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Northwest Coast Ceremonial Wood Rattle
Lot: 1286Sold for: $1,250$1,000Northwest Coast Ceremonial Wood Rattle, Tsimshian, carved in two sections, with slender cylindrical handle and exaggerated ovoid head with slightly raised ridge on the perimeter, pierced on both ...
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Basonge Fetish Figure
Lot: 182Sold for: $338$275Basonge Fetish Figure, Congo, with legs wrapped in hide, arms on abdomen with hands around the power charge, cylindrical neck below abstract flattened circular head, ht. 6 1/2 in. ...
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Southern Cheyenne Beaded Hide Pipe Bag
Lot: 223Sold for: $7,995$6,500Southern Cheyenne Beaded Hide Pipe Bag, fourth quarter 19th century, soft hide bag painted with yellow pigments, the beaded panels with geometric and cross design on one side and geometric designs ...
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Plains Hide Drum
Lot: 267Sold for: $277$225Plains Hide Drum, Chippewa, fourth quarter 19th century, a drum with a single rawhide head pegged to a circular hoop, dia. 13 1/4 in. ...
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Eskimo Harpoon Point and Cable
Lot: 303Sold for: $584$475Eskimo Harpoon Point and Cable, Alaska, c. 1900, walrus hide cable with metal tipped harpoon point and handle with seal heads either side, size coiled 11 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. ...
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Yoruba House of the Head, Ile Ori
Lot: 1143Sold for: $615$500Yoruba House of the Head, Ile Ori, resembling a crown with cylindrical base and openwork domed superstructure, the whole covered in cloth, hide, cowries, and rectangular glass mirrors in two places, ...
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Plains Hide-wrapped War Club
Lot: 1190Sold for: $554$450Plains Hide-wrapped War Club, fourth quarter 19th century, hide-wrapped stone head club, with brass tacks at each end of handle, lg. 26 in. ...
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Northwest Coast Whalebone Dagger
Lot: 1333Sold for: $1,230$1,000Northwest Coast Whalebone Dagger, c. last quarter 19th century, the bird head finial with inlaid shell eye, hide-wrapped grip, lg. 23 1/4 in. ...
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Plains Beaded Hide Bag
Lot: 143Sold for: $400$325Plains Beaded Hide Bag, c. 1900, Sioux, the front completely beaded with typical geometric designs on a white ground, the back decorated with a beaded buffalo head, fringed edges, (minor bead loss), ...
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Plains Pewter Head Pipe Tomahawk
Lot: 168Sold for: $9,225$7,500Plains Pewter Head Pipe Tomahawk, c. 1880s, the tack-decorated shaft with beaded hide wrapped handle, terminating in a large pewter axe head, with tall bowl and cut-out triangle, with an elaborately ...
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Plains Indian Beaded Hide Doll
Lot: 294Sold for: $1,722$1,400Plains Indian Beaded Hide Doll, c. 1900, Lakota, hide dress heavily fringed, with beaded yoke, a ring of white beads on the head and beaded moccasins, with human hair and beaded belt with two drops, ...
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Carved and Painted Penitente Figure
Lot: 65Sold for: $3,998$3,250Carved and Painted Penitente Figure, New Mexico, Los Hermanos Penitentes Society, late 19th century, the cottonwood figure with carved head, ribcage, hand, and feet details and articulated joints, ...
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Ekoi Carved Head
Lot: 1026Sold for: $246$200Ekoi Carved Head, Cameroon, wood head covered in animal hide, with raffia fiber coiffure, pigmented eyes and teeth, ht. 11 1/4 in. The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art ...
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Songye Torso
Lot: 156Sold for: $3,690$3,000Songye Torso, wood, fabric, hide, and brass tacks, the slender torso with slightly protruding abdomen; brass tack fills the fetish receptacle; fabric below the waist, ringed neck and protruding face ...
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Yoruba House of the Head, Ile Ori
Lot: 232UnsoldYoruba House of the Head, Ile Ori, resembling a crown with cylindrical base and openwork domed superstructure, the whole covered in cloth, hide, cowries, and rectangular glass mirrors in two places, ...
