Live Showroom Auction: Sunday, November 9, 2025, 11AM ET Public Exhibition: November 6-8, 11AM-4PM
Lot 274. Inca Culture Poncho (Detail), South Coast, Peru, c. 1400-1550 CE
TEXTILE ARTS OF THE AMERICAS
Live Showroom Auction: Sunday, November 9, 2025, 11AM ET Public Exhibition: November 6-8, 11AM-4PM
Join Us! Special Exhibition Reception and Symposium— Native American Textile Arts
Saturday, November 8, 11AM-4PM Guest Speakers—
Joshua Baer: Classic Navajo Blankets: The Known and the Unknown Mark Winter: Saltillo and ‘Rio Grande’ Weaving Traditions
RSVP: frontdesk@materialculture.com
Lot 57. Navajo Classic Second Phase Chief's Blanket (Detail), ca. 1865-75
Lot 71. Navajo Germantown
Eye Dazzler Weaving (Detail), circa 1890s
Lot 176. Aymara Men's Ceremonial Llacota, Dept. of Potosi (Detail), 17th-18th C.
Lot 270. Wari Culture Tunic (Detail), South Coast, Peru, c. 700-1000 CE.
1. Navajo Yeibechai Pictorial Weaving, c. 1940-1950. Wool. With Teec Nos Pos style border. 6'1'' x 3'6'' (185 x 107 cm)
$1000-1500 Start: $500
2 . Navajo Pictorial Weaving with Birds and Corn Plant, c. 1940-1950. Wool. In good condition.
3'2'' x 4'9'' (97 x 145 cm)
$800-1200 Start: $400
3. Pan Reservation Navajo Rug, 1930-1940. Natural, undyed wool yarn. Cotton warp.
5'8'' x 7'7'' (173 x 231 cm)
$3000-4000 Start: $2000
4. Navajo Transitional Rug, 1930-1940. Natural, undyed wool yarn. Cotton warp.
4'8'' x 6'2'' (142 x 188 cm)
$800-1200 Start: $600
5. Navajo Transitional Rug, 1900-1920. Wool with cotton warp. 4'6'' x 6'7'' (137 x 201 cm)
$1500-2500 Start: $1000
6. J.B. Moore Crystal, Plate XIX Navajo Weaving, circa 1911. Germantown commercial yarn, cotton warp. Some minor repairs. Pattern is Plate XIX from the J. B. Moore Crystal Trading Post 1911 catalog. 3'7'' x 5'9'' (109 x 175 cm)
$1500-2000 Start: $1000
7. Rare William Spratling Sarape/Rug, circa 1940. Wool. Designed and manufactured by William Spratling for interior design use.
4'6'' x 6'8'' (137 x 203 cm)
$2000-3000 Start: $1800
8. Navajo Transitional Rug, circa 1920. Wool with cotton warp. 4'5'' x 7'3'' (135 x 221 cm)
$1000-1500 Start: $500
9. Navajo Rug, circa 1910. Wool with cotton warp. 4'0'' x 6'5'' (122 x 196 cm)
$1000-1500 Start: $500
10. Navajo Rug, 1950-1960, Wool with cotton warp. Features a proto- Wide Ruins style design. 3'8'' x 5'3'' (112 x 160 cm)
$400-600 Start: $200
11. Navajo Transitional Rug. Wool with cotton warp. 4'6'' x 6'7'' (137 x 201 cm)
$3000-5000 Start: $1500
12 . Navajo 'Third Phase' Revival Rug, 1920-1930. Hand spun wool yarns with synthetic dyes. 4'4'' x 4'1'' (132 x 124 cm).
$500-800 Start: $300
13. Navajo Transitional Rug, 1900-1910. Wool with cotton warp. 4'10'' x 7'7'' (147 x 231 cm)
$1000 -1500 Start: $500
14. Navajo Transitional Rug, 1910-1920. Wool.
Size: 4'9'' x 6'8'' (145 x 203 cm).
