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Native American Cochiti Painted Drum
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Cochiti drum with sides painted in black, white and turquoise. Made of a cottonwood
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Wood

Native American Cochiti Painted Drum
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Cochiti drum with sides painted in red, white and blue with black stripes. Made of
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Wood

Native American Cochiti Painted Drum
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Cochiti drum with sides painted in tan, yellow and blue with black striping. Made
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Wood

Native American Cochiti Painted Drum
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Cochiti drum with sides painted in rust, white and black. Made of wood and hide
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Wood

Native American Cochiti Painted Drum
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Small Native American Cochiti painted drum with sides painted in mustard yellow and blue with black
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Wood

19th Century Native American Nez Perce Beaded Belt
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
-kind pieces that define the history of America and the Old West. Our pieces range from American Indian
Category

Antique Early 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Beads

Native Nootka Totem by Rick Williams, 2 Foot
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Western and include original items of everyday life, commerce, art, and warfare that tamed America
Category

20th Century Canadian Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Cedar

Monumental Makah TOTEM by Young Doctor 108"H
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
from American Indian to Cowboy Western and include original items of everyday life, commerce, art, and
Category

Antique Early 1900s American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Cedar

Small Beaded Washoe Basket
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
life, commerce, art, and warfare that tamed America’s frontier. Our 14,000 square foot gallery opened
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Vintage 1910s American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Beads

Small Beaded Washoe Basket
Small Beaded Washoe Basket
H 2.25 in Dm 4.25 in
Pueblo Painted Drum
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Pueblo painted drum. Black hide on tops and bottom with faded coloring on sides and
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Antique Late 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Hide, Wood

Pueblo Painted Drum
Pueblo Painted Drum
H 6 in Dm 13.5 in
Northwest Four Figure Cedar Totem
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Northwest four figure totem from British Columbia. Old black paint and integral base. Great
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Early 20th Century Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Cedar

Vintage Chimayo Wool Woven Purse with a Silver Closure
By Native American Art
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Native American woven purse. From Chimayo (a region inhabited by Pueblo Indians since about
Category

Mid-20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Wool

19th Century Northern Plains Hair Drop
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
from American Indian to Cowboy Western and include original items of everyday life, commerce, art, and
Category

Antique Late 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Hide, Beads, Feathers

19th Century Northern Plains Hair Drop
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
original items of everyday life, commerce, art, and warfare that tamed America’s frontier. Our 14,000
Category

Antique Late 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Hide, Beads, Feathers

19th Century Northern Plains Quilled Hair Drop
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
from American Indian to Cowboy Western and include original items of everyday life, commerce, art, and
Category

Antique Late 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Hide, Beads, Feathers

Salish Carved Cedar TOTEM
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
the avian's figures wings with totemic insized accents. Red and black painted details. Hollowed at
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Late 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Cedar

Salish Carved Cedar TOTEM
Salish Carved Cedar TOTEM
H 74.5 in W 20 in D 20 in
19th Century Blackfeet Split Horn Headdress
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
original items of everyday life, commerce, art, and warfare that tamed America’s frontier. Our 14,000
Category

Antique Late 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Hide, Beads, Feathers

Antique Navajo Germantown Weaving, circa 1890, Eyedazzler Red Green Yellow Black
By Navajo Indian Art
Located in Denver, CO
vibrant colors including red, green, yellow, black and white. Germantown textiles like this were created
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Antique 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Wool

Cheyenne Native American Dress
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
, art, and warfare that tamed America’s frontier. Our 14,000 square foot gallery opened in 1996 in
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Antique 1870s American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Shell

Cheyenne Native American Dress
Cheyenne Native American Dress
H 50 in W 50 in D 50 in
Native American Pueblo Drum
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
original items of everyday life, commerce, art, and warfare that tamed America’s frontier. Our 14,000
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Hide, Wood

Native American Pueblo Drum
Native American Pueblo Drum
H 10.13 in W 10 in D 10 in
Native American Black & White Cloud Pattern Mimbre Pottery Bowl
Located in New York, NY
Signed Native American Mimbre white pottery bowl with black cloud pattern on bowl interior. Painted
Category

20th Century Mexican Native American Objects

Materials

Pottery

Authentic 19th Century Lakota Sioux Child's Bonnet
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
from American Indian to Cowboy Western and include original items of everyday life, commerce, art, and
Category

Antique Late 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Cotton, Beads

Native Apache Beaded Strike-a-light Pouch
By Apache Indian Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
-of-a-kind pieces that define the history of America and the Old West. Our pieces range from American
Category

