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Period Art & Design, San Francisco

Session: Latin American, Native American and Tribal Art

San Francisco
16 Dec 2012, session starting at 10:00 PST
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A grouping of Middle Eastern, Indian Subcontinental and Himalayan adornments
Sold for US$ 2,500 inc. premium
A grouping of Middle Eastern, Indian subcontinent and Himalayan adornments
A pair of rare Bolivian Spanish colonial pile-woven saddle bags
Sold for US$ 2,500 inc. premium
A pair of rare Bolivian Spanish colonial pile-woven saddle bags
Three Indonesian gold adornments
Sold for US$ 2,250 inc. premium
Three Indonesian gold adornments
Three San Ildefonso blackware items
Sold for US$ 1,375 inc. premium
Three San Ildefonso blackware items

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Six Bolivian blankets
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5471
Six Bolivian blankets
Sold for US$ 62 inc. premium
Eight Bolivian blankets
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5472
Eight Bolivian blankets
Sold for US$ 137 inc. premium
Eight Bolivian blankets
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5473
Eight Bolivian blankets
Sold for US$ 112 inc. premium
A collection of Andean horsegear
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5474
A collection of Andean horsegear
Estimate:
US$ 1,000 - 1,500
£660 - 990
€770 - 1,200
A pair of rare Bolivian Spanish colonial pile-woven saddle bags
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5475
A pair of rare Bolivian Spanish colonial pile-woven saddle bags
Sold for US$ 2,500 inc. premium
Six antique Bolivian ritual clothes
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5476
Six antique Bolivian ritual cloths
Estimate:
US$ 1,000 - 1,500
£660 - 990
€770 - 1,200
A very rare 19th century Bolivian wearing blanket from Oruro
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A very rare 19th century Bolivian wearing blanket from Oruro
Estimate:
US$ 1,000 - 1,500
£660 - 990
€770 - 1,200
Three Bolivian antique textiles
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5478
Three Bolivian antique textiles
Sold for US$ 200 inc. premium
A collection of Bolivian women's costumes and clothing
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5479
A collection of Bolivian women's costumes and clothing
Estimate:
US$ 500 - 800
£330 - 530
€390 - 620
A collection of Bolivian women's Carnaval costumes
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5480
A collection of Bolivian women's Carnaval costumes
Sold for US$ 62 inc. premium
Eight Bolivian blankets
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5481
Eight Bolivian blankets
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Eight Bolivian blankets
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5482
Eight Bolivian blankets
Sold for US$ 312 inc. premium
An Ecuadorian painting of Christ
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5483
An Ecuadorian painting of Christ
Sold for US$ 137 inc. premium
Two antique Ecuadorian carnival masks
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5484
Two antique Ecuadorian carnival masks
Estimate:
US$ 600 - 900
£400 - 600
€460 - 700
Two antique Ecuadorian carnival masks
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5485
Two antique Ecuadorian carnival masks
Sold for US$ 375 inc. premium
A Peruvian processional banner, 19th century
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5486
A Peruvian processional banner
Estimate:
US$ 500 - 800
£330 - 530
€390 - 620
Five antique Andean woven belts or sashes
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5487
Five antique Andean woven belts or sashes
Sold for US$ 62 inc. premium
Twelve Andean woven belts or sashes
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5488
Twelve Andean woven belts or sashes
Sold for US$ 87 inc. premium
A collection of Bolivian textiles
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5489
A collection of Bolivian textiles
Sold for US$ 62 inc. premium
Eight antique Bolivian textiles
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5490
Eight antique Bolivian textiles
Estimate:
US$ 800 - 1,200
£530 - 790
€620 - 930
Eight Bolivian/Peruvian men's shoulder wraps "ahuayo"
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5491
Eight Bolivian/Peruvian men's ahuayo shoulder wraps
Sold for US$ 350 inc. premium
Seven Bolivian ponchos
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5492
Seven Bolivian ponchos
Sold for US$ 225 inc. premium
A group of Bolivian textiles
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5493
A group of Bolivian textiles
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A group of Bolivian textile
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5494
A group of Bolivian textiles
Estimate:
US$ 600 - 900
£400 - 600
€460 - 700
