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Item Ships From: Idaho
Chief Don Lelooska Native American Totem Pole
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Chief Don Lelooska large carved and brightly painted totem. Came from a private collection in Utah. Inscribed "Lelooska." 85"H x 13" x 15 5/8"
Don Lelooska (Don Smith, Native Americ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Copper
"Off to the River" Gold Tone Photograph by Carl Moon
By Carl Moon
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
By Carl Moon - signed gold tone; the woman is Maria Marcos - 1914. Published in "In Search of the Wild Indian" by Tom Driebe (Original frame), page 162. A copy of the book comes with...
Category
1910s Vintage Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Other
19th Century Walla Walla Prison Horse Bit Collection
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Collection of seven Walla Walla prison made bits. All silver overlaid but unique from each other with various techniques and designs. In the 19th Century f...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Leather
20th Century Crow Decoy
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
20th Century Crow decoy. Crow decoy mounted on modern base. Balsa wood, glass eyes. Life size, with base.
Period: 20th century
Origin: United States
Size: 16" x 4" x 12"H
Family O...
Category
20th Century American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
1858 Presentation Beadwork on Red Stroud
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
1858 Presentation Beadwork on Red Stroud. Beaded by the Crow. Written on the piece, "This was wrought by the Wetunkiska Asiow Indian Mission residing Valley of the Rocky Mountains an...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Beads
Blackfeet Style Lance
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Blackfeet style lance with feathers, hereford tail, medicine pouch, red strough and sheared otter. 6'2"
Amongst the Blackfeet, specific military society members were known as "Lance...
Category
2010s American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Wood, Feathers
Blackfeet Style Lance
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Blackfeet style lance with feathers, hereford tail, medicine pouch, red strough and sheared otter. 6'2"
Amongst the Blackfeet, specific military society members were known as "Lance...
Category
2010s American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Wood, Feathers
Feathered Pomo Basket
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Pomo basketry bowl. Shell beads, quill fobs, and scattered glass beads on body. Under the name Pomo are some 30 small tribes. The tribes which made these baskets live...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Willow, Feathers
Feathered Pomo Basket
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pomo bowl with geometric flower design on bottom and sides. Shell beads and quill fobs. Late 19th century. Sie: 3 3/4" x 7 1/2"
Under the name Pomo are some 30 small tribes. The tri...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Willow, Feathers
Feathered Pomo Basket
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pomo bowl with flower design on bottom and sides. Shell beads and quill fobs. Under the name Pomo are some 30 small tribes. The tribes which made these baskets live in Lake Sonoma a...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Willow, Feathers
Pit River Globular Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Large Pit River globular basket.
Period: circa 1900.
Origin: California
Size: 6" x 9".
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’s Gallery deals in the rare, excepti...
Category
1910s American Native American Vintage Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Navajo Transitional Pillow
By Navajo
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Navajo transitional pillow. Handmade pillow with front made of checkered Navajo 1880's transitional weaving and dark leather. Backed with canvas. F...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Apache Basketry Tray
By Apache Indian Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Apache Indian basketry tray. This basket features beautiful golden patina with exceptional old geometric designs having chevron shapes, crosses, and swirls. Well-made...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Willow
Pictorial Pima Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pictorial Pima basket with three horses and old purchase tag on bottom "Indian Craft Shop 12.95".
Period: First quarter 20th century
Origin: Arizona
Size: 4 1/2" x 9".
Family Own...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Reed
Jicarilla Lidded Storage Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Jicarilla-Mescale storage/waste basket with lid and handles. Used but stable condition. Fading outside, original design and colors seen on inside...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Folk Art Swan Carving
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Folk art swan carving/decoy. Life size with original paint and glass eyes. Paint has great patina with carved details and minimal paint loss, just enough...
Category
Late 20th Century American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Daniel Bruffee Swan Decoy
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Swan decoy by Daniel L. Bruffee. Came from a New York Collector. Swan is well-carved and smoothly painted with black beak and yellow and black glass eyes. Daniel Bruffee resides in P...
Category
2010s American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Pictorial Mission Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Polychrome pictorial Mission basket with ten cats on a fence.