Antique Late 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Hide, Beads

1950s Native American Bear Snowshoes
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American fisher hand woven snowshoes with colored tassels and black bear silhouettes
Category

Mid-20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Wood

1920s Native American Bear Paw Snowshoes
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American bear paw snowshoes with tassels and black bear silhouettes. Early 20th Century
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Wood

Vintage Native American Santa Clara Black ware Pottery Jar Ursulita Naranjo
Located in London, GB
Fine Native American Santa Clara Pottery Jar by Ursulita Naranjo Black ware of Ovoid form with
Category

20th Century American Native American Objects

Materials

Pottery

Historical B/W Photograph of Native American Navajo Pottery Makers
Located in Miami, FL
A Window into History: 1922 Portrait by Odile Bouligny This captivating black and white photograph
Category

Early 20th Century American Art Deco Native American Objects

Materials

Paper

James Shay Navajo Sterling Silver Native American Concho Belt, Marked JS
By James Shay
Located in Phoenix, AZ
This Concho belt was created by Navajo silversmith James Shay. It features 8 sterling silver Conchos, including the buckle, with hand stamp work. The buckle is clearly hallmarked "...
Category

Late 20th Century Native American Objects

Materials

Silver

Rare Acoma Polychromed Geometric Painting! Sky City Abstract Art Tapestry
By Acoma
Located in Peoria, AZ
their black & white geometric style art has been around for almost 2000 years! This is a extremely rare
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Canvas

Ditidaht/Nuu-Chah-Nulth Totem By Raymond Williams
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
original items of everyday life, commerce, art, and warfare that tamed America’s frontier. Our 14,000
Category

Vintage 1950s American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Cedar

Vintage Native American Santa Clara Blackware Pottery Legoria Tafoya (1911-1984)
Located in London, GB
Fine Native American Santa Clara Pottery Jar by Legoria Tafoya (1911-1984) Black ware of Ovoid
Category

20th Century American Native American Objects

Materials

Pottery

Ancient American "Human Effigy" Stone Paint Pallet, Anasazi Culture 900 AD
Located in South Burlington, VT
Early American Pre-Historic Human Effigy Stone Paint Pallet, Anasazi culture 900 AD All stone
Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier American Native American Objects

Materials

Sandstone

Southwestern Signed Ute Mountain Tribe Native American Pottery Jug Round Pitcher
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
bottom. The base of the jug is hand-painted with a stylized geometric design in black and burnt orange
Category

20th Century American Native American Objects

Materials

Pottery

Ruby Zoisite Feather Bundled Buffalo Fetish by Amos Pino, 2002
By Amos Pino
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Feather Bundled Buffalo Fetish Ruby Zoisite, turquoise, spiny oyster, feathers, sinew. Amos Pino 2002 3 inches H. x 3 inches L. x 1.5 inches W. This buffalo was carved from ruby zoi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Native American Native American O...

Materials

Other

Silver Plated Indian Beaded Coin Purse by "Bostonia Company", circa 1903
Located in Incline Village, NV
A particularly fine quality rare and difficult to find Native American silver plated beaded coin
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Silver Plate

Silver Plated Indian Beaded Coin Purse by "Bostonia Company, " circa 1903
Located in Incline Village, NV
Rare and difficult to find Native American beaded coin purse, with an image of an Indian chief in
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Silver Plate

Sterling Silver Zuni Bolo by Elliot Qualo
Located in Toledo, OH
Sterling silver Zuni bolo by Elliot Qualo. Circa 1960's. Elliot Qualo born on the Zuni Reservation in the 1930s was a very prolific silver artist in the 60's until his death in the l...
Category

Mid-20th Century Native American Objects

Materials

Sterling Silver

Nuu-chah-nulth Northwest Coast Hand Carved Wood TOTEM Pole by Ray Williams
Located in San Diego, CA
. Painted in great old and original pigments of red, black, white and green this totem is bold and striking
Category

Mid-20th Century Canadian Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Wood, Paint

19th Century Native Chippewa Beaded Bandolier
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
, art, and warfare that tamed America’s frontier. Our 14,000 square foot gallery opened in 1996 in
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Antique 1890s American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Beads

Early 20th Century Southern American Folk Art Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
A captivating and intriguing early 20th century Southern American folk art panel, found in
Category