$400-600 Start: $200
15. Navajo Rug with 'Whirling Log' Design, 1910-1930, 4'2'' x 6'8'' (127 x 203 cm). Wool.
$400-600 Start: $200
16. Navajo Banded Weaving, Transitional Period. Wool with cotton warp. 3'11'' x 6'1'' (119 x 185 cm)
$1000-1500 Start: $500
17. Navajo Rug, Transitional Period, c. 1900. Wool with cotton warp. 3'6'' x 4'10'' (107 x 147 cm) $1000-1500 Start: $500
18. Navajo Rug, 1930-1940. Wool with cotton warp. 4'4'' x 6'11'' (132 x 211 cm)
$800-1200 Start: $500
19. Navajo 'Third Phase Revival Design' Rug, circa 1930. Wool with cotton warp. 4'7'' x 6'1'' (140 x 185 cm)
$800-1200 Start: $400
20. Fine Navajo Rug. Handspun warp and weft yarns. Features a Klagetoh/Bisti style design. 6'4'' x 9'9'' (193 x 297 cm)
$2500-3500 Start: $2000
21. Navajo Transitional Third Phase Variation Blanket, 1890-1910. Soft churro wool, handspun wool warp and weft yarns. Ex: Philadelphia collection. 6'4'' x 5'0'' (193 x 152 cm)
$2500-3500 Start: $2000
22 . Navajo Rug. Handspun warp and weft yarns. Features a Klagetoh style design. 4'9'' x 7'2'' (145 x 218 cm).
$3000-4000 Start: $2000
23. Navajo Transitional Eye Dazzler Rug. Handspun warp and weft yarns. 5'5'' x 8'5'' (165 x 257 cm)
$2000-3000 Start: $1500
24. Navajo Stacked Serrated Diamond Rug, Transitional Period, circa 1890-1910. Handspun warp and weft yarns. Displays a quail top-notch design border. 4'7'' x 7'0'' (140 x 213 cm) $1500-2000 Start: $1200
25. Navajo Rug with airplanes, circa 1915-1925. Handspun warp and weft yarns. 3'11'' x 6'8'' (119 x 203 cm)
$1200-1400 Start: $1000
26. Navajo Rug, Circa 1920s. Handspun warp and weft yarns. Displays serrated diamond field and block border. 5'1'' x 7'11'' (155 x 241 cm)
$1400-1800 Start: $1000
27. J.B. Moore Crystal Trading Post Navajo Two Gray Hills Rug, 1900s, 3'1'' x 4'6''. Made by a native weaver at J.B. Moore. Published in catalogue. 3'1'' x 4'6'' (94 x 137 cm)
$500-1000 Start: $300
28. Navajo Tumbling Blocks Rug, circa 1930s. Handspun warp and weft yarns. 4'3'' x 6'1'' (130 x 185 cm)
$1500-2000 Start: $1000
29. Navajo Chinlee Rug. Natural, undyed wool yarn with cotton warps. Displays wide ruins and stripes with waterbugs. 5'0'' x 7'2'' (152 x 218 cm)
$1500-2000 Start: $1000
30. Navajo Hourglass Blanket, Transitional Period. Wool with cotton warp. 5'3'' x 6'6'' (160 x 198 cm) $800-1200 Start: $600
31. Navajo Pictorial Cattle Rug, 1960s. Wool with cotton warp. 3'8'' x 5'7'' (112 x 170 cm)
$600-800 Start: $400
32 . Navajo Pictorial Cattle Rug. Wool. 2'11'' x 4'2'' (89 x 127 cm)
