Wigwam Auction--March 2019

Small basket, light tan in color, approx. 6.5" w. at largest point, 4.25" at rim x 5" h. Nice condition but not Native American. Desc...

White, purple and violet Italian cut beads. 1.25x1.75". Arrow and tear drop pattern. Beautiful craftsmanship, made in Indonesia. Description at...

Very special basket for Moe & Mary in 1982. The papers with it show it is from Queen Charlotte Islands, BC, c.1890. General utility basket made ...

The Salish adopted many of the numerous weaving techniques. These include: wrapped, diagonal openwork, vertical and slanting openwork, openwork, overl

Three lidded Horse hair baskets with lids by Betty Rogers. Spiral patterns. 2 are 3" wide, 1 3.75" wide. Attributed by ND. From the Moe &a...

Made by Betty Rogers. Small coiled willow peyote stitched with fire color beads. 3". Description attributed by ND. This is from the historic W...

Large African basket bowl. 19" x 5" tall. While this basket resembles a Great Basin constructed basket, it is made in the opposite manner...

2 brown and black Washoe baskets by Amy Barber. Gapstitch, dyed brackenfern, red bud polychrome design. Description attributed by ND. This is from the

2 small baskets by Amy Barber, daughter of Nettie Barber, who is from a long line of Washoe weavers. Wrap start coiled brown round 1 stick gap stitche

Woven burden basket with buckskin fringes and metal bell like ends. Basket 6"x 7" plus fringes . Willow construction and commercially tann...

Beautiful old basket from Nevada, Paiute Tribe. 19" x 7.75" tall. This shows sign of wear & due to age, has unraveling at bottom cente...

1 basket with lid, 5" x 5.5" Splint Ash Sweet Grass, small sewing basket(?); 1 larger basket without lid 11" x 12". Both baskets...

Paiute basket by Jenny Dick, 1 stick willow construction with beaded 4 winds pattern. 2 x 3". Description attributed by ND. This is from the hi...

2 Washoe bottleneck horse hair baskets. Gap stitch, dyed brackenfern, polychrome red bud design. Made by Betty Rogers. Description attributed by ND. T

This is an old basket, it has some damage from use & age at the top. Please inspect. Still has wire from strap (strap is missing) where the Nati...

Tule material, made in the style of Mike Williams. Nice condition 28.5" L. x approx. 6" diameter. Description attributed by ND. This is ...

Early Papago coiled basket made of yucca with devil's claw design. Description attributed by ND. This is from the historic Wigwam Collection. ...

basket 38" L. x 21" Diameter. Date: City/County: State:

Made by Betty Rogers. Brown variations spiral patterns. 2x2.5" and 2.75x4.25" Description attributed by ND. This is from the historic Wigw...

A gathering basket used for pine nuts, some are still found today in trees 100 years later! Likely Washoe and would be tied to the back. Twined baske

Contemporary 12" diameter, 14" tall, choice! Has handle & is a sturdy basket. Very beautiful colors of brown, tan & cream colors. ...

Winnow, open basket twining. Pine nut harvest. Utilitarian basket but never utilized. From the Great Basin. 28.5"L. x 21.5"W. x 6"H....

Paiute basket,1 stitch foundation, peyote stitch beaded. Solid willow with weave gap stitch. Floral design with sky blue background. 6" diamete...

Small-medium sized basket. Possibly California or Oregon origin. 5.5" diameter x 4" h. Description attributed by ND. This is from the hist...

Large Mono basket, 19.5" diameter, 10" tall. This early, circa 1900-1910 cooking or utility basket has never been used and was probably ma...

Light & dark brown weave Paiute basket, 3.5" diam. x 2" h. Coil, 3 stick foundation. Devil's claw design. Recent origin. From the...

This is a Nixon Paiute miniature basket by Jenny Dick. Miniature basket at 1" x 1.5" oblong x .5" h. White, yellow, red beads in a su...

5 items. 1902 pictorial letterhead with cover to Mr. Lukens in Auburn, CA re product-.3" tear. 3 promo pamphlets for the Pacific Pine Needle C...

Paiute 3 stick foundation with sunburn willow. 6.25" diameter x 2.5" h. Description attributed by ND. This is from the historic Wigwam Col...

Lot withdrawn. Please see Lot 4085

Pauite coiled basket, bound design. Sunbeam willow with 2 horizontal lines. 7" diameter, 3" tall. Description attributed by ND. This is f...

Slip stitch basket, 1 stick foundation. Top rim crack 5 levels down. 8x4.75". Description attributed by ND. This is from the historic Wigwam Co...

