"Christmas Chronicles", 2023 December Live Auction

Called foofarah by the early mountain men, the American Indians used their skills in weaving and beadwork to brighten their attire, This lot includes,

Beadwork items (8) including two (2) sets of cuffs, a coin purse, a single cuff, a sash or belt and a pipe stem. The belt 3"x 56", along w...

Pair of leather gloves with Native American beadwork. Both gloves have a beaded flower design with red, yellow, white, green, and black beads. Fringed

A group of eleven no face kachina dolls. There is an artist's name on two, but it is illegible. The No Face doll has its origin in the corn-gro...

A group of five (5) no face kachina dolls. There is an artist's name on two, but it is illegible. The No Face doll has its origin in the corn-gr...

Kachina doll group (7), ranging in size from seven to fifteen inches tall. Some have intricate seed bead work, there are blankets, doeskin clothing, a

Moccasins (5 pairs) in children's sizes. These are decorated in intricately done bead work. There are also two ceremonial medallions done in the...

American Indian moccasin group, consisting of six (6) pairs in various sizes and design. Lengths vary from 3" up to 10". The beadwork on a...

Buckskin mocassins with commercial rawhide soles. Uppers have appliqued beadwork in reds and turquoise beads. Possibly Santee Sioux. These were stuffe

Beaded moosehide mocassins made in a one-piece, pointed-toe construction with appliqued beadwork pattern in white, yellow, pink, and red beads surroun

Muskrat fur vest with trade cloth cotton lining and cowrie shell and pony bead (6/0) ornaments for a child. Some fur worn has off at the chest areas.

A cowrie shell American Indian design blanket dress. It appears to have been fashioned from an army blanket. It is trimmed with buckskin piping and fr

Authentic, handmade, Nez Perce, buckskin, beaded, ceremonial dress, made by V. Morris, a native Nez Perce woman born in 1900. Beautiful, detailed bead

Buffalo headdress from the Plains Tribes. Is from real buffalo with horns attached. Several paintings on the inside of the headdress. Horns are not sy

Fancy colorful porcupine quill breast plate with horsehair tassels. Red, violet, yellow and white. Brass bell at top center. The colors really pop! 2

Seven par fleche boxes in various sizes from 3"x 4"x 4" to 2.5"x 7"x 10". Par Fleches are rawhide containers which we...

War shield made from stretched rawhide and measuring about 16"x 17". It is stretched rawhide, with horsetail, bead and elk's toe decor...

Modern buckskin painted medicine shirt decorated with horsetail hair and seed beads. Like new. Also included is a set of antler spoons, a pair of han

Saddle bag style with horsehair tassels and crimped brass, turquoise, white, red and orange beads and small shells. Bunched leather tied with red hide

Medicine bag trio, featuring great seed bead and quill work. First , we have a 3"x 3" doeskin bag with fringe and great quill work. Next, ...

Medicine bag duo (2), intricately beaded. One is credited to Jerrilyn Elk, Oglala Lakota from Wounded Knee, SD. The other maker is unknown. One mea

Indian medicine bags (2). While both measure about the same 5"x 7", one appears to be much older than the other, having appeared to have ...

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This peace pipe is 13.5 in. in length and lathe turned. Finished with a tapered end for the pipestone and an oval shape for a mouthpiece. A carry case

Nice pipe bag with turquoise, orange, red, white and yellow beads with porcupine quill multi color medicine wheel and upper mother of pearl disc. Crim

This pipe bag is made of elk hide at 17 in. with fringe at 25 in. in length. It is covered in quillwork in the Medicine Wheel Crow pattern. The backsi

Modern buckskin pipebag with white metal cones and brass beads, purple dyed tassels and blue, white, black, yellow and turquoise beads by Louis Shaw.

Nice pipe bag with multicolor medicine wheel with horsehair, blue, red, yellow and black beads with black, red, yellow and white porcupine quills. 4...

Nice modern long pipe bag with mostly blue beads with yellow, red, white and black accents. 9 small brass buttons. Small brass balls on bottom fringes

Buckskin pipebag with white, black, red and yellow beads, 30x7". Whitish pipebag by Aurora Koning, possibly made in 2009, red, white, black and...

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Lot of 3 pipe stems: 1.) This peace pipe or calumet is 21 in. long with an alabaster mouthpiece. It has a deerskin beaded wrap near the mouthpiece cov

This peace pipe is tipped with a red pipestone (catlinite) mouthpiece. Length of the pipe portion is 25 in. It is three faceted with a curvature top.

This is a peace pipe owned by Walking Bull, Sioux. The pipe stem measures 23.5 in. with six facets. Made of a straight grained hardwood. The bowl is C

Carved by James Under Baggage, the bowl piece measures 6"x 3" and depicts a standing buffalo. Stone shows a few minor imperfections. The p...

Pipestone American Indian pipe carved and signed by Lakota artist James Under Baggage. Depicting a standing buffalo, the bowl measures 2"x 5&qu...

Pipestone American Indian pipe carved and signed by Lakota artist James Under Baggage. Depicting a standing buffalo, the bowl measures 2"x 5&qu...

Pipestone American Indian pipe carved and signed by Lakota artist James Under Baggage. Depicting a horse, the bowl measures 3"x 3". This c...

Pipestone American Indian pipe carved and signed by Lakota artist James Under Baggage. Depicting a standing buffalo, the bowl measures 2"x 3&qu...

Pipestone American Indian pipe carved and signed by Lakota artist James Under Baggage. Depicting a turtle, the bowl measures 2"x 3". This ...

Pipestone American Indian pipe carved and signed by Lakota artist James Under Baggage. Depicting a turtle, the bowl measures 2"x 3". This ...

This pipe stem measures 19.5 in. in length of a straight grained hardwood. It has six facets lightly sanded edges. A turned end at the mouthpiece and

This handmade peace pipe measures 21.5 in. in length with a six facetted shape, tapered slightly from end to end. Lightly oiled finish. It has a damag

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This pipestone bowl is of soapstone at 4 in. X 3 in. X 1 in. It is gray in color and shaped in an"L".

A James Under Baggage carving, this time in Black Hills alabaster. This Lakota piece depicting a standing buffalo and wolf, measures 5"x 9"...