$300-500 Start: $200
33. Navajo Transitional Rug with Weaver's Combs and Arrows. Wool with cotton warp. 3'5'' x 5'2'' (104 x 157 cm)
$400-600 Start: $300
34. Navajo Transitional Rug. Wool with cotton warp. 3'11'' x 6'3'' (119 x 191 cm)
$600-800 Start: $500
35. Navajo Transitional Sunrise Dazzler Weaving. Wool with cotton warp. 3'9'' x 3'5'' (114 x 104 cm)
$400-500 Start: $200
36. Navajo Rug. Wool with cotton warp. Features an hourglass center step and stepped triangle border.
3'3'' x 5'4'' (99 x 163 cm)
$500-800 Start: $300
37. Navajo Rug. Natural, undyed wool yarn with cotton warp. 3'6'' x 6'0'' (107 x 183 cm)
$400-500 Start: $200
38. Navajo Stacked Diamonds Transitional Rug, 1920. Wool with cotton warp. 3'7'' x 6'0'' (109 x 183 cm)
$400-800 Start: $300
39. Navajo Rug, 1940s. Wool with cotton warp. 2'2'' x 3'4'' (66 x 102 cm)
$200-400 Start: $100
40. Navajo Chinlee Variant Rug, 1950-1960. Wool with cotton warp. 4'11'' x 3'4'' (150 x 102 cm)
$200 -400 Start: $100
41. Navajo Yei Figural Rug, 1960-70s. Wool with cotton warp. 3'11'' x 3'1'' (119 x 94 cm). Ex. Ross and Beth Altshuler, Santa Fe, NM.
$400-600 Start: $200
42 . Navajo Rug, 1960-1980. Wool with cotton warp. Undyed and synthetic dyed yarns. 2'7'' x 3'6'' (79 x 107 cm)
$200-400 Start: $100
43. Navajo Transitional Rug, 1910-1920, 3' x4'8". Wool with cotton warp. 3'0'' x 4'8'' (91 x 142 cm). Estate of William Clark, Allentown PA.
$400-600 Start: $200
44. Navajo Rug. Ombre wool yarn in synthetic dye. 1'11'' x 3'2'' (58 x 97 cm)
$200-300 Start: $100
45. Navajo Double Saddle Blanket, 1950-1960. Wool with cotton warp. 2'10'' x 4'5'' (86 x 135 cm)
$800-1200 Start: $500
46. Navajo Double Saddle Blanket, 1950-1960. Wool with cotton warp. 3'0'' x 4'3'' (91 x 130 cm)
$1000-1500 Start: $500
47. Navajo Double Saddle Blanket, 1930-1940. Wool with cotton warp. 2'9'' x 4'7'' (84 x 140 cm). Estate of William Clark, Allentown PA.
$400-600 Start: $200
48. Navajo Banded Blanket, c. 1890. Wool with cotton warp. Possibly a woman's or child's blanket based on the size. 3'0'' x 4'7'' (91 x 140 cm)
$600-900 Start: $400
49. Navajo Dine Transitional Blanket, c. 1895. Wool with cotton warp. The talented herders and weavers of the Dine continued to make clothing for many tribes after settling on the reservation. Their superb tapestry art showed new influences and dye sources after 1875 before changing almost exclusively into floor rugs and wall art. 5'8'' x 4'1'' (173 x 124 cm)
$800-1600 Start: $400
50. Navajo Chinlee Diamond and Banded Blanket. Wool with cotton warp. 3'8'' x 6'1'' (112 x 185 cm)
$800-1000 Start: $600
51. Navajo Dine Wearing Blanket, c. 1880. Wool with cotton warp. The transition from purely striped to designs with geometric forms and symbolism in Dine weaving developed over several generations during the middle and end of the 19th century.
5'7'' x 3'6'' (170 x 107 cm)
$1200-2500 Start: $600
52 . Navajo Diamonds and Lightning Blanket, Transitional Period. Wool with cotton warp. 3'8'' x 6'3'' (112 x 191 cm)
$1200-1600 Start: $800
53. Navajo Late Classic 'Woman's Third Phase' Design Blanket, 1880-1890. All hand spun wool and cotton warp, with indigo dyes. 4'7'' x 3'3'' (140 x 99 cm).
