1960s Native American Objects

Native American North West Coast Totem Haida Tlingit Vintage carved and painted cedar wood totem Vancouver BC signed wilson williams circa 1950`s ...

Native American North West Coast Totem Group Haida Tlingit A group of 4 vintage carved and painted cedar wood totems Vancouver BC signed my makers one d...

Pacific Northwest Tlingit whale house rain wall from Donald Judd Estate c. 1968 A monumental polychrome and carved cedar eleven panel Tlingit Whale House Rain Wall (Raven clan, Chilkat tribe) produced by Northwest Coast Tlingit artist Chief Don Lelooska Smith in the traditional Kwakiutl-style for modern artist Donald Judd. The entire screen is a masterful composition and one by which to measure other Northwest Coast screens. Filling the top and side borders are a series of thirteen figures, nine of them with limbs placed in a traditional stance with elbows close to the knees (typical in Northwest Coast tribal paintings.) The figures represent the rain drops from which the screen takes its name. The central figure represents a Raven whose body cavity contains the oval form which encompasses the screen opening. The Raven embodies the Northwest tribal myths as the creator of the world. A near-exact replica of the world famous Raven clan 'Whale House' Rain Wall, Klukwan, Alaska c. 1800's, this piece along with a pair of totems and a feast bowl...

This vintage totem pole, titled Shark Mother, was expertly carved from wood by renowned artist Duane Pasco, circa 1965-1975. A stunning example of Northwest Coast art, the totem echo...

This is an unusually large, hand carved and painted, cotton wood Kachina figure. It is likely "Saviki", a First Mesa-style Kachina that appears in the pa...

This is a hand carved and decorated "old style" Kachina Doll, perhaps the "He Strips You" Kachina, based on the description and illustration in the reference book "Hopi Kachina Dolls...

Vintage Pacific Northwest Native American whale carving, a First Nations folk art carved and painted Orca, most likely Haida and circa 1960s, this beauti...

A small, red clay bowl, painted with black graphic designs, created by Hopi potter, Frieda Poleahla circa 1960. This pottery bowl was purchased at Walpi Village, First Mesa, Hopi Re...

Fantastic wooden carving/sculpture of a Native American Indian. He is dressed in denim with beaded bracelets and jewelry. He is wearing a hat and seated in a distressed wood chair...

A bowl or seed jar with Maria's classic feather motif around the shoulder. Gunmetal finish. signed "Maria Popovi 664" on base. Expedited and Internationa...

This is the Cadillac of the bolo tie as depicted by the Southwest Indians. Handcrafted by Navajo Indian Jim Yazz, circa 1960s, this silver bolo tie has four large irregular hand-cut turquoise stones measuring 3/4" and two smaller round stones set in a pie crust surround depicting eyes of the Indian. There are also two smaller stones on the front of the dress of the Indian on the matching pair of 1 3/4" drum like ornaments hanging beneath the main subject. The main subject Indian with six stones, is 3 5/8" high x 2 1/4" wide. The drum like ornament with accompanying silver spear ornament is 4 1/2" overall. It is marked “Jim Yazz” who was a Navajo Indian jewelry maker and worked only in silver and turquoise, indicating it is probably silver. The piece is unmarked, albeit a “518” mark appears on the main figure. The braided black leather "string like" necklace is 20" around, measured above the subject Indian. The back of the bolo is embossed on the clasp "BENNETT PAT. PEND.", indicating the possible clasp patent of Navajo Indian silversmith, Raymond Bennett, who is listed in "Barton Wright's "Hallmarks of The Southwest". The value is in the craftsmanship and aesthetics, not whether or not it’s silver. Provenance: Clive Devenish Collection Art of the American West...

This Ganado Navajo woven rug, from Ganado, Arizona shows a composition of classic eye dazzlers with geometric patterns in a variety of colors against a red...