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Gilt-bronze Dharmapala Yama
Lot: 92Sold for: $984$800Gilt-bronze Dharmapala Yama, Tibetan China, 19th/20th century, depicted multi-headed and with a thousand arms and legs, in yab-yum with his consort, an elephant hide on his back, ht. 10 in. ...
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Gilt-copper Alloy Figure of Mahakala
Lot: 106Sold for: $9,225$7,500Gilt-copper Alloy Figure of Mahakala, Tibet, 18th/19th century, six-armed, trampling on an elephant-headed figure, with hides of elephant and tiger on his back, ht. 7 1/2 in. ...
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Hethuska Society Painted Hide
Lot: 203UnsoldHethuska Society Painted Hide, c. 1880s, probably Ponca, depicting drummers, a buffalo hunter, and a multitude of dancing warriors wearing regalia associated with this particular dance, mounted on a ...
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Northwest Coast Whalebone Dagger
Lot: 272UnsoldNorthwest Coast Whalebone Dagger, c. last quarter 19th century, the bird head finial with inlaid shell eye, hide-wrapped grip, lg. 23 1/4 in. ...
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Lakota Beaded Cloth and Hide Doll
Lot: 57Sold for: $7,380$6,000Lakota Beaded Cloth and Hide Doll, c. last quarter 19th century, with bead-detailed cloth dress and hide head and moccasins, beaded neck and ear ornaments, ht. 12 in. ...
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Large Southern Plains Beaded Hide Doll
Lot: 58Sold for: $4,920$4,000Large Southern Plains Beaded Hide Doll, the body made from commercial leather, the hide dress with beaded fringes, crosses at the shoulders, and lizard form on the front, German silver neck ...
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Plains Painted Hide and Wood Drum
Lot: 61UnsoldPlains Painted Hide and Wood Drum, c. last quarter 19th century, rawhide stretched over one side of a wood hoop, painted red with a wolf (?) head at center and stick-like figures, old tag on back ...
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Sioux Painted Buffalo Hide Dance Shield
Lot: 63Sold for: $17,220$14,000Sioux Painted Buffalo Hide Dance Shield, c. last quarter 19th century, mounted on a wood hoop with a cloth-wrapped wood rod at the back, the front painted green and with a deer head framed by three ...
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Two Single Moccasins and a Beaded Miniature Pair
Lot: 1730Sold for: $615$500Two Single Moccasins and a Beaded Miniature Pair, the single buffalo hide moccasin with quilled buffalo head on the vamp, lg. 10 1/2 in. Provenance: A small New England museum. Tribal Art ...
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Lakota Carved and Painted Wood Courting Flute
Lot: 139Sold for: $3,075$2,500Lakota Carved and Painted Wood Courting Flute, c. late 19th century, painted with red, blue, and green pigments, the bird head with pyro-engraved beak, the flute stop attached with hide, brass mouth ...
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Bronze Elephant
Lot: 570Sold for: $984$800Bronze Elephant, China, in a walking pose, with one of the ears in parallel to body and the other flapping in the air, its tusk raised to form a S-curve above the head and tail coiled at the right ...
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Four Woodblock Prints
Lot: 750Sold for: $25$20Four Woodblock Prints, Japan, 19th century, Toyokuni (1769-1825), depicting a geisha carrying a tray with fish on her head, oban tate-e, framed, sight size 13 1/2 x 9, Kunisada (1786-1865), ...
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Plains Skullcracker Club
Lot: 149Sold for: $1,722$1,400Plains Skullcracker Club, c. third quarter 19th century, with polished catlinite head, the wood shaft covered with buffalo hide, lg. 21 1/2 in. ...
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Plains Brass-headed Tomahawk with Beaded and Quilled Hide Drop
Lot: 153UnsoldPlains Brass-headed Tomahawk with Beaded and Quilled Hide Drop, c. last quarter 19th century, the haft with seven brass tacks, lg. 17 3/4 in. ...
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Plains Pipe Tomahawk with Beaded Drop
Lot: 154Sold for: $6,150$5,000Plains Pipe Tomahawk with Beaded Drop, c. third quarter 19th century, the file-burned ash haft pierced in three places for attachments, with pewter inlay on the haft toward the head, the classic ...