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Ted Trotta and Anna Bono have specialized in Antique American Indian Art for nearly forty years. We are founding members of the Antique Tribal Art Dealers Association. Ted was an original member of The New York Leadership Counsel for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian located at the Custom House in Lower Manhattan. Trotta-Bono specializes in collection formation and development. We are privileged to have participated in the largest sales of Antique Native American Art to date. We have appraised, brokered, handled and sold countless individual objec...Read More

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Large Rush Mat
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Tribe: Woodlands - Western great lakes, attributed to the Mesquakie Date: 19th century or earlier Materials: Bulrush, vegetal dyes, indigo cloth-strap tie. Dimensions: L 86" x 55" Condition: Excellent, some wear patterns, minor fading. No restoration. Comments: The intricate interlocking geometric patterns provide innumerable hourglass and diamond motifs which are the central patterns of Western Great Lakes iconography. This artist achieved an extraordinary level of sophistication in overlaying diamond/hourglass design on contrasting background colors resulting in a dynamic interplay of pulsating foreground and background. "Rush mats...
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Antique 19th Century North American Native American Objects

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Wood

Faw Faw Hat
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Region / Tribe: Kansas/ Nebraska border/ Otoe-Missouria circa 1891-1895 Material: Various cloths, glass beads, cotton thread, shell disk Dimension: Diameter 10 inches, height 2 3/...
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Antique 1890s North American Native American Objects

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Beads

Monumental Northwest Coast Feast Ladle
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Tribe: Northwest Coast, Tlingit Date: Early to Mid 19th Century Materials: Mountain sheep horn Dimensions: L. 20 1/2" x W. 6 1/4" x D. 3" Condit...
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Antique Early 19th Century North American Native American Objects

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Wood

Veteran's Quilt
By Cherokee Indian
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Title: Veteran’s Quilt Region / Tribe: Oklahoma / Cherokee circa mid-20th century Material: Cotton cloth, thread Dimension: L. 96” x W. 67” Condition: Overall excellen...
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Mid-20th Century American Native American Objects

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Cotton

Antique Native American Seneca/Iroquois Cradleboard
By Iroquois
Located in Santa Fe, NM
This is an early Classic form. Full size child's cradleboard with hand sawn pine single plank back, a bentwood hickory or ash head guard and a hand carved footrest. The sides holes a...
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Antique Mid-19th Century American Native American Objects

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Wood

Monumental Pre-Contact Pestle
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Monumental Pestle. Region / Tribe: Central California / attributed to the Pomo. Circa: Early - pre-contact. Material: Dense hard stone. Dimension: L. 28 ½” x H. in middle 3 ½”....
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier American Native American Native America...

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Stone

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