Artemis Gallery announces its
Art & Artifacts of the Americas
on Aug 04, 2022 9:00 AM GMT-5. The sale features regional examples from ancient times through today. North America, Mexico, Central and South America, and many places in-between. Native American Navajo Moki Eye Dazzler Woven Blanket. Estimate $6,000 - $12,000.
Colima Redware Dog Effigy Vessel, Recumbent Pose
. Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. An adorable pottery vessel depicting a charming dog laying with a dramatically curved body as if ready to nap at its owner's feet. Estimate $3,000 - $4,000.
Moche Pottery Portrait Vessel of Young Lord
. Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Moche, ca. 500 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished portrait vessel depicting the finely detailed visage of a youthful lord. Estimate $1,800 - $2,500
Tlingit / Haida Bone Smoking Pipe, Wolf Form, Nacre
. Native American, Pacific Northwest Coast, United States or Canada, Tlingit or Haida people, ca. mid-20th century CE. A handsome smoking pipe carved from a marine mammal bone into the form of a wolf and inlaid with nacre shells. Estimate $1,800 - $2,500.
Incredible Chupicuaro Pottery Bowl w/ Face, Cactus
. Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Guanajuato Valley, Chupicuaro, ca. 500 BCE to 300 CE. A fabulous, hand-built, bichrome pottery face bowl with a bold visage on one side presenting expressive features including a modeled nose, a gaping mouth, and raised eyes surrounded by abstract cross motifs - representative of a cross-section of the hallucinogenic San Pedro cactus. Estimate $8,000 - $25,000
Ancient Alaskan Old Bering Sea Walrus Ivory Bowl
. Native American, Northwestern United States, Alaska, Beringian / Old Bering Sea Culture, ca. 200 BCE to 500 CE. An incredible piece of ancient walrus ivory, hand-carved into a long and slender bowl. Estimate $1,500 - $2,000
Colima Redware Effigy Vessel - Conjoined Dogs
. Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built redware pottery sculpture of an incredibly rare form composed of two emaciated canines that are conjoined at the belly. stimate $1,600 - $2,400.
Signed Joe Peters Jr. Kwakiutl Tsonoqua Mask (1988)
. First Nations, British Columbia, Alert Bay (near Vancouver Island), Kwakwaka'wakw / Kwakiutl / Kwagiulth, 1988 by Joe Peters Jr. (1959-1994). Signed and dated on the verso. Tsonoqua Mask (1988) Estimate $1,000 - $1,500.
Pre-Contact Hawaiian Stone Octopus Sinker
. North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, Pre to Post Contact era, ca. 16th to 19th century CE. A stone carved into a fishing weight, the upper face presents a domed form with a flattened ridge along the underside, a "bread loaf" shape. Estimate $1,000 - $1,500.
19th C. Wood Paddle Crank Butter Churn Blanchard Sons
. North America, United States, New Hampshire, ca. 1880 to 1890 CE. An antique wood paddle cylinder type of butter churn probably made by the Porter Blanchard Sons Company with an iron crank handle. Estimate $800 - $1,200.
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