All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Pre AD 1000 item #1290729 (stock #LS201504)
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$2,000.00
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This G-10+ Columbia River Eastgate Gem Point is undeniably one of the best ever found. It was found in Sherman County, Oregon. It is made out of translucent honey colored agatized petrified brunt palm wood which is heavily patinated. It is 1 3/4" long. There isn't a ding, flea bite or mistake made anywhere including the tip. There are no stacks or curves. The left side mirrors the right. You cannot tell the difference between side A and side B. This is true art and balanced perfection...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Handiwork : Pre 1900 item #1289201 (stock ##0-ka046)
Hopi Polychrome Wood Rügan Kachina Doll *Rügan Rasp Kachina -A class of male kachinas that come in groups, accompanied by the Corn Maidens, who play on rasp musical instruments. There are said to be various types who have the same songs but my informants could not name or describe them all. The feather headdress made of four eagle feathers, two projecting horizontally above each ear, seems to be characteristic of all kachinas called Rügan...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Handiwork : Pre 1920 item #1284654 (stock ##0-ka044)
-Hopi Polychrome Wood Kachina Doll -Rare Variant either Red Fox Kachina(Sikyataqa A Runner) or Chipmunk Kachina (Kona A Runner) -Red Fox Kachina : Yello sack mask with feathers on top of head. Rag ruff, Breech Clout. Yellow body paint. He carries a yucca leaf whip to whip his victims. Chipmunk Kachina : Yellow Case mask with tube mouth, with black, white, and red vertical stripes on back similar to those on the head. He carries a yucca leaf whip and whips his victims...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Handiwork : Pre 1920 item #1284647 (stock ##0-ka043)
-Hopi Wood Polychrome Kachina Doll -Bison Maiden Kachina Doll -Mosairu Kachina Buffalo Girl -Height: 9 1/4 inches -C.1920 - The Buffalo Dance my be given during the interval between the Soyal or Solistice Ceremony and the Powamu or Bean Dance. Usually, two girls and two boys dance as Buffalo and Buffalo Girl accompanied by a large male chorus. It is one of the dances most frequently seen off reservation.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre 1920 item #1276297
Antique American diamond two-piece ring, with 27 diamonds set in a curved, cocktail waterfall design, mounted on a 14kt white gold ring. It fits perfectly into a second 14kt yellow gold ring and may be worn by itself or as a set. 5.5 cttw (carat total weight) diamonds, with d-e grade color, bs1 or extremely small inclusions. Mid 20th century. Originally purchased for $21,000 Size: 7 women's
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pre AD 1000 item #1266040 (stock #LS201412)
Ancient Artifacts
$8,000.00
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This fabulous carved tablet has been attributed to the Chavin culture, Peru and has been dated to 600BC-300BC. It depicts in shallow relief an anthropomorphic zoomorphic figure squatting upon a double bar. Exotic birds, snakes, saurian beasts and fantastical creatures are depicted in a transformational environment. The entire design is bi-symmetrical. Two pairs of holes have been drilled 1/5th from the top of the tablet...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pre AD 1000 item #1261796 (stock #LS20148)
Ancient Artifacts
$2,500.00
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This Chavin 23-24K pure gold hammered pendant or nose ornament depicts the Chavin Monster/Dragon swallowing some poor sap whole with his head sticking out of the monster's mouth and blood spurting out of the top of his head. It is paper thin and 1 5/8" in diameter. This grizzly macabre scene is a true masterpiece of pre-Columbian art. It has been verbally authenticated by a forensic laboratory specializing in pre-Columbian gold that uses 10 steps to pass authentication...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Handiwork : Pre 1900 item #1253629 (stock #0-ka039)
A hand carved cottonwood Hopi Kachina Doll, representing a variant of the Kwasus Alektaqa Kachina, circa 1880. Provenance: Harrisburg, PA - collection acquired in 1940s from Arizona University. 11" tall.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Handiwork : Pre 1910 item #1242253 (stock #0-ka037)