Contemporary Papago Basket. This is a truly impressive basket. This basket is in excellent condition. It was hand coiled and hand woven. This basket m

Tiny nicely constructed basket. Tan and brown. 1.5x1" Date: City/County: State:

Small raffia sewing basket with chicken neck feathers that are decorative on outside. This is possibly not Native American. Description attributed by

This small basket is sewn with raffia, unknown if this is Native American. 4.5" x 2". Date: City/County: State:

Small teacup and tray pine needle basket in one piece, 3" diameter. Thread sewn. Description attributed by ND. This is from the historic Wigwam...

1 stick foundation, willow gap stitch, red bird element. Likely Washoe. Description attributed by ND. Date: City/County: State:

Open Twining, from the Great Basin. Condition is generally good but has stitches missing on corner. Please inspect. Has not had much use. Nice piece t

Paiute/ Washoe 1 stick coiled foundation with wrapped stitch start. Non interlocking gap stitch, then switched to locked stitch. Description attribut

Beautiful weaved basket from overseas, origin unknown. 9.5" x 5". Made from unknown plant material. Damage to top. Please inspect Date:...

Large polychrome figural basket. The top row of figures are women holding hands and the bottom row are men, but not holding hands. 17 x 8" high...

Great looking "Indian Guy" in good condition, made from composite, has bolo tie made of agate, sterling silver & leather. He has a cot...

2 tiny, adorable Native American dolls. 2" x 4.5". Both are in Native American baby baskets. 1 is tied together with reed. Date: City/...

Beaded Doll, smoked buckskin male doll. approx. 12" length x 5.5 width. Beads are orange, green & black. From the Salvatore Falcone Collect...

From Quebec Canada, Indian Art/Eskimo. Lot of two dolls. The smaller doll is 2" x 4"; The larger doll is 3" x 7". Date: City/...

2 Apache girls wrapped in blankets. 7" Date: City/County: State:

standing dolls. 1) 7.5"h. x 4"w.; 2) 7" h. x 3.5" w.; 3) 4" h. x 3". Date: City/County: State:

Chief doll in beautiful condition, dress in ceremonial apparel with many beads, simulated buckskin top, black felt pants many small beads (multi-color

"Elder" doll in nice condition, has moccasins, beads & simulated buckskin made of felt. 12" w. x 16" h. Made of Vinyl. Head...

Beautiful squaw in green dress. The women prepared the hides, and sewed the clothing or moccasins. The hides were sometimes only tanned on one side an

Collection of 12 female Native American dolls and more. 2 tiny pairs of souvenir moccasins. 4" cloth baby in diaper. 4" baby in blanket on...

2 Native American dolls. Small-made in Taiwan. Woman in Brown-7.5" with facial blemish Date: City/County: State:

From Southern US or Mexican tribe. Lady with clutched baby in blanket, 12". Man in blanket 13.5" Date: City/County: State:

4 dolls. Girl in blanket 5.5", woman in purple top 8.5", woman in purple top and skirt 10", woman in green dress 9.5" Date: ...

2 Handmade Vintage American Navajo Doll 1983 & 1987, Navajo. The male doll, 1987, is 303/1000 made. Signed by artist (signature is illegible) in...

2 handmade Navajo dolls with drawn on faces. man and woman. 8.5". Some mold and decaying fabric. Date: City/County: State:

Very rare private press (none shown) of Sim Moak's memories and stories of his arrival to the Gold Rush and the Indian massacres in Northen Cali...

Papers relating to Explorations at Etowah Indian Mounds Near Cartersville, Georgia; Ocmulgee National Monument, Georgia with many pictures; Indian Tre

1)Money of the American Indians and other primitive currencies of the Americas by Taxay. 158pp. 2) Cry of the Eagle by Forest C. Wade (2 copies) Date

Rebound illustrated hardcover, 503pp. Authentic Account of the Discoveries, Adventures, and Mishaps of a Scientific and Sporting Party in the Wild Wes

John Ross Cherokee Chief by Moulton. Unhallowed Intrusion , A History of Cherokee Families in Forsyth County, GA by Shadburn. Eequoyah's Gift by...

Cherokee Cookbook by Ulmer. Indian Recipes by Gibbons. Cooking Wild Game by Almand. Earth Medicine-Earth Foods by Weiner. Date: City/County: Stat

1) Hardback, Cherokee Footprints by Walker, Volume 1, 178 pp. Privately printed 1988; 2) Paperback, Cherokee Footprints... Volume 2 by Walker, picture

5 booklets CWY OhZPPOA (sic). Sequoyah Father of the Cherokee Alphabetby Petersen. The Georgia Historical Quareterly Fall 1989. Sequoyah and the Chero

Hardcover 245pp. Saxton Pope was the father of modern bow hunting. A culturally import work. Title page has in ink 'Personal copy of the designe...

Great Western Indian Fights, 33 Years Among Our Wild Indians, Indian Fighter by Bailey, Fighting Indian Warriors by Brinstool, Captured by the Indians

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Brown. Rebel Georgia by Boney. Joe Brown's Army by Bragg. Lakota Noon by Michno. Crimson and Sabre, A Confeder...