Period: Last quarter 19th century
Origin: California
Size: 6" x 4".
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’s Gallery deals in...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Reed
Pair Plateau Parfleche Packets
By Plateau Indians
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Matched pair of Plateau parfleche packets with diamonds and stylized flowers and brain tanned ties. Difficult to find a pair. Very nice, rare design.
The term parfleche was first co...
Category
Early 1900s American Native American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Circa 1900 Pair of Northwest Coast Totems
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Matching pair of Northwest Coast carved model totem poles. Polychrome decorated with carved humanoid and bird figures. Each twice signed "Betty Sanners" back and bottom. Provenance Hudson Bay Fur Company, Seattle, Washington. 29"H
Period: Early 20th century
Origin: Northwest Coast
Size: 29" base 4 1/2 x 3 1/2
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’s Gallery deals in the rare, exceptional, and one-of-a-kind pieces that define the history of America and the Old West. Our pieces range from American Indian to Cowboy Western and include original items of everyday life, commerce, art, and warfare that tamed America’s frontier. Our 14,000 square foot gallery opened in 1996 in beautiful Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
Personal Service
Cisco’s operates on old fashioned values – honesty and integrity, and all of our items are backed by our money back guarantee. We appreciate the opportunity to earn your business. Whether you desire assistance with a jewelry purchase, choosing a gift, identification, or even selling – we hope to be your trusted source.
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Category
Early 1900s American Native American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
19th Century 3 Dimensional Copper Rooster Weather Vane
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
19th Century American full bodied copper rooster weather vane with gilded and red overpaint and cast zinc feet. Some weathering in areas of later black overpaint. 26"H x 20"W includi...
Category
1890s American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Copper
1930s Deer Lodge Prison Horsehair Quirt
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Deer Lodge Prison quirt with red, black, and white dyed horsehair and horsehair hand strap. Quirt: 16" Flapper: 13".
PERIOD: Early 20th Century
ORIGIN: Montana, United States
SIZE: ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Native American Coushatta Lidded Pine Needle Basket
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
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
Late 20th Century American Native American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Hopi Mudheads and Kacharis Red Ribbon Prize
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Mudhead and Kacharis by Lomayo Kanaya Hopi, second prize, Gallup Intertribal Indian Ceremonial 2005. Three Kacharis in balloon basket with mudhead ballo...
Category
Early 2000s American Native American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Early 20th Century Sioux Beaded Moccasins
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Sioux Indian beaded moccasins with buffalo hoof design, beaded tabs and parfleche soles. Stunning geometric beaded designs done in colors of green, red, blue, and whi...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Beads
Northern Plains Moccasins
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Northern Plains Indian beaded moccasins with buffalo hoof design. Sinew sewn on green background with greasy yellow, red and white designs. Great patina on beadwork a...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Beads
Oglala Sioux Style War Headdress
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Oglala Sioux Style War Headdress: 30"H with Drops 26"W. Typically, war headdresses like this one were composed of awarded coup feathers given to a warrior as an acknowledgement of ba...
Category
2010s American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Feathers
Cheyenne Style War Headdress
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Cheyenne style war headdress. 30"H with Drops 26"W. Headdresses like this were constructed of award coup feathers. Ermine and stripped hawk feathers attached to the back of the crown...
Category
2010s American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Feathers
Mandan Split Horn Single Trailer Style Headdress
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Mandan split horn single trailer style headdress. Styled after an 1830 single trailer ermine bonnet worn by Chief Mato-Tope. With painted feathers.
Only the most prestigious and...
Category
2010s American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Feathers
Blackfeet Split Horn Bonnet
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Blackfeet split horn bonnet. Sinew-sewn stroud hide cap with lazy-stitch beaded headband on brain tanned buffalo. The horns terminating in bells, beads, feather, and horsehair drops....
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Fur
Split Horn Headdress
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Heavily adorned split horn headdress with ermine drops, silk ribbons, hawk bells, stroud covered horns, brass trade beads and brass buttons on red strou...