$6500-8500 Start: $4500
54. Navajo Late Classic Chief's Blanket Variant, ca. 1875. Woven wider than long, chiefs style with both Chief's blanket and sarape style designs. Indigo blue and green and recarded bayeta red. 5'10'' x 4'4'' (178 x 132 cm)
$12,000-15,000 Start: $10,000
55. Late Classic Navajo Sarape Style Wearing Blanket, ca. 1875. Woven in natural white, vegetal yellow, and indigo blue on a hand spun and recarded bayeta red field. 6'5'' x 4'3'' (196 x 130 cm)
$12,000-15,000 Start: $10,000
56. Navajo, Dineh, Serape, 1840-1860, 4'6'' x 7'8''. Woven on a vertical loom with side and end cords as well as sectional lines. All yarns are handspun singles except the red yarns which are S-spun single ply red ravel, 100% Lac dyed. Excellent condition with very minor restorations. Contact us for full technical description. 4'6'' x 7'8'' (137 x 234 cm).
$250,000-500,000 Start: $150,000
57. Navajo Classic Second Phase
Chief's Blanket, ca. 1865-75. With cochineal-dyed bayeta and i ndigo blue. Wool on cotton. 5'6'' x 4'5'' (168 x 135 cm)
$100,000-125,000 Start: $70,000
58. Classic Period Navajo Two-Piece Dress, ca. 1865-1875. Natural handspun brown, indigo-dyed blue and green, red ravelled bayeta. 5'8'' x 4'7'' (173 x 140 cm)
$12000-18000 Start: $10,000
59. Navajo Late Classic 'Fancy Saddle' Blanket, circa 1890. Hand spun yarn, indigo blue dyes. 2'10'' x 2'3'' (86 x 69 cm)
$1200-1400 Start: $800
60. Navajo Twill Weave Double Saddle Blanket, circa 1900. Wool with synthetic dyes woven in a 2/2 twill weave.
3'0'' x 4'5'' (91 x 135 cm)
$1000-1500 Start: $500
61. Navajo 'Banded Blanket', Transitional Period, 1900-1920. A type of ethnographic weaving derived from older, pre-rug weaving traditions. 3'5'' x 4'11'' (104 x 150 cm).
Estate of William Clark, Allentown PA.
$600-900 Start: $300
62 . Navajo Chinlee Style Single Saddle or Weavers Mat, 1950-1960. Wool with cotton warp. 2'6'' x 2'7'' (76 x 79 cm).
Estate of William Clark, Allentown PA.
$200-300 Start: $100
63. Navajo Single Saddle Blanket, 1950-1960. Wool with cotton warp. 2'5'' x 2'5'' (74 x 74 cm).
Estate of William Clark, Allentown PA.
$200-300 Start: $100
64. Navajo Transitional Banded Blanket/Diyurghi, 1900. Wool with cotton warp. A traditional Navajo weaving of a bed rug/blanket for home use. The two orange 'hash marks' at the top corners are reminiscent of the marks on Hudson Bay blankets that Navajo weavers occasionally took inspiration from in their work. 4'9'' x 5'10'' (145 x 178 cm).
Estate of William Clark, Allentown PA. $800-1200 Start: $400
65. Navajo Single Saddle Blanket, c. 1930. Wool with cotton warp. 1'10'' x 2'2'' (56 x 66 cm)
$200-400 Start: $100
66. Navajo Germantown Rug, circa 1900, 2’5” x 2’7”. Germantown, PA dyed commercial wool yarn with cotton warp. 2'5'' x 2'7'' (74 x 79 cm)
$600-800 Start: $400
67. Navajo Germantown 'Child's Blanket', circa 1890. Germantown, PA dyed commercial wool yarn with cotton warp. 3'0'' x 4'7'' (91 x 140 cm) ex: Colorado collection.
