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A Tschokwe ceremonial scepter The rounded shaft terminating into a square-cut, flat plaque with fine incised designs, below a Janus head with clas...

A contemporary South African colored wire plate The tightly woven colored wire tray worked in multicolored geometric patterns, with a wall mount a...

Three Zaramo wood dolls Tanzania, the three female dolls with abbreviated torsos, round necks with abstract heads with crest coiffures above, each...

A Sakalava female funerary figure Madagascar, standing on a short, square base, with straight legs, beneath an elongated torso wearing a garment, ...

A collection of Tribal Art Auction catalogues A large collection of Sotheby's, New York and London, and Christie's tribal auction catalogues. For ...

A Nepali tribal mask West Nepal, early 20th century, the hollowed-out hardwood with dark patina and pigments, (wood loss around the rim and cracks...

A West Nepali tribal mask Late 19th/early 20th century, the hollowed-out wood mask with metal attachments, nails, and traces of fur moustache, enc...

A large Nepali mask West Nepal, early 20th century, the hollowed-out wood mask with pigments, plant fiber, hair, and metal teeth. ht. 15 1/2, wd...

A Batak wood effigy stopper The carved wooden stopper for a container depicts a human figure mounted on a horse-like creature—the mythical singa ...

An Asmat Figure Probably Mimika River Region, Irian Jaya, standing on narrow arched legs, the front of the torso flat, the rear intricately carved...

A New Guinea lime spatula Massim people, Trobriand Islands, 19th century, the finial carved as seated figure, with typical Massim engraved scrollw...

A New Guinea lime spatula Massim people, Trobriand Islands, 19th century, the palmwood spatula with two seated figures at the handle finial, with ...

Two Abelam Yam Masks, baba mene Papua New Guinea, 20th century, each intricately woven and highlighted with white, yellow, dark-red and brown po...

A New Guinea Yam Mask Maprik, Papua New Guinea, the oval cane mask with large central ridged nose, protrusions and one ear at crown, with traces o...

A New Ireland Malagan attachment Northern New Ireland, late 19th/early 20th century, a carved wood bird attachment for a larger figure or mask, pa...

An Inupiaq net shuttle Constructed from caribou bone or antler, of traditional form with pairs of curved tines at either end, the grip pierced at ...

An Alutiiq wood effigy ladle 19th century, Kodiak Island, Alaska, the teardrop-shaped scoop with the head of a seal for the handle, with a smooth,...

An Inuit wood Janus head 19th century, the large head projecting from a short shaft, one face smiling, the other side with downturned mouth, each ...

An Inuit effigy carving Weathered, carved as a stylized male figure standing with legs slightly spread, with rectangular torso and curved shoulder...

Two Inuit wood heads 19th century, including a large wood head with small slit mouth, long squared nose, and heavy brow, pierced at the crown; tog...

An Inuit torso St Lawrence Island, Okvik period, made from walrus tusk, the torso with engraved designs on both sides, (missing the front of the h...

A Den'a (Athapascan) hide quiver The soft hide quiver decorated on one side with quillwork, with hide and twisted quill fringe from the central mo...

A Northwest Coast painted pictorial drum Possibly Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw (Kwakiutl), of stretched hide on a bent cedar frame, painted with an eagle win...

A Tlingit model totem pole Carved with stacked animal figures and raised on a carved fish-form base. ht. 19 3/4, d. 6 3/4 in. Footnotes: Insc...

A Northwest coast totem pole Possibly Tsimshian or Haida, of carved cedar with hollowed interior, carved on the face with a human-faced bird per...

Charles James Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl), (1867-1938), a carved and polychrome painted model totem pole with human and animal figures, signed vers...

A Northwest Coast puppet figure Possibly Haida, of carved cedar, the figure's face partially painted in red and black, without appendages , rai...

A Northwest Coast soapberry spoon With a lengthy handle terminating in an elongated bowl, the back carved with a formline raven, the face with red...

A pair of Northwest Coast rattles Possibly Tlingit or Tsimshian, each carved in the form of a bird, an additional bird and a reclining bear rais...

A Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) model totem pole Attributed to Charlie James, (1867-1938), a carved and polychrome painted model totem with human and...

