Auction Preview: Native American Art at Bonhams, Los Angeles, June 17
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What: Native American ArtWhere: Bonhams, 7601 W. Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90046When: June 17, 11:00 AM PDTPublic Viewing: June 14, 2019 12:00 - 17:00 PDT, June 15, 2019 12:00 - 17:00 PDT, June 16, 2019 12:00 - 17:00 PDT, June 17, 2019 09:00 - 11:00 PAuction Preview: Native American Art at Bonhams, Los Angeles, June 17
What: Native American ArtWhere: Bonhams, 7601 W. Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90046When: June 17, 11:00 AM PDTPublic Viewing: June 14, 2019 12:00 - 17:00 PDT, June 15, 2019 12:00 - 17:00 PDT, June 16, 2019 12:00 - 17:00 PDT, June 17, 2019 09:00 - 11:00 PDT Top Lots at the Sale:— “An early and exceptional Tlingit rattle” — Carved in the form of an oystercatcher, constructed of two hollowed sections lashed together with hide thongs, the bird with gracefully curving neck and inset shell eyes. Measured at length 12 1/2in. Featured in lot 68. Estimate: 200,000 USD - 300,000 USD. — “An important and early Cree quilled pouch” — The blue cloth bag with two quillwork panels, each featuring light blue, dark blue, and red/pink geometric motifs on the natural ground with looped beaded and quillwork fringe. Measured at pouch length 10 3/4in, width 6 1/4in. Featured in lot 282. Estimate: 70,000 USD - 90,000 USD. — “A rare Eastern Great Lakes quilled and beaded neck pouch” — Probably Eastern Ojibwe, the rectangular trade cloth bag with white pony bead surround, one quillwork panel worked with an opposing pair of thunderbirds and two panels with stepped geometric motifs. Measured at length of pouch 11 5/8in, width 6 1/8in. Featured in lot 278. Estimate: 60,000 USD - 80,000 USD. — “A Cheyenne painted parfleche envelope” — With bilateral symmetric painted decoration in red, green, and blue outlined in black, featuring elongated triangles enclosing rectangular reserves, which create hourglass forms in the negative space. Measured at length 27in, width 15 1/2in. Featured in lot 298. Estimate: 60,000 USD - 80,000 USD. — “An Eastern Great Lakes quilled knife sheath” — Likely Huron, left-handed, the tapering smoked hide sheath decorated with a zigzag band within a concentric banded design in ivory, red/orange, and blue quillwork, the edge trimmed in tin cones and red dyed deer fur. Measured at length 9 1/4in, width 2 5/8in. Featured in lot 279. Estimate: 50,000 USD - 70,000 USD. — “An early and important Washoe basket” — Louisa Keyser (Dat-so-la-lee), very finely woven, of degikup form, decorated about the body with four sets of paired zigzag and hooked columnar devices. Measured at height 4in, diameter 7in. Featured in lot 220. Estimate: 40,000 USD - 60,000 USD. — “A Navajo classic sarape” — Woven with pairs of vertical stepped zigzag bands with crosses in the reserves and flanking zigzag accents, in natural ivory, indigo blue, and raveled lac and cochineal-dyed red yarns, sewn on a stretched canvas backing. Measured at size approximately 5ft 4in x 3ft 9in. Featured in lot 174. Estimate: 35,000 USD - 45,000 USD. — “A Hopi katsina doll” — Depicting Salako Mana, the casemask with concentric rectangular eyes and painted chin, surmounted by a stepped tableta, the sex delineated, short arms folded into the body. Measured at height 10 1/4in. Featured in lot 14. Estimate: 30,000 USD - 40,000 USD.For details, visit: https://www.bonhams.comClick on the slideshow for the highlights of the salehttps://www.blouinartinfo.comFounder: Louise Blouin Read more