Alan Kessler Gallery
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Pre 1900 item #655849 (stock #154)
Alan Kessler Gallery
$695.00
10.5" long. One of the teeth is broken, otherwise in excellent condition given its age, great patina.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Handiwork : Pre 1900 item #1398166 (stock #B000)
Alan Kessler Gallery
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Each with a hard parfleche soles, sinew sewn in dark blue, white, greasy yellow, and pink against a white lazy stitched ground. Showing a typical lightning pattern. c. 1890 Length 9 1/4" X Width 3 1/2"
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Handiwork : Pre 1900 item #1119102 (stock #601)
Alan Kessler Gallery
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A New Mexican straw-overlay black-stained pine document box circa 1850. Provenance: Al Luckett Collection, sold at Sotheby's "American Furniture and Decorative Arts from Spain's Northern Colonial Frontier", New York, Thursday January 15, 1998, Lot No. 39. Extremely Fine Condition considering the age. 16 1/8" long, 10 3/8" wide, 7 1/4" high.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Handiwork : Pre 1900 item #1253629 (stock #0-ka039)
Alan Kessler Gallery
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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 1900 item #631300 (stock #D007)
Alan Kessler Gallery
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Cheyenne beaded bag with tin cone suspensions. c. 1880, 5.75" x 2.375".
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Handiwork : Pre 1900 item #1077339 (stock #201)
Alan Kessler Gallery
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Circa 1875-1880. Depicting a warrior killing or scalping another man, the warrior holding an elaborate war shield with long feather decorated panel hanging from its center and followed by his horse. The word "Owl" above. On the reverse is written, "This drawing was from a book shown by Robert Miller Gallery N.Y. 1970's. I think it is Southern Cheyenne. George Terasaki sold the book to Miller. Modern artists like David Hockney and Janet Fish received drawing from this book...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Handiwork : Pre 1900 item #819155 (stock #0-ka003)
Alan Kessler Gallery
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Hopi Polychromed cylinder doll c.1880-90. With pop-eyes, snout, hands carved in relief, red stripe, red dots, green copper carbonate case mask. 5" in height. George Blitz collection, New York
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Handiwork : Pre 1900 item #764533 (stock #667774)
Alan Kessler Gallery
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Rare Mandan Beaded and Quilled Hide Tobacco Bag. Tin cone and red feather suspensions, hide fringe. Size: 26" length x 6.25" width. Excellent condition. Circa 1870 - 1880. Provenance: Paul Dyke, Artist, Rimrock, AZ
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Handiwork : Pre 1900 item #1410502
Alan Kessler Gallery
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A rare Arapahoe beaded Strike-A-lite with christian crosses from Ghost Dance period. C. 1890 4 1/2" length 3 1/2" Width at the widest point
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre 1900 item #1040982 (stock #H002)
Alan Kessler Gallery
$475.00
Ornate Mexcian Bridle with brass tacks & rivets circa 1890. Decorated, triangular harness leather on the browband, and circular, decorative harness leather attachments. The bridle measures 19 1/4" long x 9 1/2" wide.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre 1900 item #1121089 (stock #606)
Alan Kessler Gallery
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A New Mexican tin retablo by the Valencia Red & Green Tinsmith circa 1880-1890. Provenance: Nancy Hunter Warren, photographer & author; Santa Fe, New Mexico. Condition Very Good with a cracked glass (can be replaced). 9 1/8" Diameter; Image: 3" Wide x 4 3/8" Tall.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre 1900 item #1124022 (stock #607)
Alan Kessler Gallery
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A New Mexican stamped tin retablo from the late 19th century, with a new mirror replacement. Very Good Condition. Tin Frame: 14" T x 12" W; At tallest point: 17 1/2" T; Mirror: 9 3/4" T x 7 3/4" W.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Handiwork : Pre 1900 item #842707 (stock #655879)
Alan Kessler Gallery
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Northwest coast model totem pole c.1910-1920. Vancouver BC inscribed on the back, "Sam" inscribed on the front. 12 1/4" h, cedar. Minor wood loss, minor paint loss. Otherwise good condition. $275.00
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Handiwork : Pre 1900 item #1289201 (stock #0-ka046)
Alan Kessler Gallery
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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 1837 VR item #1398605 (stock #B100)
Alan Kessler Gallery
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A pair of early 19th century beaded deer hide moccasins. Seed beads, deer skin, clear beads, silk ribbon. The moccasins are probably from Niagara Falls area. c. 1830-40 Length 9" Provenance: Owned by Thomas Wistar (1798-1876) a Quaker, who was commissioned by President Grant to arrange treaties with Indian tribes. His papers are in the collection of Haverford College. Sale 1262 Lot 167, Freeman's Auction House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 18, 2006.