Three Northwest Coast model totems Each carved and polychrome painted with stacked animal figures, raised on a wood base. ht. 11 1/8, 11, and 10 ...

A Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) or Makah polychrome pictorial basketry A circular lidded basket, the lid worked with a trio of American flags, the body ...

A Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) or Makah polychrome pictorial basketry-covered bottle Designed with openwork lattice and geometric bands enclosing a pai...

A collection of seven Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) or Makah lidded baskets Each of oval/circular form, including six polychrome examples, five of which...

A large prehistoric Texas Kinney projectile point Flint point, or a knife, with trace of old label on one side. lg. 4 1/2, wd. 2 1/16 in. For...

Three Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) beaded pouches Early third quarter 19th century, each of typical form, partially beaded with floral motifs on black...

Three Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) beaded pouches Early third quarter 19th century, each of typical form, partially beaded with floral motifs on black...

A collection of Great Lakes/Prairie ribbonwork garments Including three pairs of leggings, one single legging, four breechclouts, and a dress, all...

A pair of Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) beaded gauntlet cuffs Of hide construction with fabric-lined interior, beaded on each face with abstract foliate el...

A pair of Great Lakes beaded gauntlet cuffs Each of hide overlaid with fabric, beaded on each face with vining and flowering foliage, with hide fr...

A Great Lakes birchbark model canoe Of sewn and pegged construction, the birchbark exterior with geometric and pictorial designs including foliate...

A Nêhiyawak (Cree) beaded knife sheath Constructed from commercial leather overlaid with beaded canvas, beaded on one face with geometric designs,...

A pair of Plains beaded hide shirt strips Fourth quarter 19th century, densely beaded with overlay stitch representing three geometric designs aga...

A Tsis tsis'tas (Cheyenne) beaded cradle cover Fourth quarter 19th century and later, the upper buffalo hide portion beaded in a multicolored band...

A Plains man's hairpipe bone breast ornament Four strips of commercial leather, hide-strung bone hairpipes, with a row of brass beads between and ...

A Plateau beaded loop necklace Nimi'ipuu (Nez Perce), 19th century, two strips of commercial leather strung with white crow beads in the center, t...

An Apsáalooke (Crow) breast ornament Fourth quarter 19th century, two rows of seven panels of bone hairpipes, each divided by hide slats, with bra...

Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) Spirit of the Past, Apsaroke, 1908 Orotone, signed and copyright insignia in the image, with period frame. size ...

McKenney & Hall (American) Selected Plates, from The History of the Indian Tribes of North America, 1836-1844, A group of six hand-colored lith...

A polychrome Hopi canteen Late 19th century, attributed to the Nampeyo family, polychrome, depicting Polik Mana or Butterfly Maiden katsina on the...

Two Hopi polychrome canteens The larger depicting a bust of Polik Mana or Butterfly Maiden kachina across the bulbous front, the spout and lug han...

A Hopi polychrome jar and ladle The jar decorated with repeating geometric panels featuring a stylized bird, on a tan ground, (minor rim loss); wi...

Six modern Hopi pottery objects Including: a polychrome wedding vase by Kathleen Callateta (Hopi-Tewa/Jemez, b. 1969); a Migration pattern jar by ...

Six modern Acoma jars Including: Two polychrome parrot jars by Shyatesa White Dove (b. 1956), the larger dated 2013, the smaller dated 2009; a Jac...

Two small Acoma polychrome jars Each decorated with abstract designs on a cream ground. ht. 5, wd. 5 1/2, ht. 3 1/2, wd. 5 in. For further inf...

Three petite Acoma polychrome pottery jars Including two handled double-spouted jars, one a four-color example with floral accent; and a slender-n...

An Acoma polychrome pottery jar and canteen The jar with two bands of pressed arch devices below the rim, and decorated in hatched and stepped des...

A Santo Domingo polychrome dough bowl Decorated with a band of bifurcated spatulate lozenges, set within a double-banded frame, fire blackened. ...

A Kewa (Santo Domingo) polychrome dough bowl The redware form painted on the outside with a wide black foliate band in black on a buff ground, (tw...

A Blue Corn (Crucita Calabaza) polychrome jar Blue Corn (Crucita Calabaza), San Ildefonso Pueblo, (1921-1999) Decorated below the rim with matt p...