April 23, 2023 Auction
    
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NOTE: Due to the differences of colors displayed on various monitors, colors may not be accurate. A Single Owner Collection of Pacific Northwest Coast and Native American, Lots 1-47
A Single Owner Collection of Spanish Colonial Silver and objects, Lots 48-113…  MORE

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Lot 1 :
NORTHWEST COAST KWAKIUTL TOTEM POLE
LOTS 1-47, FROM A PRIVATE EAST COAST COLLECTION
carved fully in the round; a standing human figure dressed in ceremonial garb as the base, with a bear overhead devouring a halibut hanging at the bear's feet; carved overall in traditional fashion…  MORE
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Realized: $8,000 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 2 :
NORTHWEST COAST CARVED AND PAINTED MODEL TOTEM POLE
early 20th c., stacked figures, full bodied diving whale and two hawk-men; on painted flat base; newspaper remnant pasted on back; 25" h; base is 6.5" deep
Paint shows some wear and rubbing in spots, commensurate with age; the whale tail…  MORE
Estimate: $500 - $700

Realized: $1,400 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 3 :
NORTHWEST COAST CARVED TOTEM POLE MODEL
c. 1900, multi-colored paint decorated with human and animal figures, 21"h
Shows wear and dryness, as if kept outside; the head of the top animal is missing; base is broken around the perimeter.  
Estimate: $300 - $500

Realized: $225 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 4 :
NORTHWEST COAST PAINT DECORATED CANOE PADDLE
late 19th / early 20th c., old color, remnants of black paint decoration with bird forms; brown stain overall; pegged and tenoned squared handle; 63"
Overall rubbing to the surface, commensurate with age and use.  
Estimate: $400 - $600

Realized: $950 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 5 :
PAIR OF HAIDA OR TLINGIT CEREMONIAL DANCE PADDLES
late 19th/ early 20th c., good old color; one side decorated in black, red and aqua paint; the other side with finely carved design; top to handle scrolled; 26"
Overall rubbing to paint and stain, commensurate with age.  
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500

Realized: $1,400 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 6 :
(on 2) NORTHWEST COAST WOOD DAGGER AND MODEL CANOE
written on back of the ceremonial dagger Haida Indian / S.E. Alaska, and with inventory #; 16.5"; along with a paint decorated Northwest Coast model canoe; 13.25"  
Estimate: $400 - $600

Realized: $225 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 7 :
NORTHWEST COAST WHALING HARPOON
wood shaft rope bound with raffia; iron shaft and blade; 81"  
Estimate: $400 - $600

Realized: $325 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 8 :
NORTHWEST COAST TLINGIT CARVED SHAMAN'S FACE MASK
19th c., red, black and green pigment, mask combines human features with a bear's tongue; open mouth with teeth and a long, protruding tongue, bite stick inserted in the mouth; sight perforations below the eyes; 10.25"
Provenance: Bonhams/ Butterfields…  MORE
Estimate: $15,000 - $20,000

Realized: $14,000 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 9 :
NORTHWEST COAST BELLA BELLA HAWK MASK
carved and painted details, depicted as emerging from a sun disk; ovoid hollow eyes beneath heavy, arcing brows with attached long, protruding, tapering beak; stylized feathers painted on forehead; 11.5" diam.; 8.5" d
Provenance: Butterfield and Butterfield San Francisco; 1999,…  MORE
Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000

Realized: $5,500 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 9A :
NORTHWEST COAST CARVED AND PAINTED MOON MASK
mid to late 19th c., carved face in bold relief; painted serpents and other details on the flat disc base in red, black and dark brown; the upper perimeter pierced, likely for hair attachment; hide thongs and red pigment remain…  MORE
Estimate: $15,000 - $20,000

Realized: $9,500 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 10 :
NORTHWEST COAST BELLA BELLA ARTICULATED BEAR MASK
carved with red and black painted details; the head with raised half disc ears, pierced tapered eyes and heavy brows; the articulated jaw with teeth; 11.5"
Provenance: Butterfield and Butterfield San Francisco, 1999, lot 9140, Property from the Dr. Wally…  MORE
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000

Realized: $4,250 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 11 :
NORTHWEST COAST KWAKIUTL HAMATSA BELLA BELLA RAVEN MASK
early 20th c., with carved and painted details, raised ears at the back of the head, pierced nostrils and feather plaques; the long beak protrudes from the attached, cloth wrapped disc, representing the sun; paint decoration to represent the wings…  MORE
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000