Three antique Bolivian tunics and a ritual cloth
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5495
Three antique Bolivian tunics and a ritual cloth
Sold for US$ 500 inc. premium
Three examples of Bolivian Carnaval gear
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5496
Three examples of Bolivian Carnaval gear
Sold for US$ 112 inc. premium
A collection of Bolivian woven items
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5497
A collection of Bolivian woven items
Sold for US$ 62 inc. premium
Eight Bolivian blankets
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5498
Eight Bolivian blankets
Sold for US$ 112 inc. premium
Eight Bolivian blankets
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5499
Eight Bolivian blankets
Sold for US$ 162 inc. premium
Eight Bolivian blankets
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5500
Eight Bolivian blankets
Sold for US$ 125 inc. premium
A collection of Bolivian knitted caps, coca pouches and Carnaval paraphernalia
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5501
A collection of Bolivian knitted caps, coca pouches and Carnaval paraphernalia
Sold for US$ 112 inc. premium
Five ethnic textiles
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5502
Five ethnic textiles
Estimate:
US$ 500 - 700
£330 - 460
€390 - 540
A group of ethnic items
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5503
A group of ethnic items
Sold for US$ 137 inc. premium
A Bolivian stone camelid effigy "canopa"
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5504
A Bolivian stone camelid effigy canopa
Estimate:
US$ 700 - 1,000
£460 - 660
€540 - 770
Three Pre-Columbian items
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5505
Three pre-Columbian items
Sold for US$ 375 inc. premium
A Panamanian rainforest basket
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5506
A Panamanian rainforest basket
Sold for US$ 812 inc. premium
Three pictorial Panamanian rainforest baskets
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5507
Three Panamanian pictorial rainforest baskets
Sold for US$ 350 inc. premium
Six Panamanian rainforest baskets
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5508
Six Panamanian rainforest baskets
Sold for US$ 275 inc. premium
Three Navajo rugs
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5509
Three Navajo rugs
Sold for US$ 687 inc. premium
Three Navajo rugs
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5510
Three Navajo rugs
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Three Navajo rugs
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5511
Three Navajo rugs
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Two Navajo Yei rugs
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5512
Two Navajo Yei rugs
Sold for US$ 275 inc. premium
Two Navajo rugs
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5513
Two Navajo rugs
Sold for US$ 312 inc. premium
Three Navajo weavings
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5514
Three Navajo weavings
Sold for US$ 200 inc. premium
Two Navajo weavings
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5515
Two Navajo weavings
Sold for US$ 225 inc. premium
A Navajo Germantown twill weave child's blanket
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5516
A Navajo Germantown twill weave child's blanket
Sold for US$ 375 inc. premium
A Navajo rug
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5517
A Navajo rug
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A Navajo Two Grey Hills pictorial rug
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5518
A Navajo Two Grey Hills pictorial rug
Sold for US$ 875 inc. premium
no image
withdrawn
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5519
A Navajo Germantown rug
Estimate:
US$ 600 - 800
£400 - 530
€460 - 620
A Navajo transitional rug
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5520
A Navajo transitional rug
Sold for US$ 562 inc. premium
A Micmac quill-decorated chair
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5521
A Micmac quill-decorated chair
Estimate:
US$ 600 - 900
£400 - 600
€460 - 700
Two Obijwe beaded items
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5522
Two Ojibwe beaded items
Sold for US$ 350 inc. premium
Two Plains beaded pouches
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5523
Two Plains beaded pouches
Sold for US$ 625 inc. premium
A Plateau bonepipe breastplate
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5524
A Plateau bonepipe child's breastplate
Estimate:
US$ 400 - 600
£260 - 400
€310 - 460
Three Plateau beaded pouches
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5525
Three Plateau beaded pouches
Sold for US$ 562 inc. premium
A grouping of Native American items
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5526
A grouping of Native American items
Sold for US$ 1,062 inc. premium
Three Plains beaded implements
