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Item Ships From: Idaho
Three Dimensional Mallard Weather Vane
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Copper mallard weather vane in verdigris patina. Diving position. Three dimensional. 28" wing span, 14"H on more modern wooden base 27" overall.
Period: 20th Century
Origin: US
Siz...
Category
20th Century American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Prehistoric Casas Grandes Pottery Jar
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Prehistoric Casas Grandes pottery jar. In as found unrestored condition. This item is guaranteed to be of the time period and condition as described, has been exported legally and is...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Original Buffalo Bill Movie Banners 84"Long
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Selling as a pair - Banner from the Robert Altman's 1976 film Buffalo Bill and the Indians; and Sitting Bull's History Lesson staring Paul Newman. Looks m...
Category
1970s American Vintage Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Linen
19th Century Buffalo Skinners Outfit Kit
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Excellent shape 19th century buffalo skinners outfit with 5 period knives, 2 scales, sharpening steel and holster. Used in the real buffalo days. Vintage,...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Native Kiowa 19th Century Pictorial Child's Teepee
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Child's teepee depicting highly graphic battle scene painted on brain tanned deer skin. This piece was acquired from Wilma Silvey, age 89, in 2005, white woman, was handed down through her husband's family, Joseph Silvey (Silverfish). His father was "Long Hair Hanging" (Kiowa Comanche) and his mother...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Other
19th Century Mission Pictorial Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Polychrome Mission pictorial basket with eagles and highly geometric bottom. Finely woven. Shows little if any use.
Period: Last quarter of the 19th...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Other
19th Century Native American Penobscot Bear Paw Snowshoes
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
19th Century Native American Penobscot Bear Paw Snowshoes. Extra-large; Penobscot, museum quality.
PERIOD: 19th Century
ORIGIN: Northeast - Penobscot, Native American
SIZE: 3' x 21 1...
Category
19th Century American Native American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Panamint Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Finely woven polychrome Panamint. With original collection tags. Albert Davis collection, Supt. Skidoo Mines, 1870-1890.
Period: Last quarter of the 19th century.
Origin: Nevada
S...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Paul Gibson Swan Decoy
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Swan decoy by Paul Gibson, Have de Grace, Maryland. Paint is smooth and white with black beak and carved black eyes. Paul's decoys were handmade until he bought Madison Mitchell...
Category
Early 20th Century American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Large Coushatta Pine Needle Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Large Coushatta lidded pine needle basket with pine cone and needle décor on top. This basket is attributed to Elssa (LC). Made from longleaf pine needles native to the state stitched with raffia on the sides. The lid with rounded knob is decorated with multiple pine cones and green raffia pine needles. This beautifully shaped basket is a masterpiece with its tight weave and snugly fitting lid, hallmarks of a skilled maker. 10 1/2"D x 11 1/4"H
The Coushatta Tribe first entered documented history...
Category
Late 20th Century American Native American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
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 excellent sample complete with yellow and fluffs on...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Black Forest Carved Bear Chair
By Black Forest
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Black Forest Swiss carved chair having bear on fallen log. Carved bear on lifting seat which once had a music box. Part of the Brienz collection pla...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Black Forest Carved Bear with Pen Inkwell
By Black Forest
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Swiss bear with log pen rest and inkwell. Published in "Black Forest Bears and Swiss Woodcarvings," plate 93a. Book included.
In the 1800’s the wood carving...
Category
19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Carved Swan Decoy
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Very nice 19th Century carved swan decoy, unpainted. Very nice, natural looking. Life size. 24" x 10" x 17"H
Period: late 19th century
Origin: United Stat...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Eastern Ball Headed Club
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Eastern ball headed war club of native walnut with carved face having square nailed spike set in lead. Ex. Norm Johnson Estate.
