Cowan's Auction: Carved Bone Crucifix

Possibly Mi'kmaq or Maliseet, Jesuit IHS inscribed on reverse
length 2.75 in. x width 1 in.
mid-18th century

An example of a crucifix identified as Mi'kmaq or Maliseet is curated within the collections of Musee McCord (No. M3).

Provenance:Descended Through a Prominent Halifax Family

Condition:

Warm patina, soft surface - a very tactile piece

Estimate: $500 - $700

Price Realized Including Buyer's Premium

$1,875

04/16/2021 

Photos and copy from Cowan's.

Early Blackfoot Dag Knife

the faceted blade set into a walnut wood handle, finely decorated with pewter inlay on each side.

12 in. length by 2 1/4 in.

Copy and photos from Sotheby's Auction here.

Red Wool Sash

Red wool sash, attributed to "King Philip” (the Wampanoag sachem Metacom). Although we cannot verify the attribution, this valuable item likely belonged to a person of stature and influence.

Photo from the peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology at Harvard University, here.

Atlanta History Center: Native Lands - Indians and Georgia

This is mainly a study of the tassels on the bags and belt. All these items were in plexiglass cases which the lighting cast strange reflections.

I believe the descriptive label for the fingerwoven sash is inaccurate. The beads in the sash proper (excluding the long heddle-woven ends) were actually woven into the sash while the sash was being constructed rather than being sewn on top after the weaving was finished. If the tension on the yarns is not just right the beads will "pop up" onto the surface, so they will be seen clearly on one side but not the other. That appears to be the case here. The commentary that the beads were woven into the heddle-woven ends is accurate. (comment by D. Rogers - which we believe over the AHC comment.)

Photographs by Jan Riser.

Iroquois Pipe c. 1700 - 1725

Mississippian Pot

Collection: Kinker

Item Number: KCPo0020

Category: Bottle

Region: South Central - Prehistoric

Tribe: Mississippian Culture

Period: 800-1600

Materials: Clay; pigment

Description: Red and white Nodena bottle

Dimensions: Height 8.5 inches; Width 9.75 inches

Copy and photos from Splendid Heritage.

Catlinite Figure

Subjects: Geography and Natural Resources; American Indians in Ohio; Catlinite; Figurines; Clay figurines;

Places: Sandusky County (Ohio); Fremont (Ohio);

Source: Historical object(s) or artifact(s); A1590/000001

Description: This figurine, carved from catlinite, a type of red clay, dates from the historic period, which began around 300 years ago when Europeans first arrived in the region that now includes Ohio. Workmen digging a sewer line in Fremont, Ohio discovered the figurine in 1891. The historic Indian town of Junquiendundeh, where this figurine was created, occupied the land that would later be called Lower Sandusky and is now known as Fremont between 1760 and 1795. The figurine is approximately 5.5" (13.97 cm) tall. Red Minnesota catlinite became a popular trade item among Indian tribes in the Great Lakes area in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. However, it was most frequently carved and drilled to make beads; this human representation is quite rare.

Copy and photo from Ohio Historical Society.

Buffalo Coat with Quillwork

Buffalo coat in the Nelson-Atkins Museum made by the Ojibwa (Chippewa) tribe as a gift to a white officer in 1789.

Cross of Lorraine Necklace

unknown Navajo artist (Navajo), Cross of Lorraine Necklace, ca. 1850, silver, The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection

Copy and photo from the Portland Art Museum.

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Items from the Portland Art Museum

Canoe Model

unknown Mohawk artist (Mohawk), Canoe Model, ca. 1800, wood, The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection

Cradle

unknown Haudenosaunee/Iroquois artist (Haudenosaunee/Iroquois), Cradle, 1830/1840, wood, paint, and leather ties, The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection

Bonnet

unknown Nez Perce artist (Nez Perce), Bonnet, ca. 1880, fur, cotton, and horn, The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection

Bonnet

unknown Nez Perce artist (Nez Perce), Bonnet, ca. 1860, beads and feathers on cotton, The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection

Beaded Harness 

unknown Southern Oregon Coast artist (Southern Oregon Coast), Beaded Harness, ca. 1850, glass beads, Gift of the Harris Family descendants, Port Orford, Oregon

Belt

unknown Nez Perce artist (Nez Perce), Belt , ca. 1860, corn husk and cotton, The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection

Beads

unknown, Beads , ca. 1900, 43 glass beads, The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection

Copy and photos from Portland Art Museum.

Bowl in the Form of Bird-headed Water Monster

Culture/People: probably Late Mississippian Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)

Object name: Bowl in the form of bird-headed water monster

Date created: AD 1250-1500

Place: Ridge north of Mound R; Moundville; Hale County and Tuscaloosa County; Alabama; USA

Media/Materials: Chlorite-muscovite phyllite

Techniques: Pecked, ground, incised

Collection History/Provenance: Excavated by Clarence B. Moore (1852-1936) in 1905; donated to the Academy of Natural Sciences (Philadelphia) soon afterward; purchased by MAI as part of the C.B. Moore collection in 1929.

Dimensions: 42.50 x 29.50 x 29.80 cm

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  Copy and photos from National Museum of the American Indian.