Category
19th Century American Native American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Fur
Samuel Robb Tobacco Trade Sign Princess
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Samuel Robb tobacco trade sign Indian princess (1851-1928). Carved and polychrome painted wood. Colors are bright in tones of red, blue, and yellow. With feathered headdress. Late 19...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
20th Century Sword Cane
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Sword cane with carved mahogany curved handle, brass collar with push pull mechanism that reveals a two sided 17 1/2" blade and brass ferrule. 2 3/4" x 4", blade 17 1/2", overall 35"...
Category
20th Century American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Mahogany
Horn and Silver Dress Cane
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Circa 1890 horn and silver dress cane. Horn handle cast in silver which is signed "OD800" with a floral design work, exotic natural painted shaft, and a brass ferrule. 5 1/2" x 2 3/4...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Fist Corkscrew Sword Cane
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Circa 1880 fist corkscrew sword cane. Small antler handle, silver metal sealed eyelets, silver metal collar. Malacca shaft, push-pull mechanism exposed a triangular 28 1/2" sword bla...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
20th Century Crow Decoy
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
20th Century Crow decoy. Carved and painted on metal base. Glass eyes. Carver unknown.
Period: 20th century
Origin: United States
Size: 18"L x 12"H x 6"W
Family Owned & Operated
Ci...
Category
20th Century American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Duckweed Green Creel
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native center opening creel made of split willow. We assume sold to a fisherman, he painted. Measures: 9" x 13" x 8" H.
Period: 19th century
Origin: Northeast
Size: 9" x 13" x 8" ...
Category
Early 19th Century American Native American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Willow
19th Century Mortar and Pestle
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
19th century fruitwood mortar and pestle. Remnants of oxblood red and silver blue banded paint. Original pestle included.
Origin: Eastern, United States
Period: First half of the 19...
Category
Early 19th Century American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Fruitwood
19th Century Horse Hoof Gentleman's Cane
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Gentleman's cane with horse leg or hoof carved of horn.
Period: 19th century
Origin: United States
Size: Handle 5", overall 38".
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’s Gallery deals in th...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Horn
Hand-Carved Steer Head Trade Sign
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Hand-carved French walnut steer head trade sign. Made for a butcher shop. Simple, yet well done design with dark stain and plaque backing. Size: 14 3/8"H x 20 3/4"W x 21 1/2"D
Famil...
Category
Early 20th Century French Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Paiute Burden Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Paiute burden basket with harness leather handles. Much used, well cared for, in use repairs on bottom. Collected White River Nevada, Duck Water Band.
...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Native American Coushatta Lidded Pine Needle Basket
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
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
Late 20th Century American Native American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Other
1920s Native American Penobscot Bear Paw Snowshoes
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pair of miniature Penobscot snowshoes, decorated with red and green wool tufts. Sinew sewn. 11” x 7”, with brain-tanned thongs. Made for a child. Exceptional sinew work. Rare and col...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Lizard Mission Pictorial Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Mission pictorial basket with Chuckwalla lizard motif.
Period: circa 1900
Origin: California
Size: 6" diameter x 4" height.
Family Owned & Operat...
Category
Early 1900s American Native American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Twig
Wiedemann's Fine Beer Trade Sign
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Wiedemann's Fine beer - The Leader Trade sign with three Canada geese on oval walnut plaque.
German immigrant George Wiedemann began brewing at the original Wiedemann brewery in Ne...
Category
1940s American Vintage Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Navajo Red Mesa Saddle Blanket/Floor Weaving
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Red mesa saddle blanket/floor weaving. Measures: 3'4" x 5'9". Geometric shapes with bright colors of orange, red, blacks, tans and browns. Great condition for age. Shows little if any use.
Origin: Navajo, Southwest
Period: circa 1920
Dimensions: 3'4" x 5'9".
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’s Gallery deals in the rare, exceptional, and one-of-a-kind pieces that define the history of America and the Old West. Our pieces range from American Indian to Cowboy Western and include original items of everyday life, commerce, art, and warfare that tamed America’s frontier. Our 14,000 square foot gallery opened in 1996 in beautiful Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
Personal Service
Cisco’s operates on old fashioned values – honesty and integrity, and all of our items are backed by our money back guarantee. We appreciate the opportunity to earn your business. Whether you desire assistance with a jewelry purchase, choosing a gift, identification, or even selling – we hope to be your trusted source.