Period: Mid-19th ce...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Native American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Nez Perce Saddle Throw
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Highly decorated Nez Perce saddle throw on brain tanned elk hide. 50” plus 30” fringe, both ends. Heavy bull hide. Similar, but not matching, 12" beaded panels on each side. Second time around. 24" war...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Beads
Set of 6 Hand Carved and Painted Shorebird Decoys
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Hand carved and painted shorebirds by Wayne Baker. Grouping of six wood shore birds with tacked eyes. Each mounted to white wash stand and signed underside. Very neat collection disp...
Category
1990s American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Navajo Transitional Serape, circa 1870
By Navajo
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Classical Navajo transition serape tied on fringe both ends, stacked white diamonds with blue dark brown centers and bands. 4' x 6'8"
Period: circ...
Category
1870s American Native American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Other
1900s Butcher's Pig Trade Sign
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Vintage carved and painted pine butcher's trade sign. Molded frame, insized text reading "Porkies Pen" pig in relief. 33" x 40"
Period: First quarter of the 20th century or earlier
...
Category
Early 20th Century French Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Yokut Figurative Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Yokut figurative basket, very fine and tight with much Native use.
Period: 19th century
Origin: Yokut
Size: 15 1/2" x 7".
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’s Gallery deals in the rar...
Category
19th Century American Native American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Zenith Leather Cowboy Cuffs
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Zenith, Co 4-leaf clover leather and stud cowboy/cowgirl cuffs (not maker marked).
PERIOD: Early 20th Century
ORIGIN: Colorado, United States
SIZE: 6 1/4" x 3 3/4" Dia
Family Owned...
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Leather
"the Love Song" Gold Tone Photograph by Carl Moon
By Carl Moon
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
"The Love Song" gold tone photograph by Carl Moon - signed gold tone; 8" x 10". Taos - 1914 - the Indian's name is Geronimo Gomez. Published in "In Se...
Category
1910s Vintage Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Sterling Silver and Coral Rattle Whistle
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver baby rattle and whistle has a bulbous shaped form. The surface of the tiered body is embellished with impressive embossed leaf decoratio...
Category
1870s English Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Sterling Silver
"Juan Concho" Gold Tone by Carl Moon
By Carl Moon
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
"Juan Concho" gold tone photograph signed by Carl Moon; 8" x 10". Published "In Search of the Wild Indian" by Tom Driebe on page 144. This piece is in the original frame; was displayed in Carl Moon's studio and passed to his son and daughter where purchased. A copy of the book "In Search of the Wild Indian" comes with; rare and exceptional.
S OF CARL MOON
1903 to 1914
MS 285
Collection Guide
Born in Wilmington, Ohio, Carl E. Moon learned his craft as an apprentice to a photography studio. He moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, opened his own studio, and made pictorial studies of Indians in the region. Between 1907 to 1914, he worked for Fred Harvey...
Category
1910s American Native American Vintage Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Other
1930-40 Horsehair Quirt
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Horsehair quirt with original leather flapper and buttons. Like new condition. From Montana. Whitish/cream and black stripes and braided horse hair.
PERIOD: First Half 20th Century
...
Category
Early 20th Century American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Other
19th Century Trotting Horse Weather Vane
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Large trotting horse weather vane/stable sign. Hand forged metal cutout figure painted black. On a more modern base. 42"H x 49"L base 39" x 7 1/2"
...
Category
19th Century American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
19th Century Assiniboine Beaded Bandolier
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Genuine native Assiniboine fully beaded bandolier bag with full pocket. Floral and leaf design with green bugle bead drops ending in pompoms. Full...
Category
1890s American Native American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Beads
Pair of Nuu-chah-nulth Model Totems
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
This pair of colorful larger Nuu-chah-nulth model totem poles were likely made for a curio shop in Seattle or Victoria sometime around 1915. The poles...
Category
1910s Canadian Native American Vintage Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
3 Dimensional Copper Rooster Weather Vane
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Copper rooster weather vane with directional arrow and N W S E. On more modern base. Arrow and ball have been polished. 62"H x 26" x 18 1/2"
PE...