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5527
Three Plains beaded implements
Sold for US$ 62 inc. premium
A group of Native American items
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5528
A group of Native American items
Sold for US$ 162 inc. premium
Six contemporary Native American-style items
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5529
Six contemporary Native American-style items
Sold for US$ 350 inc. premium
Two Northwest Coast-style blackstone pipes
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5530
Two Northwest Coast-style blackstone pipes
Sold for US$ 75 inc. premium
Two Native American-style otter medicine bags
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5531
Two Native American-style otter medicine bags
Sold for US$ 275 inc. premium
A group of beaded items in the Native American style
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5532
A group of beaded items in the Native American style
Sold for US$ 500 inc. premium
Five Native American basketry items
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5533
Five Native American lidded basketry items
Sold for US$ 187 inc. premium
Three Northwest California baskets
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5534
Three Northwest California baskets
Sold for US$ 562 inc. premium
Two Northwest California basketry items
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5535
Two Northwest California basketry items
Sold for US$ 475 inc. premium
Two Tlingit baskets
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5536
Two Tlingit baskets
Sold for US$ 375 inc. premium
Five Northwest baskets
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5537
Five Northwest baskets
Sold for US$ 312 inc. premium
Five Eskimo lidded baskets
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5538
Five Eskimo lidded baskets
Sold for US$ 312 inc. premium
Seven Eskimo baskets
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5539
Seven Eskimo baskets
Estimate:
US$ 400 - 600
£260 - 400
€310 - 460
Six Northwest baskets
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5540Y
Six Northwest baskets
Sold for US$ 562 inc. premium
A collection of Northwest basktry miniatures
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5541
A collection of Northwest basketry miniatures
Sold for US$ 312 inc. premium
Seven Northwest baskets
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5542
Seven Northwest baskets
Sold for US$ 275 inc. premium
Five California baskets
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5543
Five California miniature baskets
Sold for US$ 400 inc. premium
One Western basket (B837) previously with line 117
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5544
A Western Mono basket
Estimate:
US$ 600 - 800
£400 - 530
€460 - 620
A Patwin tray
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5545
A Patwin tray
Estimate:
US$ 900 - 1,200
£600 - 790
€700 - 930
A Tubatulabul bottleneck basket
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5546
A Tubatulabul polychrome bottleneck basket
Sold for US$ 687 inc. premium
A Panamint bottleneck basket
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5547
A Panamint polychrome bottleneck basket
Sold for US$ 400 inc. premium
A Maidu basket
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5548
A Maidu basket
Sold for US$ 312 inc. premium
Two Western baskets (formerly three baskets)
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5549
Two Western baskets
Estimate:
US$ 600 - 800
£400 - 530
€460 - 620
Four Tlingit basketry items
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5550
Four Tlingit basketry items
Sold for US$ 475 inc. premium
Two Pamamint baskets
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5551
Two Panamint baskets
Sold for US$ 500 inc. premium
A Pomo basket
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5552
A Pomo basket
Estimate:
US$ 600 - 800
£400 - 530
€460 - 620
Five Southwest baskets
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5553
Five Southwest baskets
Sold for US$ 625 inc. premium
Four Southwest baskets
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5554
Four Southwest baskets
Sold for US$ 500 inc. premium
A Tlingit polychrome lidded rattletop basket
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A Tlingit polychrome lidded rattletop basket
Estimate:
US$ 600 - 800
£400 - 530
€460 - 620
Two Maidu baskets
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5556
Two Maidu baskets
Estimate:
US$ 300 - 500
£200 - 330
€230 - 390
A group of six Northwest baskets
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5557
A group of six Northwest baskets
Sold for US$ 375 inc. premium
Three Western baskets
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5558
Three Western baskets
Sold for US$ 500 inc. premium
A San Ildefonso pot
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5559
