c. 1890s

A Crow Tobacco Planting Stick hand carved of hardwood with incised bands of alternating tone along its length. Leather ties with deer dew claws are suspended from top of the stick.

Size: 28 1/2 " long, 1" wide on top

$ 2,200.00

A five strand loop necklace with two hawk bells.
Leather loops wrapped with dark blue, medium blue and white seed beads.
Length of loops : roughly 18"
width as worn: roughly 8"

$ 3,500.00

c. 1850 - 1870

Early Northern Plains painted buffalo hide fragment with warrior motif. Warrior and horse is garbed for battle. Circa 1850 - 1870. Cheyenne, Arapaho, or Sioux. Display mounted.

18” x 10”

SOLD

c. 19th Century

Black trade cloth, trimmed with greasy yellow beads. Fine patina on wood.  Commercial leather strip.

32" long including strap, handle and cloth.

$3,000.00

c. 1940’s

A collection of Native American Pueblo Drums. All drums are carved from the cottonwood tree, are painted and have undamaged leather heads.

SOLD

c. 1930s

Bannock Indian Tipi model made in the Great Basin area (Idaho, Oregon, Utah). Constructed with native tanned deerskin with Native Indian figures attached. Decorated with opaque seed beads and transparent cut glass beads.

19" tall, 12" deep

sold

1930

Stamped: DE Walker - maker - Visalia CA - Trademark

Floral tooling - original cich - tapaderos stirrups - 12 inch seat

$ 5,500.00

c. 1890

A lovely horn spoon possibly of Hidatsa origin. Carved from split horn with a diamond shaped tip. Handle is decorated with porcupine quill work, leather strips and tin cones.

$ 1,800.00

c. 19th Century

Made from elk horn and an old wagon leaf spring, bent and held in place by hide strips.
Nine hash marks on side (Buffalo hunts?)
Old museum inventory number.

length 12 1/2",  width 6"

$3,500.00

c. 1880

A very fine Blackfeet Crazy Dog Rattle ornamented with ermine tail and beaver or otter fur.  Six hawk bells.

10 1/2" long, without drop

$4,500.00

c. 1875

Upper half is fully-beaded in a geometric design on a white beaded background.  19th century calico cloth has been used to wrap the bottom half. Top of carrier has a beaded rosette design.

28" long

$6,200.00

c. 1960's

Mexican Made Saddle built for a South Texas rancher (Initials JNS). Bold floral tooling on the seat, skirt and stirrup fenders with ornate silver work of horse shoes and horse heads.

Matching bridle, saddle bags and pistol belt.

Seat size: 14"

$ 16,000.00

c. 19th century

Wood firestarter. Ten holes drilled out, in which a wooden dowel would be inserted and rotated on a bow, causing friction and then fire. Three images of Tipis carved into mid section.

Size: 16 ¼ " x 1 ¼"

price: $ 1,800.00

c. 1860

Bone haft with stone blade, hide wrapped. Used by women for scraping skins before tanning. Ex: Collection of Roy Marsh, a trader on the Crow Reservation near Pryor, Montana. Roy Marsh had a museum/mercantile/pawnshop in Pryor after the turn of the century. His collection included many artifacts belonging to local Crows such as Plain Feather, Plenty Coups, Plain Bull, and Old Dwarf.12 1/2" long.

$ 4,000.00

c. 19th century

Made of tanned seal skin, with authentic detailing. See "Eskimo Artifacts" page 186 for a similar item.

one measuring 17 1/2" in length
one measuring 18 1/2" in length

SOLD

c. 1850’s

A very fine Plains hide scraper with numerous dots around the circumference and numerous hash marks on the body. It is assumed these are a reference to buffalo hides tanned. Made from elk horn with a wonderful mellow patina.

12" in length x, 4" circumference.

$ 6,500.00

late 19th century

Plains Dance Rattle (possibly Sioux) with ochred yellow intestine hoop. Tin cone and red feathers attached to rattle's head. Wood shaft covered with red painted cotton fabric and wrapped with sinew. 

Horse tail ( measuring 39") attached to bottom of handle.

wand 24", overall length 68"

$3,500.00

c. 1960’s

A vintage drum made from hollowed out cottonwood. Painted in red, white and blue. The painted leather heads are in excellent condition.

Size" 5 1/2" tall, 8" wide, 7" deep

$ 450.00

c. Early 20th Century

An unusual cribbage board depicting two men arm-wrestling.  Also, a seal, walrus, polar bear devouring a seal, a fox carrying a bird, and another seal.  Traces of polychrome.  Verso: Four caribou, and an arctic bird carrying a rabbit to two baby birds.  

23 1/4" long

SOLD

c. 19th century

Black velvet purse with inset beaded panles on both sides with floral patterns in white, green, blue, pumpkin, pink and red beads and silk tassle at the end, with a decorative metal clasp and chain.

 8" wide x 13" long including tassel.

$700.00

c. 19th Century

Native tanned hide with one side beaded. Outlined in apple green, with a primary bar design of white & black beads, with the center body of dark pink, black & apple green beads. From the top of the fetish is a hide thong w/2 brass beads.  

6" long, 2" wide

$1,600.00

19th Century

A primitive flat wooden stick, possibly a mnemonic or measuring stick, with dragonflies and geometric designs engraved into the surface.

Ex. Tony Abeyta Collection

Ex. Larry Frank Collection

12 5/8" x 1 1/2"

SOLD