$3000-5000 Start: $2000
68. Navajo Germantown Weaving with Whirling Logs, 5'8" x 6'5", c. 1900-1910. Wool yarn with cotton warp. Some minor damages along edges but otherwise good condition. 5'8'' x 6'5'' (173 x 196 cm)
$2000-3000 Start: $1000
69. Navajo Germantown Rug, circa 1900. Commercial, synthetic dyed wool yarns from Germantown, PA, and cotton warp. 3'0'' x 5'3'' (91 x 160 cm)
$1500-2500 Start: $1000
70. Navajo Germantown Eye Dazzler Weaving, circa 1900. Commercial, synthetic dyed wool yarns from Germantown, PA, and cotton warp. 2'8'' x 3'7'' (81 x 109 cm)
$1500-2000 Start: $1000
71. Navajo Germantown Eye Dazzler Weaving, circa 1890s. Germantown, PA dyed commercial wool yarn with cotton warp. 2'11'' x 4'5'' (89 x 135 cm)
$4000-6000 Start: $2000
72 . Navajo Germantown Dazzler Weaving, c. 1890. Germantown, PA dyed commercial wool yarn with cotton warp. 2'1'' x 4'1'' (64 x 124 cm)
$4000-6000 Start: $2000
73. Navajo Germantown Dazzler Weaving, c. 1880. Germantown, PA dyed commercial wool yarn with cotton warp in 6 vertical panels. 4'4'' x 5'11'' (132 x 180 cm)
$4000-6000 Start: $2000
74. Navajo Germantown Dazzler Weaving, c. 1890. Germantown, PA commercial wool yarn with synthetic dyes and cotton warp. Featuring zig-zag stripes. 4'11'' x 7'9'' (150 x 236 cm)
$4000-6000 Start: $2000
75. Navajo Germantown Weaving, circa 1900. Commercial, synthetic dyed wool yarns from Germantown, PA, and cotton warp. 3'0'' x 3'9'' (91 x 114 cm)
$600-800 Start: $400
76. Navajo Germantown Rug, circa 1900. Synthetic dyed wool yarn from Germantown, PA and cotton warp. 4'4'' x 6'5'' (132 x 196 cm)
$500-800 Start: $300
77. Navajo Germantown Single Saddle Blanket, circa 1900. Commercial, synthetic dyed wool yarns from Germantown, PA, and cotton warp. 2'8'' x 2'2'' (81 x 66 cm)
$400-600 Start: $200
78. Navajo Germantown Dazzler Weaving, circa 1900. Commercial, synthetic dyed wool yarns from Germantown, PA, and cotton warp. 2'9'' x 3'7'' (84 x 109 cm)
$400-800 Start: $200
79. Navajo Germantown Weaving, c. 1910-1920. Commercial, synthetic dyed wool yarns from Germantown, PA, and cotton warp. 1'9'' x 3'6'' (53 x 107 cm)
$400-600 Start: $200
80. Navajo Germantown Sampler, 1910-1920. Cotton string warp, Germantown, PA 4-ply yarn, synthetic dyes. 1'9'' x 1'7'' (53 x 48 cm)
$200-400 Start: $100
81. Navajo Germantown Sampler, 1910-1920.
Cotton string warp, Germantown, PA 4-ply yarn, synthetic dyes. 1'9'' x 1'8'' (53 x 51 cm)
$200-400 Start: $100
82 . Navajo Germantown Sampler, 1910-1920.
Cotton string warp, Germantown, PA 4-ply yarn, synthetic dyes. 1'9'' x 1'9'' (53 x 53 cm)
$200-400 Start: $100
83. Navajo Germantown Sampler, 1910-1920.
Cotton string warp, Germantown, PA 4-ply yarn, synthetic dyes. 1'10'' x 2'1'' (56 x 64 cm)
$200-400 Start: $100
84. Navajo Germantown Sampler, 1910-1920.
Cotton string warp, Germantown, PA 4-ply yarn, synthetic dyes. 1'10'' x 1'9'' (56 x 53 cm)
$200-400 Start: $100
85. Navajo Germantown Sampler, 1910-1920.
Cotton string warp, Germantown, PA 4-ply yarn, synthetic dyes. 1'5'' x 2'10'' (43 x 86 cm)