A San Ildefonso blackware jar
Sold for US$ 625 inc. premium
Three San Ildefonso blackware items
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5560
Three San Ildefonso blackware items
Sold for US$ 1,375 inc. premium
no image
withdrawn
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5561
Two San Ildefonso blackware items
Estimate:
US$ 1,500 - 2,000
£990 - 1,300
€1,200 - 1,500
A San Ildefonso blackware jar
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5562
A San Ildefonso blackware sgraffito jar
Estimate:
US$ 800 - 1,200
£530 - 790
€620 - 930
Two San Ildefonso jars
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5563
Two San Ildefonso jars
Sold for US$ 350 inc. premium
Two Pueblo polychrome vessels
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5564
Two Pueblo polychrome vessels
Sold for US$ 250 inc. premium
Three San Ildefonso vessels
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5565
Three San Ildefonso vessels
Sold for US$ 500 inc. premium
Two Pueblo pottery items
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5566
Two Pueblo pottery items
Sold for US$ 250 inc. premium
Six Pueblo pottery vessels
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5567
Six Pueblo pottery vessels
Sold for US$ 312 inc. premium
Four Pueblo pottery items
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5568
Four Pueblo pottery items
Sold for US$ 312 inc. premium
Three Pueblo jars
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5569
Three Pueblo jars
Sold for US$ 437 inc. premium
A Tesuque bowl
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5570
A Tesuque bowl
Sold for US$ 375 inc. premium
A Casas Grandes polychrome bird effigy bowl
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5571
A Casas Grandes polychrome bird effigy vessel
Sold for US$ 162 inc. premium
An Eskimo ivory cribbage board
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5572Y
An Eskimo ivory cribbage board
Sold for US$ 375 inc. premium
A group of Eskimo ivory and baleen curios
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5573Y
A group of Eskimo ivory and baleen curios
Sold for US$ 275 inc. premium
Four Eskimo items
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5574Y
Four Eskimo marine ivory items
Sold for US$ 625 inc. premium
Six souvenir totem poles in the Northwest Coast style
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5575
Six souvenir totem poles in the Northwest Coast style
Sold for US$ 375 inc. premium
Three Northwest Coast staffs
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5576
Three Northwest Coast staffs
Sold for US$ 162 inc. premium
Two Northwest Coast button blankets
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5577
Two Northwest Coast button blankets
Sold for US$ 812 inc. premium
Two Eskimo ivory cribbage boards
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5578Y
Two Eskimo ivory cribbage boards
Sold for US$ 375 inc. premium
Two Greenland Eskimo model kayaks
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5579
Two Greenland Eskimo model kayaks
Sold for US$ 187 inc. premium
Two Eskimo model kayaks
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5580
Two Eskimo model kayaks
Sold for US$ 600 inc. premium
A collection of Eskimo items
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5581Y
A collection of Eskimo items
Estimate:
US$ 600 - 800
£400 - 530
€460 - 620
Five Northwest items
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5582
Five Northwest items
Sold for US$ 437 inc. premium
Eight ancient Eskimo artifacts
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5583Y
Eight ancient Eskimo artifacts
Sold for US$ 500 inc. premium
Four ancient Eskimo artifacts
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5584Y
Four ancient Eskimo artifacts
Estimate:
US$ 500 - 700
£330 - 460
€390 - 540
A collection of Eskimo and Columbia River artifacts
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5585Y
A collection of Eskimo and Columbia River artifacts
Sold for US$ 312 inc. premium
A collection of Eskimo decorative items
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5586Y
A collection of Eskimo decorative items
Sold for US$ 562 inc. premium
A collection of Eskimo seal effigy buttons
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5587Y
A collection of Eskimo seal effigy buttons
Sold for US$ 525 inc. premium
Six Eskimo artifacts
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5588Y
Six Eskimo artifacts
Sold for US$ 375 inc. premium
A collection of Eskimo and Northwest Coast implements
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5589Y
A collection of Eskimo and Northwest Coast implements
Sold for US$ 875 inc. premium
Five Eskimo decorative items
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5590Y
Five Eskimo decorative items
Sold for US$ 312 inc. premium
Nine Eskimo decorative items