Realized: $8,500 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 12 :
NATIVE AMERICAN SENECA FALSE-FACE MASK
inscribed on back Made by Kidd Smith - Seneca Indian - Tonawanda Reservation, N.Y. 1935 ; red painted face with metal plates around the eyes; horsehair extensions; 11" h; 5.5" w.
Provenance: Bonhams and Butterfields, San Francisco, Native American and…  MORE
Estimate: $800 - $1,000

Realized: $800 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 13 :
NORTHWEST NATIVE ATHABASKAN MOUNTAIN SHEEP HORN LADLE
deep, oval bowl; the long tapering handle with serrated edges and decorated with incised concentric circles; a pierced hole at the top of the handle, 13.5"
Provenance: Christie's, New York, December 5, 1996, lot 19, Important American Indian Art, The…  MORE
Estimate: $500 - $700

Realized: $100 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 14 :
NORTHWEST COAST EARLY HIDE SCRAPER
old paper label NWC hide scraper / probably stone / "T. Abogadie"; 6.25"  
Estimate: $100 - $200

Realized: $100 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 15 :
NORTHWEST NATIVE MOUNTAIN SHEEP HORN LADLE
with a deep oval sheep horn bowl, long tapering handle with an angular floral motif at top and decorated with incised circular motifs in three vertical rows down the handle to a three fingered pattern in the bowl; 13" h.
…  MORE
Estimate: $500 - $700

Realized: $850 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 16 :
NORTHWEST COAST CARVED WOOD SHAMAN FIGURE
realistically carved, the slender standing figure with oversized head, wide opened eyes, a twisted rope emerging from the mouth gripped by both hands at the torso; remains of red pigment throughout; 11.75"
Provenance: Butterfield's, San Francisco, 11/18 2002, Ethnographic, lot…  MORE
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

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Lot 17 :
NORTHWEST COAST WOOD SHRINE FIGURE
carved stylized male figure, the circular head with exaggerated features in relief, curved shoulders, slightly spread legs, rectangular torso; the face with distinct brow, almond shaped eyes, rounded cheeks and downward turned mouth with parted lips; 37" tall
Provenance: Christies'…  MORE
Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Realized: $7,500 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 18 :
NORTHWEST COAST TLINGIT OR HAIDA RAVEN RATTLE
19th c., Tlingit or Haida, old surface, made in two parts in characteristic form depicting the raven with box of daylight clutched in its open beak; a humanoid figure reclines on its back and a frog on the beak of…  MORE
Estimate: $15,000 - $20,000

Realized: $8,500 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 19 :
NORTHWEST COAST PAINTED EAGLE CARVING
late 19th/ early 20th c., painted carving depicting a crouching humanoid figure, looking upwards towards an enormous eagle perched on his head; 11" h
Provenance: Bonham's and Butterfields Auction, San Francisco, lot 4208 (sale date unknown)
One of the human's feet…  MORE
Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000

Realized: $3,000 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 20 :
NORTHWEST COAST SALISH PAINTED BENCH
constructed from a split log, smoothed at top and painted with a pair of totemic bird creatures; four birch log supports; 14.5"h; 61.5"l
Provenance: Bonhams and Butterfields, San Francisco, Native American and Pre-Colombian Art, 6/4/2007, lot 4083
Previously the property of…  MORE
Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Realized: $1,500 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 21 :
NORTHWEST COAST TLINGIT PAINTED BENTWOOD STORAGE BOX
single board bentwood and wood peg construction; similar red and black paint decoration on front and back panels, an outlined animal profile on the sides; 25'h; 21.75"w; 19"d
Provenance: Bonhams and Butterfields 10/31/2000 - Ethnographic, lot 4120
The wood boxes…  MORE
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Realized: $4,250 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 22 :
NORTHWEST COAST KWAKIUTL FEAST BOWL
late 19th c. classic form with rectangular base and arched ends curving slightly inward, concave sides, flanged rim inset with opercula shells, red and black painted details; adze markings on the interior and exterior; 21"l; 9.75"w; 5.5"h
Provenance: Christie's New…  MORE
Estimate: $600 - $800