Navajo, Red Mesa, Native American Weavings...
Category
1920s American Native American Vintage Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Klamath Basketry Bottle with Lid
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Klamath basketry bottle. Finely woven basket in the shape of a bottle (not over a bottle) with a simple woven diamond pattern, "T" figures on rim and matching lid. Stunning display p...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Other
20th Century Raven Decoy
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Late 20th Century carved raven decoy with glass eyes, iron legs, mounted on a driftwood stand. Carved and painted by Dallas Valley, Prairie du Chien, WI. Bottom marked "DJV." 20"L x ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
"The Thunderbird" Original Oil Painting by Jack Weldon Humphrey
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
(1901-1967). Oil on canvas; 20" x 24". Very prominent Canadian painter. His works are included in most exhibitions of 20th century Canadian art with dozens of examples in permanent collections of Canadian museums. Humphrey was a member of numerous art organizations and his art displayed in numerous exhibitions. Currently his works are part of the touring exhibition Canada on Canvas, organized by the Winnipeg Art Gallery.
Period: first half 20th century
Origin: Canada
Size: 20" x 24" frame 25 1/2" x 29 1/2"
Throughout his life, his works were also exhibited at several commercial galleries such as the Picture Loan Society, Toronto; Robertson Galleries, Ottawa; Walter Klinkhoff Gallery, Montreal; and the Penthouse Gallery...
Category
1920s Canadian Vintage Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Panamint Shouldered Basket
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Panamint shouldered basket with three butterflies. 7 1/2" x 5"
Period: First quarter 20th century
Origin: Panamint
Size: 7 1/2" x 5".
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’s Gallery deal...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Nez Perce Huckleberry Basket, circa 1880
By Nez Perce Indians
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Nez Perce huckleberry basket collected Sites, Idaho. Store twine rim loops with brain tanned shoulder straps. Heavily constructed. Once had r...
Category
1880s American Native American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Ditidaht/Nuu-chah-nulth Totem by Raymond Williams
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
(1933-1988) This finely crafted wood totem pole is by Ditidaht/Nuu-Chah-Nulth master carver Raymond Williams, the father of the current generation of William's carvers. The carved totem pole features and eagle, frog, and an orca. Signed on back. Also marked "hand carved Indian made from the Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe, Seattle, WA 1899." 19"H x 5"
Raymond Williams was the son of Sam Williams...
Category
1950s Canadian Native American Vintage Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
Hide Painting of Chief Red Cloud by Louis Shipshee
By Louis Shipshee
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
(1896-1975) Portrait painting of Chief Red Cloud Sioux by Louis Shipshee on hide mounted on board. Very nice painting by a great artist.
Period: Mid ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Hide
Nevada Saloon Nude Painting
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Original Oil on canvas; image 80" x 57". Large Nevada saloon nude painting. Displayed at the current owners Great Grandfathers' saloon in Goldfield Nevada 1903, depicts a nude with blue ribbon shoes...
Category
Early 20th Century American Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
19th Century Rawhide Quirt
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Rawhide braided quirt with lead filled handle. Nice patina.
Period: Last quarter 19th century
Origin: Montana
Size: 17" plus 12" flapper.
Family Owned ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Hide
Navajo Teec Nos Pos Area Weaving 'Runner'
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Large Teec Nos Pos; bright. 5'1" x 10'4". Nice natural colors in creams and browns with geometric patterns. Very little if any wear.
Origin: Navajo, Sou...
Category
1940s American Native American Vintage Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Polychrome Yokut Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Very tightly woven polychrome Yokut. Golden patina.
Period: 19th century
Origin: Yokut
Size: 9" H x 17" W.
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’s Gallery deals in the rare, exceptional,...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Native American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Other
19th Century Native American Athabaskan Snowshoes
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Athabaskan snowshoe pair with wood frames having finely woven sinew front and back with heavy rawhide centers. String wrapped toes and wonderful golden patina. Ex. James B. Scoville ...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Native American Antique Idaho - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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