2015 WINTER FEATURE AUCTION

1: PENOBSCOT WAR CLUB - 19th c Maine Native Carved Figural Birch Root Club, featuring an eagle's head, with some bark remaining, most of the handle chip-carved

2: PENOBSCOT WAR CLUB - 19th c Maine Native Carved Figural Birch Root Club, featuring a wolf's head, having brass tack eyes, with root texture remaining, most of the handle chip-carved, bark left at bottom

3: PENOBSCOT WAR CLUB - 19th c Maine Native Carved Figural Birch Root Club, featuring a snake head in full round between spikes and four shallow relief carved spirit faces in the bark at collar, most of the handle chip-c...

4: PENOBSCOT WAR CLUB - 19th c Maine Native Carved Figural Birch Root Club, featuring two wolf spirit heads in full round between spikes and pitch daubing having later added green paint, most of the handle chip-carved, s...

5: PENOBSCOT WAR CLUB - 19th c Maine Native Carved Figural Birch Root Club, featuring three spirit heads with brass tack eyes, between spikes, in nearly full round, with reference to a bull, a wolf and a goat, most of th...

6: PENOBSCOT WAR CLUB - 19th c Maine Native Carved Figural Birch Root Club, featuring a wolf spirit head with painted eyes and nose, spikes as ears, in nearly full round, pitch daubed root ball, most of the handle chip-c...

7: PENOBSCOT WAR CLUB - 19th c Maine Native Carved Figural Birch Root Club, featuring a fox spirit head with carved eyes surrounded by red paint, red painted teeth, spikes as ears, in full round, most of the handle chip-...

8: PENOBSCOT WAR CLUB - Circa 1900 Maine Native Carved Polychromed Figural Birch Root Club, featuring a screaming head with carved and painted eyes, red painted root spikes, most of the handle chip-carved into a black pa...

9: NATIVE AMERICAN CLUB/STAFF - 19th c Story Telling Staff, Wabanaki tradition, carved from alder root, having an eagle head top from one root, a crown with star in relief cut bark at the top of the shaft, bark symbols o...

10: NATIVE AMERICAN POTTERY - Bird Decorated Olla by Juanita Pino, Zia Pueblo, New Mexico, circa 1940, signed on underside

11: NATIVE AMERICAN POTTERY - Acoma Decorated Terra Cotta Olla, circa 1920, with blossom, eye and cross theme, 8 3/4" x 9 1/8" diam, good condition

12: NATIVE AMERICAN POTTERY - Zia Decorated Terra Cotta Olla, circa 1880, with bird and berry theme, 10" x 9" diam, a few rim flakes.

13: NATIVE AMERICAN POTTERY - Acoma Decorated Terra Cotta Olla, circa 1900, with steppe and lightning theme, 7 1/2" x 10" diam, good condition

14: (8 PCS) SMALL PUEBLO POTTERY - All early terra cotta, unknown origin, some possibly Hopi or San Juan, including: Human Effigy Figure (billiken) 8 1/2" x 5 1/4" diam, repaired, missing one bit on back and nose; PLUS De...

15: (2 PCS) BLACK ON BLACK PUEBLO POTTERY - Both Santa Clara, NM, including: Serpent Jar by Lela and Van Gutierrez, with original paper label, 5 3/4" x 4 1/2" diam, light scuffs; PLUS Butte Decorated Olla by Juanita and T...

16: (2 PCS) BLACK ON BLACK PUEBLO POTTERY - Both Santa Clara, NM, including: 4 1/2" dish in thunderbird pattern by Margaret Naranjo, good condition; PLUS 5 5/8" dish in lizard pattern by Frances M

17: SMALL ANASAZI POTTERY PITCHER - Cylindrical Form Pitcher with stepped in tall neck, sinuous strap handle, geometric decoration, 6 3/4" tall

18: (2 PCS) BLACK ON BLACK PUEBLO POTTERY - Both Santa Clara, NM, including: 4 1/4" bowl in butte pattern by Margaret Naranjo, light scuffs; PLUS 4 1/2" bowl in wave pattern by Frances Salazar, some scratches

19: (2 PCS) BLACK ON BLACK PUEBLO POTTERY - Miniature Bowls, including: 2 1/2" feather pattern by Dora Gonzales, San Idelfonso, NM, good condition; PLUS 2 7/8" butte pattern by Carmel Romero, Santa Clara, NM, some scuffs

20: CASAS GRANDES POTTERY - Bird Effigy Bowl with three bands of tri-color decoration, 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" diam