$200-400 Start: $100
86. Navajo Germantown Sampler, 1910-1920.
Cotton string warp, Germantown, PA 4-ply yarn, synthetic dyes. 1'6'' x 2'11'' (46 x 89 cm)
$200-400 Start: $100
87. Navajo Germantown Sampler, 1910-1920.
Cotton string warp, Germantown, PA 4-ply yarn, synthetic dyes. 1'7'' x 1'7'' (48 x 48 cm)
$200-400 Start: $100
88. Navajo Germantown Sampler, 1910-1920. Cotton string warp, Germantown, PA 4-ply yarn, synthetic dyes. 1'8'' x 1'9'' (51 x 53 cm)
$200-400 Start: $100
89. Navajo Germantown Sampler, 1910-1920. Cotton string warp, Germantown, PA 4-ply yarn, synthetic dyes. 1'8'' x 1'10'' (51 x 56 cm)
$200-400 Start: $100
90. Navajo Germantown Sampler, 1910-1920. Cotton string warp, Germantown, PA 4-ply yarn, synthetic dyes. 1'6'' x 1'7'' (46 x 48 cm)
$200-400 Start: $100
91. Navajo Germantown Sampler, 1910-1920. Cotton string warp, Germantown, PA 4-ply yarn, synthetic dyes. 1'7'' x 1'7'' (48 x 48 cm)
$200-400 Start: $100
92 . Navajo Germantown Sampler, 1910-1920. Cotton string warp, Germantown, PA 4-ply yarn, synthetic dyes. 1'8'' x 1'6'' (51 x 46 cm)
$200-400 Start: $100
93. Navajo Germantown Sampler, 1910-1920. Cotton string warp, Germantown, PA 4-ply yarn, synthetic dyes. 1'7'' x 1'6'' (48 x 46 cm)
$200-400 Start: $100
94. Navajo Germantown Sampler, 1910-1920. Cotton string warp, Germantown, PA 4-ply yarn, synthetic dyes. 1'8'' x 1'7'' (51 x 48 cm)
$200-400 Start: $100
95. Navajo Germantown Sampler Weaving, 1910. Commercial, synthetic dyed wool yarn from Germantown, PA and cotton string warp. 1'6'' x 1'7'' (46 x 48 cm)
$400-600 Start: $200
96. Saltillo Serape Depicting George Washington, circa 1875. Wool with cotton warp. 3'9'' x 7'7'' (114 x 231 cm)
Ex: Chicago private collection.
$1200-1800 Start: $800
97. Saltillo Serape, circa 1880. Wool with cotton warp. 3'2'' x 6'6'' (97 x 198 cm). Ex: Chicago private collection. $1200-1600 Start: $800
98. Saltillo Serape, circa 1875. Wool with cotton warp. 3'8'' x 6'3'' (112 x 191 cm) Ex: Chicago private collection. $2000-2500 Start: $1000
99. Late Classic Saltillo Serape, circa 1875. Wool on cotton. Woven in two panels and joined at the center, in natural ivory and dark brown, cochineal, vegetal, and indigo dyes. Features an aggregate diamond medallion against a complex, mosaic field. Purchased from Sotheby's Fine American Indian Art Sale #6510 on December 4, 1993, as lot 56. Previously, Massachusetts private collection. 4'1'' x 7'1'' (124 x 216 cm)
$3000-5000 Start: $2000
100. Late Classic Saltillo Sarape, ca. 1850-1870. Woven with an 8 petal floral central design with designed banded end panels on a plain dark field. Collected by Ann Power, owner of Power Curio Store, Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, 4'4'' x 7'8'' (132 x 234 cm)
$4000-5000 Start: $3000
101. Blue and White Oaxacan Style Saltillo Sarape, ca. 1850. Design contains a foreshortened center diamond with banded and designed end panels. Rare type, constructed wool on wool. 4'3'' x 7'5'' (130 x 226 cm). Ex. William Randolph Hearst. $4000-5000 Start: $3000
102 . Saltillo Sarape, Late 19th/Early 20th C. Possibly from San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Diamond center on a complex, multicolored field. 3'8'' x 7'6'' (112 x 229 cm)
$2500-3000 Start: $2000
103. Late Classic Saltillo Sarape, c. 1865-1875. Woven with a concentric diamond center on a light field with a diagonal grid, multicolored design. Wool on cotton. 4'3'' x 7'0'' (130 x 213 cm)
$3000-5000 Start: $2500
104. Post- Maximilian Sarape, ca. 1875-85. Woven with a diamond center on a complex field primarily made up of multicolored, variegated dyed French embroidery yarn. Banded ends are done in the colors of the Mexican flag. Wool on cotton. 3'3'' x 6'8'' (99 x 203 cm)