Lot of 6 books, hardback & paperback. Includes Dictionary of the American Indian; The Rocks Begin to Speak; Dine' Bizaad Bo'hoo' aah...

Wampanoag Indian Federation by Travers,History Manners and Customs of the Indian Nations by Heckewelde, The Lehmi by Caxton, Indian Place Names of New

2 Hardback books 1)The Indian Wars by Washburn/Utley, 1977 Reprint. pp.344. Beautiful photos, prints, color & black & white. Poignant photos...

Hardcover 371pp by Paul Radin, numerous plates, some color. Front inscription, front board separating Date: 1927 City/County: State:

Lot of two chromolitho cards: "Scund'a, Medicine Man, Alaska; and "Indian Witch Doctor Visiting Patient." Date: City/County: ...

Lot of four: "Newarluk" eskimo belle, Nome, RPC white border; three old lithos: Eskimos of Alaska and Siberia; Taking a Sun Bath on Nome ...

This is a collection of 43 postcards of Native Thlinget Eskimos and of Sitka, Alaska. There are 8 RPCs with borders, and the rest are lithographs. On

Lot of eighteen. 10 white border RPCs, 8 old lithos. Totem pole makers, and totem poles from Sitka, Wrangell, Ketchikan and Seattle. The Grizzly Bear

Lot of 18: 5 modern RPCs; 7 litho cards; 2 RPCs, 2 new lithos. Date: City/County: State: Arizona

Assortment of 6 Native American and Maiden Rock postcards with 2 RPC's and 2 souvenir postcards packets, most interesting is chromlitho uniforme...

Lot of 38, mostly lithocards, one borderless RPC of a Pima Indian Home in Arizona. Date: City/County: State: Arizona

Lot of eleven: 5 RPC, 6 chromolithos. Date: City/County: State: Arizona

Lot of 29 cards featuring the special swirling hairstyle of the Hopi Moki women. Mostly lithos, a couple of RPC white borders. Date: City/County:

This is a collection of 23 postcards; one is RPC of a man and woman in traditional costume, the woman is in leggings. The Hopi snake dance is depicte

This is a grouping of Native Americans in their crafts. Three are the same of a woman depicting her crafts and one Native American making shoes. In c

This group of 19 post cards depicts Native Americans in the art of jewelry making. All are chromo-lithographs. Date: City/County: State: Arizona

This is a collection of 23 postcards depicting the making of Navajo rugs. All are chromo-lithograph printed cards. Some early cards dating 1906 throug

This is a collection of 37 postcards of Navajo blankets or rugs; 34 chromo-lithographs, 2 lithographic, and 1 RPC. Some are duplicates but all are in

Lot of 33: 26 chromolithos, 4 modern, 3 RPCs. Date: City/County: State: Arizona

This collection of 4 postcards depict the Pima and Papago (Tohono O'Odham) Indians. 4 postcards total with 2 RPCs and 2 lithographs. Date: Ci...

This is a collection of 6 chromo-lithograph postcards of the same Navajo rug weaving theme. All are vintage 1940's. Date: City/County: Sta...

This is a collection of 11 postcards of the Seattle area tribes including the Yakima. 4 RPCs and several duplicates. Date: City/County: State:

This collection of tepee postcards are a total of 28 postcards; approx. 11 are RPCs. One is of a rare Apache encampment photography by Alexander and

This is a collection of approx. 40 wood-based silk screened postcards all depicting the Hopi lifeway. Find the belt weaver, the kachina carver, yucca

Lot of eight:four old litho; two white border RPCs; Old Indian Whale hunter of Puget Sound; Royal canadian Mounted Police; Puget Sound Indians; The

This is a real photo postcard of a baby girl sitting in a Lucy Telles basket. The photo is from the Camp Curry Studios in Yosemite National Park. (I...

This is a collection of 21 cards; 4 are RPC and the rest are lithograph of the Southern California region. Some duplicates. Date: City/County: St

Three RPCs including a reinactment of the Black Hawk Massacre, scalping and burning the Whites featured in the Red Man Spectacle, Earls Court Exhibiti

The G. M. Harris Curio Co. "we carry the largest assortment in the West" produced this card with Mr. Harris and six rug makers. Date: ...

Choice borderless RPC of Maire Tafoya, of the pottery & weaving Tafoya Family, July 13, 1930. "Pueblo Indian Girl Weaver, "Ja-Ro"...

This is a group of 7 RPC postcards of Seminole Indians and a total of 56 cards in all of old lithographs. Old RPCs are spectacular in detail. Date:

This is a collection of postcards primarily of the Blackfoot Tribe. 4 RPCs total and 25 lithographs. Date: City/County: State: Montana