Realized: $2,100 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 23 :
NORTHERN NORTHWEST COAST ALDAR SQUARE BOWL
19th c., Tlingit or Haida, with arched, decorated ends depicting animals faces; incised ribbing on the ends of the concave sides; opercula shell inlay around the edge, distinct adze markings on the interior; 8.5"l; 7"d; 3.5"h
Provenance: Christie's, December 5,…  MORE
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Realized: $4,000 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 24 :
(on 2) COILED FLAT BOTTOM BASKET AND LARGE WOODEN SPOON
flat bottom coiled basket; 3.25"h; 7" diam.; along with a carved wooden long-handled spoon; 36"
Small piece of binding loss on the base.  
Estimate: $200 - $300

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Lot 25 :
NATIVE AMERICAN APACHE OLLA BASKET
Western Apache, c. 1900, with vertical geometric columns interspersed with animal figures and crosses, great color; 9"h
Some stitch loss at rim exposing the foundation twig, small areas of stitch loss in the body, wear commensurate with age.  
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Realized: $650 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 26 :
NATIVE AMERICAN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SPIDER BASKETRY BOWL
late 19th/ early 20th c., woven in sumac and grasses with three polychrome spider designs framed in square forms; a negative star pattern on the base; 4.25" rim diam.; 3"h
Provenance: Christie's New York, December 5, 1996, lot 137, Important…  MORE
Estimate: $500 - $700

Realized: $750 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 27 :
NOOTKA MAKAH PACIFIC NORTHWEST HAIDA BASKETRY HAT
late 19th c., woven entirely of cedar bark, painted on both sides with the identical depiction of a bear, its claws curving off to each side; a four-pointed star on the cylindrical crown; integrated woven headband in interior; 6.75"h; 11.5"…  MORE
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

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Lot 28 :
NATIVE AMERICAN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA YOKUTS BASKETRY BOWL
c. 1890, flat base and flaring sides, tightly woven in grass, redbud and bracken fern, diagonal stepped rectangular motif flanked by two parallel lines with a single line below the rim; 7"h; 11.5" opening diam.
The Yokuts tribe occupied the San…  MORE
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Realized: $1,600 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 29 :
NATIVE AMERICAN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BASKETRY JAR
19th c. in old color, globular form with flaring sides, woven in sumac and grasses; four pairs of polychromed, elongated rectangular and square geometric patterns; 7" diam; 6"h
Provenance: Christie's, New York, 12/6/1996, lot 137, Important American Indian Art
Small break…  MORE
Estimate: $400 - $600

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Lot 30 :
NATIVE AMERICAN COUP STAFF/ STICK
wood wrapped in rawhide or leather with beaded details and bells, dangling rawhide fringe; with curved/ hook top; 77" h  
Estimate: $600 - $800

Realized: $325 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 31 :
NATIVE AMERICAN BEADED CRADLE BOARD
c. 1910, wood backboard covered in leather with applied beadwork; a hood of thin wooden rods to protect head of baby; 42"h; baby enclosure 29"  
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Realized: $1,100 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 32 :
NATIVE AMERICAN CARVED PIPE
wood with painted decoration in multiple colors, clay bowl, feather and hide embellishments; 20"
Bowl has a loose connection to the wood stem, chip on the bottom of the clay bowl.
  
Estimate: $200 - $300

Realized: $100 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 33 :
RARE NORTHWEST COAST PRE-HISTORIC STONE EFFIGY BOWL
c. 200 BC - 200 AD
carved brown-green mottled soapstone depicting an anthropomorphic bird-man; a central receptacle cavity with a humanoid face at the front; pierced at top for suspension or fastening purposes; 7.5h; 8.25"l; on custom polished wood stand
Provenance:…  MORE
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000

Realized: $5,000 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 34 :
NORTHWEST COAST KWAKIUTL FEAST BOWL FRAGMENT
red cedar, in the form of a serpent head representing the powerful Sisiutl, with a large, grimacing mouth, upward curving nose, large eyes with broad flat eyebrows; remnants of blue-green paint about the eyes, traces of black on brows and…  MORE
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Realized: $5,500 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 35 :
PACIFIC WESTCOAST FOREHEAD MASK
HINKEETSAM
19th c., bold paint, representing the lightning serpent with openwork crest, carved scroll motifs along the outer edges; pierced nostrils, openwork teeth; details painted in gray, white, red, black, gold and green pigments; 23.25"l
Provenance: Christies, Important American Indian Art,…  MORE
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Realized: $4,250 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 36 :
NATIVE AMERICAN CASAS GRANDES PAINTED GEOMETRIC BOWL
painted on a cream ground in brown and orange with 2 geometric panels enclosing angular spirals; with terraced keys and diagonal columns of triangular hooks; 8.75"h
Provenance: Christie's New York, Important American Indian Art, December 5, 1996, lot 126
3 small…  MORE
Estimate: $400 - $600

