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Dramatic carved horn "claw" with silver & turquoise

Catalogue: Popular Collectibles: Cultural: American Indian: Jewelry: Contemporary   item# 1080625 (stock# 1117)

Dramatic carved horn "claw" with silver & turquoise
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Kachina Motel
510-206-2706


$60 

Carved from buffalo horn, this claw has a beautiful patina and would look great on a leather thong or heavy silver chain. It is capped with sterling silver and accented with an oval turquoise stone. Signed.


Vintage Zuni inlay cufflinks

Catalogue: Popular Collectibles: Cultural: American Indian: Jewelry: Pre 1970   item# 1080622 (stock# 1115)

Vintage Zuni inlay cufflinks
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Kachina Motel
510-206-2706


$85 

These little birds make a big impression. Featuring deep red pipestone, mother of pearl, and turquoise, they have a sterling silver backing and toggles. Unmarked, they date from the 1960s or earlier.


Elegant Navajo silver pin with green turquoise

Catalogue: Popular Collectibles: Cultural: American Indian: Jewelry: Contemporary   item# 1080621 (stock# 1114)

Elegant Navajo silver pin with green turquoise
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Kachina Motel
510-206-2706


$70 

A traditional style sandcast silver pin with a nice blue-green turquoise stone. The pin has file-stamped decoration and a fine twisted wire bezel surrounding the stone. Strongly stamped with 'sterling' and the maker's mark.


Silver & turquoise arrowhead pin, Harvey era

Catalogue: Popular Collectibles: Cultural: American Indian: Jewelry: Pre 1950   item# 1080619 (stock# 1113)

Silver & turquoise arrowhead pin, Harvey era
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Kachina Motel
510-206-2706


$40 

A very nice little arrowhead pin with a small sky-blue turquoise stone and strong stamping. Old-style hook closure, unmarked.


Lot of two books on stone tools and arrowheads

Catalogue: Traditional Collectibles: Books: Pre 1980   item# 1080616 (stock# 1112)

Lot of two books on stone tools and arrowheads
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Kachina Motel
510-206-2706


$12 for both 

Two paperbacks on Native American stone tool production and the history and development of stone artifacts. Lot includes: Jacques Bordaz. Tools of the Old and New Stone Age. Dover Publications 1970. Originally published by the American Museum of Natural History, 1958. Photos and illustrations of artifacts and “how-to” napping instructions. Lar Hothem. Arrowheads & Projectile Points; Identification and Values. Updated for 2002. Collector Books, Paducah, KY. Paperback, 223 pages, in very ...click for details


Melanesian Shell Money, Field Museum

Catalogue: Traditional Collectibles: Books: References: Pre 1930   item# 1080614 (stock# 1111)

Melanesian Shell Money,  Field Museum
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Kachina Motel
510-206-2706


$10 

Albert B. Lewis. Melanesian Shell Money in Field Museum Collections. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. 1929. Publication 268; anthropological series Vol. XIX, No. 1. Stiff paper covers with plentiful full-page photographs and illustrations.


Pre-Historic Races of the United States of America

Catalogue: Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings: History: Pre 1900   item# 1080612 (stock# 1110)

Pre-Historic Races of the United States of America
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Kachina Motel
510-206-2706


$50 

J. W. Foster, LLD. Pre-Historic Races of the United States of America. Fifth edition. Chicago. S. C. Griggs & Co., 1881. (Original edition 1873.) Dark green cloth over bevel-edged boards; gold titles and black borders. An important work produced when the concept of evolution was still gaining acceptance. (Darwin’s On the Origin of Species was published in 1859.) Focus is on the Mound-Builders of North America. Interior hinges cracked, front text section separated. Otherwise all is present an ...click for details


Indian Notes and Monographs (Heye Foundation)

Catalogue: Traditional Collectibles: Books: References: Pre 1960   item# 1080608 (stock# 1108)

Indian Notes and Monographs (Heye Foundation)
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Kachina Motel
510-206-2706


$20 

Lot of 4: Indian Notes and Monographs: List of Publications of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. 1953, 1957, 1961—eighth, ninth, and tenth editions respectively. Very good condition with normal age-related browning but no chips or tears. Each of these small booklets contains 33 to 34 pages of bibliographic information. Topics cover the full range of North, Middle, and South American ethnographic studies published during the period—from stone artifacts to pottery, and from Mexic ...click for details


The American Settler’s Guide

Catalogue: Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings: History: Pre 1910   item# 1080607 (stock# 1107)

The American Settler’s Guide
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Kachina Motel
510-206-2706


$15 as-is 

Henry N. Copp. The American Settler’s Guide: a popular exposition of the public land system of the United States of America. Twenty-second edition, 1902. In supple, soft paper covers, missing several pages of ads at the back—however, all interior contents are otherwise complete. 97 pages as-is, with browned cover and tape on spine. Offers practical guidance such as “how to find a tract of land,” “instructions for surveys,” and “manner of establishing corners by posts.” Listed on ABE at $75 to $1 ...click for details


The Origin of the North American Indians

Catalogue: Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings: History: Pre 1900   item# 1080605 (stock# 1106)

The Origin of the North American Indians
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Kachina Motel
510-206-2706


$100 

John McIntosh. The Origin of the North American Indians; with a faithful description of their manners and customs both civil and military, their religions, languages, dress, and ornaments. New edition, improved and enlarged. New York. Nafis & Cornish; Philadelphia, John B. Perry. 1843. Illustrated with several hand-colored plates. 4-3/4 by 7-1/2” in faded original blue blind-stamped and gilt covers with outer edge of hinge splitting. Several interior sections loose but all contents are prese ...click for details

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