Category
Early 20th Century American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Copper
"Morning Warmup" Bronze by Robert Macfie Scriver
By Robert Macfie Scriver
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
"Morning warmup" bronze by Robert Scriver. (1914-1999). Limited edition; 19 of 35.
Period: Last half 20th century
Origin: Robert Scriver
Size: 7” x 12” x 9” H plus base
limited bronzes original western fine art robert scriver limited bronzes robert scriver.
Bio:
Bob Scriver...
Category
Late 20th Century American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Small Beaded Washoe Basket
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Fully beaded single rod Washoe basket with vibrant colors of blue, yellow and orange inside and out.
Period: circa 1900-1920
Origin: Washoe
Size: 2 1/2"...
Category
1910s American Native American Vintage Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Beads
10 foot Navajo Crystal Runner/Floor Weaving
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Large Navajo Crystal runner with birds, bow and arrows and eagle feathers. Several different red dye lots, some fading, both sides the same. 4'4" x 10'10...
Category
1920s American Native American Vintage Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Fisherman's Luck Original Oil Painting by Charles De Feo
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Fisherman's Luck By Charles De Feo.
Item Number: AG1731.
(1892-1978) Oil on canvas; 30" x 20". Framed. Charles studied under Howard Pyle in Wilmington, and ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Sioux Three-Piece Pipe with Man Effigy
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pawnee/Sioux man figure pipe, with three-piece hand-carved spooled Catlinite stem; over 36". Important museum/ investment quality.
Period: First half of the 19th century
Origin: Pa...
Category
Early 19th Century Native American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Other
"Wildflowers" Gold Tone by Carl Moon
By Carl Moon
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Signed Goldtone; 8" x 10"; Taos, 1914; also titled "Pueblo Belle, First Mesa"; published in "In Search of the Wild Indian" by Tom Driebe on page 110. This piece is in the original frame; was displayed in Carl Moon's studio and passed to his son and daughter where purchased. A copy of the book comes with; rare and exceptional.
Born in Wilmington, Ohio, Carl E. Moon learned his craft as an apprentice to a photography studio. He moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, opened his own studio, and made pictorial studies of Indians in the region. Between 1907 to 1914, he worked for Fred Harvey...
Category
1910s Vintage Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Navajo Transitional Pillow Pair
By Navajo
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Navajo transitional pillow pair. Handmade pillows with front made of Navajo 1880's transitional weaving. Backed with canvas. Featuring natural dyed...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
19th Century Buffalo Wild Bill Cody Cabinet Collectors Card
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Hon. W.F. Cody cabinet card by Anderson 785 Broadway, New York.
Period: Late 19th century
Origin: New York
Size: 4 1/4" x 6"
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’...
Category
1880s Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Navajo Transitional Pillow Pair
By Navajo
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Navajo transitional pillow pair. Handmade pillows with front made of Navajo 1880's transitional weaving. Backed with canvas. Featuring natural dyed...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Navajo Transitional Pillow
By Navajo
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Navajo transitional pillow. Handmade pillow with front made of brown and black leather with strip of Navajo 1880's transitional weaving down center...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Leather
7 Foot 1920s Navajo Ganado/Floor Weaving
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Navajo nine panel Ganado area weaving. 7’11” x 14’. Beautiful and bright reds, creams and browns with geometric patterns. Very little if any wear.
Origin: Navajo, Southwest
Period:...
Category
1920s American Native American Vintage Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Navajo Crystal Area Weaving
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Navajo Crystal. Banded in geometrics. Soft muted colors. Great for floor or wall.
Origin: Navajo, Southwest
Period: circa 1930s
Dimensions: 32" x 47".
Family Owned & Operated
Cis...
Category
1930s American Native American Vintage Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Native American Coushatta Lidded Pine Needle Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Coushatta lidded pine needle basket with pine cone and needle décor two sides and top. This woven by L.C. John, the last of the great Coushatta basket...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Antique Folk Art Geese Sconce
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
American Folk Art sheet iron sconce with central candlestick flanked by two geese and a mule shoe mounted to base. Best used as a table centerpiece. Perfect ...