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5591Y
Nine Eskimo decorative items
Estimate:
US$ 500 - 700
£330 - 460
€390 - 540
Five Eskimo decorative items
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5592
Five Eskimo decorative items
Sold for US$ 375 inc. premium
A collection of Eskimo and Northwest Coast reproductions
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5593Y
A collection of Eskimo and Northwest Coast reproductions
Sold for US$ 350 inc. premium
A collection of Eskimo fishing and hunting implements
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5594Y
A collection of Eskimo fishing and hunting implements
Sold for US$ 812 inc. premium
A group of five Eskimo kayaks
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5595
A group of five Eskimo kayaks
Sold for US$ 437 inc. premium
An Eskimo mask and two items in the Eskimo style
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5596
An Eskimo mask and two related items
Sold for US$ 250 inc. premium
Three Eskimo masks and a finger puppet
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5597Y
Three Eskimo masks and a finger puppet
Estimate:
US$ 400 - 600
£260 - 400
€310 - 460
A group of six Northwest miniature masks
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5598
A group of six Northwest miniature masks
Sold for US$ 275 inc. premium
Percy Sandy (Kai Sa)
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5599
Three Percy Sandy (Kai Sa) paintings
Sold for US$ 225 inc. premium
A John Nieto painting
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5601
A John Nieto painting
Estimate:
US$ 1,000 - 1,500
£660 - 990
€770 - 1,200
A R.C. Gorman collage
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5602
A R.C. Gorman collage
Estimate:
US$ 500 - 700
£330 - 460
€390 - 540
Two Pueblo kachina dolls
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5603
Two Pueblo kachina dolls
Estimate:
US$ 500 - 700
£330 - 460
€390 - 540
Two Hopi kachina dolls and a rattle
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5604
Three Hopi items
Estimate:
US$ 400 - 600
£260 - 400
€310 - 460
A Hopi Kachina doll
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5605
A Hopi kachina doll
Estimate:
US$ 400 - 600
£260 - 400
€310 - 460
A Navajo squash blossom necklace together with a Zuni squash blossom necklace and a Fred Harvey style belt
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5606
Three Southwest adornments
Sold for US$ 562 inc. premium
Three Navajo bracelets
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5607
Three Southwest bracelets
Sold for US$ 475 inc. premium
Four examples of Southwest bead and carved fetish necklaces
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5608
Four examples of Southwest bead and carved fetish necklaces
Sold for US$ 212 inc. premium
Two frames of Native American arrowheads
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5609
Two frames of Native American arrowheads
Sold for US$ 350 inc. premium
A collection of Southwest Native American and other ethnographic adornments and objects
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5610
A collection of Southwest Native American and other ethnographic adornments and objects
Sold for US$ 812 inc. premium
A grouping of Baltic and African amber necklaces and rings
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5611
A grouping of Baltic and African amber necklaces and rings
Sold for US$ 937 inc. premium
A grouping of Middle Eastern, Indian Subcontinental and Himalayan adornments
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5612
A grouping of Middle Eastern, Indian subcontinent and Himalayan adornments
Sold for US$ 2,500 inc. premium
Three Indonesian gold adornments
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5613
Three Indonesian gold adornments
Sold for US$ 2,250 inc. premium
A pair of Indonesian architectural elements
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5614W
A pair of Indonesian architectural elements
Sold for US$ 162 inc. premium
A Dan mask
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5615
A Dan mask
Estimate:
US$ 500 - 800
£330 - 530
€390 - 620
Four Sudanese knives and a Congo ivory bracelet
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5616Y
Four Sudanese knives and a Congo ivory bracelet
Sold for US$ 375 inc. premium
Four tribal artifacts
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5617
Four tribal artifacts
Sold for US$ 175 inc. premium
A Maprik basketry and shell bride price along with two shell necklace, New Guinea
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5618
Three New Guinea adornments
Estimate:
US$ 1,200 - 1,800
£790 - 1,200
€930 - 1,400
A New Guinea shield, Sepik River
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5619
A New Guinea shield, Sepik River
Sold for US$ 137 inc. premium
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