$3000-5000 Start: $2500
105. Classic Saltillo Sarape, ca. 1800-1825.
Woven with a concentric diamond center on a light field with a diagonal grid, multicolored design. Wool on cotton. 4'0'' x 7'9'' (122 x 236 cm).
$15,000-18,000 Start: $14,000
106. Classic Saltillo Sarape, c. 1800- 1825. Woven with a concentric diamond center on a dark field with a diagonal grid, multicolored design. Wool on cotton. 4'2'' x 8'4'' (127 x 254 cm)
$30,000-35,000 Start: $24,000
107. Classic Saltillo Sarape, 1750-1825. Woven with a concentric diamond center on a primarily red vertical mosaic field. Wool on cotton. 3'10'' x 8'2'' (117 x 249 cm).
$30,000-35,000 Start: $25,000
108. Saltillo Serape, circa 1875. Wool with cotton warp. 3'3'' x 6'6'' (99 x 198 cm) Ex: Chicago private collection.
$800-1000 Start: $500
109. Saltillo Serape, circa 1880. Hand spun single ply wool with cotton warp. Bocamanga sewn up. 3'6'' x 6'9'' (107 x 206 cm). Ex: Chicago private collection. $800-1200 Start: $400
110. Saltillo Serape, circa 1900. Wool with cotton warp. 3'3'' x 6'4'' (99 x 193 cm). Ex: Chicago private collection. $500-1000 Start: $250
111. Saltillo Serape Poncho, circa 1880. Wool with cotton warp. 3'3'' x 6'4'' (99 x 193 cm). Ex: Chicago private collection. $800-1200 Start: $400
112 . Saltillo Serape, circa 1875. Wool with cotton warp. 3'4'' x 6'7'' (102 x 201 cm) Ex: Chicago private collection.
$800-1200 Start: $400
113. Saltillo Serape, circa 1900. Wool with cotton warp. 3'6'' x 7'0'' (107 x 213 cm). Ex: Chicago private collection.
$800-1200 Start: $400
114. Saltillo Serape, circa 1880. Wool with cotton warp. 3'1'' x 6'5'' (94 x 196 cm). Ex: Chicago private collection.
$800-1200 Start: $400
115. Saltillo Serape Poncho, circa 1880. Wool with cotton warp, features velvet collar on the bocamanga opening. 3'6'' x 6'4'' (107 x 193 cm). Ex: Chicago private collection.
$800-1200 Start: $400
116. Saltillo Serape, circa 1875. Wool with cotton warp. 3'3'' x 6'10'' (99 x 208 cm) Ex: Chicago private collection.
$600-1200 Start: $300
117. Colcha Textile, State of Mexico, Early/Mid 20th C. Hand spun wool. 4'10'' x 7'0'' (147 x 213 cm)
$800-1200 Start: $600
118. Northern New Mexico Colcha Textile, Late 19th C. Constructed by taking a hand-woven wool twill ground and fully embroidering it with a decorative stem stitch in hand-spun wool yarn, with natural indigo, and possibly a naturally sourced red dye. 3'4'' x 7'2'' (102 x 218 cm)
$2000-3000 Start: $1000
119. Mexican Serape Men's Wearing Blanket, circa 1900. Wool with cotton warp. 4'3'' x 6'4'' (130 x 193 cm) Ex: Andrew Nagen Collection.
