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Artemis Gallery’s September 8, 2026 timed online auction, closing out of Louisville, Colorado, features a 392-lot catalog highlighting Native American artifacts, fossils, Pre-Columbian antiquities, and international fine art. In this image: Native American Archaic-Woodlands Bone Tool Collection Estimate: $1,400 - $2,100.

7 Holy Land Pottery Discoid Oil Lamps - Roman to Byzantine. Near East, Southern Levant, Holy Land, Roman to Byzantine period. A group of seven terracotta oil lamps, each a squat discoid reservoir drawn to a short nozzle, the buff to pale ochre fabric powdered with earthen encrustation and pale burial salts. Several shoulders carry traces of mold-made relief, worn ridging and faint floral or figural motifs, with concentric rings framing the filling and wick holes. Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500.

Santo Domingo Pueblo) Bowl - Black Cloud-Band Rim, Rain Motifs. Southwestern United States, Kewa (Santo Domingo) Pueblo. A large hand-coiled earthenware serving bowl whose warm red exterior contrasts with a cream-slipped interior animated by a bold black scalloped cloud-band below the rim and a central cruciform rosette of leaf-shaped elements punctuated by dotted rain marks. Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500.

20th C. Indonesian Brass Buddha Grouping - 16 Figures on Tiered Stand. Southeast Asia, Indonesia. A congregation of sixteen cast brass Buddhas ascends a stepped wooden platform, each figure seated in meditative repose upon its own pedestal block. The diminutive icons sit cross-legged with hands resting in the lap, robes falling in soft folds across the shoulder, crowned by the ushnisha that marks an awakened mind. Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800.

Superb Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Canoe Model. Oceania, Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, ca. 1930s to 1940s CE. An intricate carved and painted wood model of an outrigger canoe with an elevated fishing platform, rendered with remarkable attention to detail. The outrigger is realistically connected to the hull by twin struts lashed with fiber cord, recreating the engineering that allowed these vessels to ride the Pacific swells with stability. Estimate: $1,400 - $2,100.

Nepalese Wood & Hide Dhyangro Shaman's Drum - Carved Kila Handle. Central Asia, Nepal. A dhyangro, the double-headed frame drum played by jhakri (shamans) of Nepal during traditional ceremonies, with hide drumheads lashed over a wooden frame. Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500.

Five Miniature West African Wood Face Masks - Dan Ma Go. West Africa, Cote d'Ivoire and Liberia, Dan, Bassa, or Mano peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A compelling group of five miniature wood face masks, each carved in the refined idiom of the Dan and related peoples, where smooth planes, slit eyes, and softly modeled features suggest the deangle type - the graceful, feminine spirit of the forest. Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800.

Three Maya Greenstone Celts. Pre-Columbian, Mesoamerica, Maya. A group of three polished greenstone celts representing the prestige lapidary tradition of the ancient Maya. The celt form, a trapezoidal blade ground smooth without hafting, served simultaneously as functional implement, ritual object, and portable index of social standing. Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800.

Casas Grandes Polychrome Olla - Geometric Ramos Design. Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Casas Grandes (Chihuahua). A globular earthenware olla with a short flaring neck and rounded body, painted in the Ramos Polychrome tradition of the Casas Grandes (Paquime) culture. Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500.

Caddo Mississippian Blackware Bowl with Incised Rim. Native American, Caddo, Mississippian culture. A hemispherical earthenware bowl, hand-built from dark clay and burnished to a smoky, near-black surface. The upper register carries a crisp band of decoration: rows of fine punctate tooling framing a zone of diagonal cross-hatching, the incised lattice catching light against the matte body below. Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500.