Day 1 - Tribal Art the Americas, Indonesia & Oceania - 18th September 2019
Lot 1102
Three North American model canoes birch bark
Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £140
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Description
Three North American model canoes
birch bark, wood and fibre, one with quill, with two paddles,
the longest 80.5cm,
a Pueblo drum, bark, hide and sinew with a painted thunderbird and a snake dancer, 33.5cm diameter, with a beater, a Navaho saddle blanket, 73.5 x 62cm, a Cree deer hide bag, with cloth edging, 37cm wide, a Mohawk hide pistol holster, 30cm long, an Oto headband, fur and printed cotton with a row of white glass beads, 55cm long. (13)
Provenance
Saddle blanket - Michael Johnson Collection - with label Navaho saddle blanket, Arizona c.1880/90 M.G.J. 70.
Cree bag - Michael Johnson Collection.
Samuel Mason Collection.