Early 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

Lucy Martin Lewis Acoma Pueblo New Mexico with R.D. Jemez & N. Sandia Jemez
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
are fired earthenware with highly stylized geometric designs in stark black and white. Acoma and Jemez
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20th Century North American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Pottery

19th Century "Peace, Friendship, Trade" Treaty Knife
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
items of everyday life, commerce, art, and warfare that tamed America’s frontier. Our 14,000 square foot
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Antique Mid-19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Iron

Maria Martinez, San Ildefonso Pueblo Pottery, Ceramic Jar, circa 1930
By Maria Martinez
Located in Denver, CO
" on base. The jar is from circa 1930 and created in the artist's signature black on black style with
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Vintage 1930s American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Set of 5 Acoma Pueblo New Mexico Dean Reano w/ Signed Jemez Earthenware Pottery
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
. The Native American people of this region are known for a wealth of culture and art. Recognized for
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20th Century Mexican Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Pottery

Hopi Hemis Katsina Doll, 1935 -1940
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American art on modern art and design.   
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Mid-20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Other

Hopi Hemis Katsina Doll, 1935 -1940
Hopi Hemis Katsina Doll, 1935 -1940
H 14.25 in W 4.25 in D 3.88 in
Navajo Tapestry Two Gray Hills Pattern by Jennifer Nathaniel
By Jennifer Nathaniel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
homespun native wool, black, gray,beige, brown and cream. Nice tight weave showing exceptional
Category

1990s American Anglo-Indian Native American Objects

Materials

Wool

Superb Ammi Phillips American Folk Art Portrait Painting, circa 1840
By Ammi Phillips
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Superb Ammi Phillips American Folk Art Portrait painting, circa 1840 We are proud of our
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Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas

19th Century Native Sauk Beaded Bandolier
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
, commerce, art, and warfare that tamed America’s frontier. Our 14,000 square foot gallery opened in 1996 in
Category

Antique 1890s American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Beads

19th Century Chippewa Beaded Bandolier
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Genuine Native American Chippewa floral beaded bandolier bag with full size pocket. Intermediate
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Antique 1890s American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Beads

Historic Pueblo Pottery Dough Bowl, Tesuque, Pueblo, circa 1875-1900, Antique
Located in Denver, CO
Antique circa 1875-1900 historic pueblo pottery bowl, Southwestern Native American Indian dough
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Antique 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Earthenware

Mid-19th Century Metis Cree Beaded Bandolier
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
items of everyday life, commerce, art, and warfare that tamed America’s frontier. Our 14,000 square foot
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Other

Mid-19th Century Choctaw Beaded Bandolier
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
. Exceptional graphic condition. White beading on red background outlined in black. Appears almost unused
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Other

Northwest Coast Wooden Doll with Thunderbird, Eagle Mask
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
5.5"H, 6.75W and 4" deep. (See Denver Art Museum, catalog #QBC-2). Cape; Trade wool, black edged in
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Vintage 1920s American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Cedar

Authentic Plateau Beaded Flat Bag
By Plateau Indians
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
everyday life, commerce, art, and warfare that tamed America’s frontier. Our 14,000 square foot gallery
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Beads

Pair of 1930s Tlingit Totems
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
of wood. The poles are painted in traditional green, red, and black and are carved in yellow cedar
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Vintage 1930s American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Cedar

Early 20th Century Apache Tray Basket
Located in Chicago, IL
A stunning early 20th century Native American Apache tray basket constructed from hand-woven willow
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Vintage 1920s American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Willow

Annette Silas & F. Waquie Jemez Pueblo New Mexico Painted Fired Earthenware
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
American people of this region are known for a wealth of culture and art. Recognized for the intricate line
Category

20th Century Mexican Native American Objects

Materials

Pottery

Marie Naranjo Signed Pair of Santa Clara Pueblo Native Pottery Ceramic Vessels
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
and one signature is unknown. Santa Clara Pueblo is known for its black pottery designs. Natural red
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20th Century American Native American Objects

Materials

Pottery

Important Folk Art Trade Sign
Located in Greenwich, CT
A mid 19th Century folk art trade sign of demilune form, depicting a Native American chief holding
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Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Signs

Materials

Wood

Important Folk Art Trade Sign
Important Folk Art Trade Sign
H 36 in W 72 in D 3 in
Folk Art Portrait Painting "Young Girl In a Red Dress", American, Circa 1825
Located in Incline Village, NV
Lovely full length portrait of a young girl in this folk art painting; oil on canvas mounted on
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Antique 1820s American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas

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