Category
1890s American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Ute Sheep Horn Spoon, circa 1870
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Ute sheep horn spoon with old tag “Ute, Pine River, Battle, Ex. Cottchall Collection. Collected 1870.” Brain tanned with blue and white beading on top.
Per...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Horn
19th Century Forged Iron French Pot Rack
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
19th century French pot rack. Blacksmith forged iron pot rack with fleur-de-lys.
Origin: France
Period: 19th century
Size: 13" D x 11" H.
Family O...
Category
19th Century French Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Exceptional Polychrome Klickitat/Snoquamie Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Stunning Klickitat/Nisqually polychrome basket. Extra fine weave, fully imbricated, hard sided basket with rows of polychrome zig zags. Perfect displ...
Category
1910s American Native American Vintage Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Pre-Columbian Manabi (Ecuador) Pottery Dog
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Manabi (Ecuador) Pottery dog figure with incising. 4 ½” x 2 ½” x 3 ½”. 100 BCE - 250 CE Ex. Hank Johnson Collection. Hank Johnson was a geologist, and pas...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Mexican Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Prehistoric Jamacoaque Pottery Figure
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Prehistoric Jamacoaque Pottery Figure. Chip on helmet. 11” x 5” x 7”. Ex. Hank Johnson Collection. Hank Johnson was a geologist, and passionate collector of historical and ancient ar...
Category
15th Century and Earlier South American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Native American Chippewa Catlinite T-Pipe
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
19th century Chippewa pipe with weeping hearts. Long stem Chippewa T-pipe with file burnt stem and steatite bowl having red Catlinite weeping hearts and pewter inlay. The bowl is squ...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Native American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Prehistoric South American Moche Red Ware Vessel
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Moche Red Ware pottery vessel with copulating motif. Horizon of Peru, Circa 450 - 550 CE. 9” x 5” x 7 ½”. Ex. Hank Johnson Collection. Hank Johnson was a geologist, and passionate collector of historical and ancient artifacts. Starting with relics and bottles from ghost towns, he later focused on Anasazi pottery...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Northern Plains Pictorial Scabbard
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Rifle scabbard on brain tanned elk. Exceptional beading. Warrior with double trailer headdress. Coupstick on war pony one side, two florals on reverse.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Hide
Large Navajo Storm Four Panel Rug Weaving
By Navajo
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Large Navajo Storm four panel area weaving with black border. Featuring two designs mirrored in opposite corner. Intricate and detailed with warm colors ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
19th Century Sioux Beaded Moccasins
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Sioux fully beaded moccasins. Red, white and blue with geometric stacked colors. Hard soles, cotton cuff edging.
Period: Late 19th Century
Origin: Gr...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Beads
Native American Sioux Catlinite T Pipe
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Sioux catlinite T pipe with fluted base and top. Has been smoked, with original stem. Collected by Charles Graves, Indian agent in 1928, South Dakota. Authentic.
Period: First quart...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Pre-Columbian Jalisco Red Ware Dog Vessel
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Jalisco Red Ware Quadruped Dog Vessel. 5” x 4” x 4”. 100 BCE - 250 CE. Ex. Hank Johnson Collection. Hank Johnson was a geologist, and passionate collector of historical and ancient a...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Mexican Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Nez Perce Loop Necklace and Gauntlet Panel
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pair of 19th Century man's loop necklace and finely beaded gauntlet panel. Necklace has white and green beads and leather fringe, base, and twisted co...
Category
19th Century American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Beads
47" Three Dimensional 19th Century Eagle Weather Vane
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Copper eagle form weather vane. Very large, hollow body, spread wing eagle form with open beak, resting on a ball for support above a directional arrow. Rotating later iron base. Min...
Category
19th Century American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Museum Documented Pima Basket
By Pima Indian Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pima basket de-accessioned from the Denver Museum of National History. Ex. Crane Collection and before the Smith Museum. With documentation.
Period: circa 1900
Origin: Pima
Size: 13...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Other
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