A medium-sized Hopi Kachina doll hand carved by Wilson Tewaquaptewa circa 1910. With painted details, carved arms, attached protruding ears and tableta. Tewaquaptewa (1871-1960) was the last chief of Old Oraibi. He produced Kachina dolls which are a combination of many dolls and figments of his own imagination. He believed that you didn't carve actual Kachinas for the tourist market. His dolls are usually monochromatic in color (brown, ochre and white and black)...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Pre AD 1000 item #1240263 (stock #LS20144)
Ancient Artifacts
$2,500.00
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If you own the finest Columbia River gem point collection, this will be your centerpiece. It is the only AUTHENTICATED PRECIOUS FIRE OPAL POINT FROM OREGON KNOWN TO EXIST. This opal point was found in 1955 at the foot of Hart Mountain, Crump Lake area, Oregon, by Bob Rock, in the presence of the late Carroll Howe which I confirmed with a telephone call to Carroll. Carroll wrote four books on northwest material. There is an opal outcropping about 30 miles away that matches this type of opal...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1232543 (stock #617)
Olmec Jade Mask Pendant Origin: Mexico, Circa: 1200 BC to 900 BC, Dimensions: 3 5/8 high x 2.5 wide, Collection: Pre-Columbian, Olmec, Medium: Jade.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Handiwork : Pre 1920 item #1232445 (stock #0-ka035)
A small Hopi Kachina doll, possibly depicting Samawutaqa, circa 1930-1940. Description of Samawutaqa from Colton, 1949, p. 61: "Appears in Mixed Kachina Dance. This is said to be the only kachina that the Tewa people brought with them from the Rio Grande to Hano about 1700." 7" tall.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Handiwork : Pre 1900 item #1232442 (stock #0-ka033)
A cottonwood Hopi Mudhead Kachina doll circa 1900. Depicting Koyemsi, the Mudhead Clown, of slightly attenuated form, arms hugging the torso, the case mask decorated with three circular attachments, representing gourds; painted with red, black and brown pigments. Description by Colton, 1949, p.59: "Koyemsi is the most common Hopi clown. He appears in Mixed Kachina Dances and sometimes a group of Koyemsi appear in a dance of their own, At First Mesa they are said to sing Zuni songs." 8 1/2" tall.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pre AD 1000 item #1209967 (stock #LS138)
Ancient Artifacts
$500.00
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This Taino engraved bone pendant has spectacular patina showing off its antiquity. It is 3 1/4" long. The holes are correct. The skull depiction is mesmerizing.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Handiwork : Pre 1920 item #1197310 (stock #0-ka031)
A small Hopi Kachina Doll hand carved and painted by Wilson Tewaquaptewa circa 1930-1940, with chicken feathers. Tewaquaptewa (1871-1960) was the last chief of Old Oraibi. He produced Kachina dolls which are a combination of many dolls and figments of his own imagination. He believed that you didn't carve actual Kachinas for the tourist market...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Handiwork : Pre 1920 item #1197309 (stock #0-ka030)
A small Hopi Kachina Doll hand carved and painted by Wilson Tewaquaptewa circa 1915. Tewaquaptewa (1871-1960) was the last chief of Old Oraibi. He produced Kachina dolls which are a combination of many dolls and figments of his own imagination. He believed that you didn't carve actual Kachinas for the tourist market. His dolls are usually monochromatic in color (brown, ochre and white and black). His use of symbols, painted on the case mask, seems to be arbitrary. DIMENSIONS 6" tall x 2.5" wide ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pre AD 1000 item #1181241 (stock #LS20134)
Ancient Artifacts
$7,000.00
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This extremely rare miniature Olmec Jade standing figure is 2" tall. It is made from the finest quality completely translucent jade with the color being evenly distributed throughout. It stands alone on its tiny feet attesting to the great detail of perfect balance and to its authenticity. Small figures such as this are harder to make than the larger ones and are much more scarce. It comes with a Bill Breckinridge Laser COA. This piece was $12,000.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Handiwork : Pre 1900 item #1178637 (stock #J007)
A coin silver cigar band with a primitive, stamped, coin-silver button ring, circa 1890-1900. Similar examples of this button can be found in, "Indian Silver Jewelery of the Southwest 1868-1930," by Larry Frank. Page 66, item 68 shows a very similar set of six stamped buttons with a high domed centers circa 1890s, found at Hopi in 1911.