its
artists have captured the techniques that were developed more than
2,000 years ago in the northern coast of Peru."
Dimensions: 4" tall X 4.5" diameter
http://www.cotlear.com/History.htm
From the estate of archeologist Ann Irwin
Price: $70.
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 Chulucanas
Native American Pottery Jar
Artist Signed - Antonio Lavada
Inventory # 80445
Description: "Chulucanas pottery is uniquely created through
a multi-step process. First, the piece is formed using several techniques:
paddling, rolling, tableting and using a wheel or an extruder. Once
shaped and in a leathery state, the piece is painted with a slip
made from clay and pigment. Then comes one of the most important
steps in the process: the burnishing or polishing which includes
rubbing the entire visible surface with river stones of several
forms and sizes to obtain a fully satin and homogenous surface.
This operation is repeated three times and requires great skill
so that the piece will not be damaged or cracked. Once dry, the
pot is stacked in the wood-fired kiln and heated to a temperature
of approximately 700 to 900 degrees centigrade."
"The next stage is the decoration, or slip casting,
in which liquid clay is used to cover the areas that are to be kept
intact, while the areas the potter wishes to darken are left uncovered.
This method is known as “reverse.” The decorated piece
is then loaded into the smoke kiln where burning mango leaves will
produce smoke that will darken the piece. A resin is also applied
that adheres to the pot giving it the characteristic brilliance
of the Chulucanas style. This firing is done two or three times
until the desired shade of brown or black is obtained. The pieces
are then cleaned to remove the slip and a final finish wax is applied
to highlight the impeccable satin characteristic. Product care:
A waterproof solution is applied to completed utilitarian pieces
such as bowls and flower vases to give them a 95 percent water retention
capacity. When completed, each item is signed by the artists who
created it."
http://www.tenthousandvillages.com
Dimensions:6 1/4 height 3 3/4" width
From the estate of archeologist Ann Irwin
Price: $75.
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Miscellaneous:
 Pair
- Handwoven Sashes "A"
Inventory #80664
Description: Two 33" Handwoven Native American Sashes (2).
Spun wool - Red and Purple; cotton thread - white.
From the estate of archeologist Ann Irwin.
Price: 28.50
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 Handwoven
Native American Sash "B"
Inventory #80661
Description: Vintage Handwoven Native American Sash. Acryllic and
cotton thread. Dimensions: 54" length X 4" width. Nice
weaving with anthropomorphic figure repeating.
From the estste of archeologist Ann Irwin.
Price: $42.00
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Native American Handwoven Sash "C"
Inventory #80663
Description: Handwoven Native American Sash. Cotton thread and
cording - animal and geometric designs. Dimensions: 48" length
X 2" width.
From the estate of archeologist Ann Irwin.
Price: $30.50
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 Handwoven
Sash "D"
Inventory #80667
Description: Handwoven Native American Sash. Hand spun wool. Dimensions:
67.5" X 1.5". Damaged.
From the estate of archeologist Ann Irwin.
Price: $22.
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 Handwoven
Native American Sash "E"
Inventory #80662
Description: Handwoven Native American Sash. Fine hand spun wool.
Dimensions: 32" X 2"
Price: $32.
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 Native
American "Indian Chief" Bookends
Inventory#81571
Description:Pair of vintage cast aluminum Indian Chief Bookends.
Price: $75
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Navajo
Eye-Dazzler Rug
