Parfleche Cases and Folk Art
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Lakota Dance Shield, 19th century
A buffalo hide/parfleche dance shield, painted in red, white and green, with a stylized horned head that likely represents the buffalo spirit, encircled by lightning bolts. Ornamented with buffalo hair and dyed domestic goose feathers. Made at Fort Marian by Making Medicine, also known as "Owl". Provenance: Owned by Thomas E. Mails and pictured on page 143 of his book, "Mystic Warriors of the Plains;" to Liilian Miller; to Glenwood Swanson; to Mr. & Mrs. James Alsdorf. See file for full ethnographic evaluation.
$18,000.00
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Blackfeet Bonnet Case, c. 1870
A great Blackfeet bonnet case. Long fringe, original paint. 23 by 6 1/4 inches not including fringe.
$11,000.00
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Mesquakie effigy spoon c.19th c
A beautifully carved Northern Plains spoon, two horses and a Native American face. Wood [maple? or ash?] 11 1/2" length
$9,500.00
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Lakota Parfleche Case c. 1870
A very fine Northern Plains case with geometric design. Ex Blackpipe Bank Coll.
12 x 6
$2,000.00
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Dakota Parfleche Case c. 1870
Dakota painted parfleche medicine case with two quilled drops with tin cones.
9" x 12"
$4,000.00
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Colonial Period Powder Horn 1775
A very fine Powder Horn from the period of the American Revolution. Very hard to find in this condition. Numerous symbols, American Flag, Patriotic Shield, Native American Long Houses, Military display and the owner's name, S Eaton.
16"
$1,800.00
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Maya Ocarina c. Pre-Columbian
Southern Mexico, Island of Jaina, Late Classic.
Ca. AD550-950. A small ceramic crab with incised lines of a deity face.$600.00
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Pair of Sioux Dolls, c. Turn-of-the-20th Century
A male and female pair of Sioux dolls dressed in classic Northern Plains attire. See similar on pg 89, Memory and Vision by Emma Hansen.
Male doll: 13 1/2"
Female doll: 13"
$14,500.00
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Alaskan Walrus Ivory Cribbage Board c. 1930s/40s
A wonderful cribbage board rendered in walrus ivory. Carved in raised relief from top to bottom with various aquatic creatures, bear heads, walrus faces and a four-legged animal. Nunivak. Baleen inset eyes.
18 ½"
$4,000.00
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Feather Box, Pueblo, c. 19th century
Carved from one piece of (possibly) sabino wood. A large feather box with original lid. Possibly collected by Millicent Rogers in the mid-twentieth century.
26" x 3 1/2" x 3 1/2"
$4,500.00
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Folk Art Whirligig 19th c
Collected in Keene NH some years ago. Native American carved in wood in carved canoe. All original paint.
$3,800.00
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