Realized: $325 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 37 :
(on 2) PRE-HISTORIC SOUTHWEST PAINTED JAR AND SOUTHWEST BOWL
globular form with a rounded bottom, flared rim, painted on a red ground with black geometric designs; 6"h; along with a
SMALL SOUTHWEST BOWL possibly Casas Grandes, deep rounded form, painted on a cream slip in interlocking zig zag motif,…  MORE
Estimate: $400 - $600

Realized: $100 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 38 :
(2) SIGNED NATIVE AMERICAN POTTERY JARS
20th c., SAMUEL QUEZADA MATA ORTIZ BLACKWARE JAR sgn. on bottom, Samuel L. Quezada, decorated with an overall swirling pattern and a highly polished "gunmetal" slip; 11"h; along with
CYNTHIA STARFLOWER JAR sgn. on bottom Cynthia Starflower San Ildefonso Pueblo…  MORE
Estimate: $400 - $600

Realized: $200 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 39 :
NORTHWEST COAST CHILKAT BLANKET
late 19th/ early 20th c., woven in mountain goat wool and cedar bark in the "diving whale" pattern, the crested creature shown in the central design panel with large eyes and snout toward the bottom, the fin at top, all…  MORE
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000

Realized: $26,000 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 40 :
attrib. JENNIE THLUNAUT, TLINGIT CHILD'S CHILKAT BLANKET
c. 1930, characteristic pentagonal form; a centered totemic face within a dotted frame; four disparate body elements surrounding the principal figure within multiple solid color borders; braided ties at the sides and lengthy fringed suspensions; 27"l; 38"w
Provenance: Bonhams and…  MORE
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

Realized: $14,000 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 41 :
RARE AND UNUSUAL NAVAJO GERMANTOWN PORTIERE
two long panels woven in one piece with a selvedged split up the center; each side decorated with a chain of connected stepped and quartered diamonds; the center lozenges with the initials C.G.A. and T.Y.A.; whirling logs and small crosses…  MORE
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000

Realized: $4,000 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 42 :
LARGE TURKISH KILIM
5'6" x 14'3"  
Estimate: $600 - $800

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Lot 43 :
NATIVE AMERICAN-INSPIRED RUNNER
20th c.; 3' x 9'  
Estimate: $300 - $500

Realized: $400 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 44 :
LARGE PERSIAN BESSARABIAN FLORAL KILIM
late 19th c., 4'5" x 10'5"  
Estimate: $200 - $300

Realized: $100 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 45 :
RAY CROSBY (American, 20th c.)
Land of the Unicorn / Ice Field
sgn. l.r with anchor, label on reverse Grand Central Art Gallery, Inc. / Ray Crosby / Land of the Unicorn (Ice Field)...
o/c; 20 by 30 in.; original frame 25.5 by 35.5 in.  
Estimate: $200 - $300

Realized: $475 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 46 :
(2) NATIVE AMERICAN OBJECTS, PAINTED BOW AND DRUM
WOOD BOW with paint decoration; 35.25"; along with
SKIN DRUM, c. 1910, holding drum with paint decoration stretched over wood frame, raffia ties; 14.75"; 16" diam. (out of circle)
Drum has some splits in hide.  
Estimate: $300 - $500

Realized: $325 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 47 :
(on 2) PUEBLO MASK AND HAIDA PICTURE FRAME
20th c., BLACK PUEBLO CERAMIC MASK with traditional brown decoration, sgn. inside, Jesus Lozano; 8.5"h; along with a
STANDING FRAME carved resin and painted with Haida design, dated 1995; 11.25"h; oval opening size 4.25" by 3.25"  
Estimate: $150 - $250

Realized: $80 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 48 :
SPANISH COLONIAL CARVED AND POLYCHROMED RELIEF PANEL
NOTE: Lots 48 -117 are from the collection of a Connecticut gentleman and his wife who lived and traveled in South America for many years. This is the sixth and final installment of their collection. CRN is pleased and honored…  MORE
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Realized: $1,200 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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