$800-1200 Start: $400
120. Rare Tarahumara Sash, Mexico, 19th C. Wool with indigo dyes. 5'3'' x 0'6'' (160 x 15 cm)
$600 -800 Start: $400
121. Huichol Peyote Pouch, Sierra Madre, Mexico, c. 1900-1950. Hand-woven silk with original cotton strap. This six color brocaded weaving has a central motif of quartered diamonds in two sizes with no empty space. Superb design and execution. 0'8'' x 0'7.5'' (20 x 19 cm)
$200-400 Start: $100
122 . Rio Grande Wool Blanket, 1900-1920. Wool with synthetic dyes. 4'6'' x 8'6'' (137 x 259 cm). Ex. Ross and Beth Altshuler, Santa Fe, NM.
$400-600 Start: $200
123. Mayo Wool Weaving, Mexico. Wool. 3'9'' x 5'9'' (114 x 175 cm)
$400-600 Start: $200
124. Mexican Serape Blanket, 1930. Wool with cotton warp. 2'2'' x 4'7'' (66 x 140 cm)
$400-600 Start: $200
125. Hispanic Weaving, New Mexico, 1900-1930. Commercial wool yarn with cotton warp, woven in two panels then joined. 2'3'' x 5'4'' (69 x 163 cm)
$400-600 Start: $200
126. Mexican Kilim Woven Bedspread. Hand-woven with commercial yarns. 5'4'' x 6'9'' (163 x 206 cm)
$200-300 Start: $100
127. Pueblo Banded Blanket, circa 1880. Indigo-dyed and natural white wool yarn. 3'0'' x 4'8'' (91 x 142 cm). Ex. Ross and Beth Altshuler, Santa Fe, NM.
$2000-3000 Start: $1000
128. Navajo Made Pueblo Maidens Shawl, ca. 1900. Hand spun wool. 2'3'' x 4'0'' (69 x 122 cm)
$800 -1200 Start: $750
129. Pueblo Twill Weave Maiden Shawl, ca. 1900. Twill woven cotton center with raveled flannel red and black. 3'3'' x 4'0'' (99 x 122 cm)
$800-1200 Start: $700
130. Rare Pueblo Maiden Shawl, ca. 1900. Wool woven on a Hispanic loom. 3'1'' x 3'11'' (94 x 119 cm) $400-500 Start: $300
131. Pueblo Embroidered Dance Kilt, Mid 20th
C. Wool on cotton. 4'2'' x 2'0'' (127 x 61 cm)
$300-400 Start: $250
132 . Pueblo Embroidered Dance Kilt, Mid 20th
C. Wool on cotton. 4'9'' x 2'2'' (145 x 66 cm)
$300-400 Start: $250
133. Pueblo Kachina Embroidered Dance
Sash. Wool on cotton. 7'1'' x 0'11'' (216 x 28 cm)
$300-400 Start: $250
134. Pueblo Kachina Embroidered Dance
Sash. Wool on cotton. 7'7'' x 0'11'' (231 x 28 cm)
$300-400 Start: $250
135. Unusual Hispanic Loom Woven Pueblo Manta, Early 20th C. Wool. 3'8'' x 4'8'' (112 x 142 cm)
$300-500 Start: $250
136. Large Pueblo Sash with Birds. Wool. 5'6'' x 0'10'' (168 x 25 cm)
$250-350 Start: $200
137. Hopi Bachelor Blanket, Early/ Mid 20th C. Black and white twill woven wool. 3'1'' x 2'0'' (94 x 61 cm)
$600-900 Start: $500
138. Hopi Maiden Shawl, circa 1900.
4'4'' x 3'4'' (132 x 102 cm)
$1000-1500 Start: $500
139. Hopi Wedding Manta. Body paint and cold water dyes.
5'7'' x 3'9'' (170 x 114 cm)
$1000-1500 Start: $500
140. Zuni Embroidered Manta. Commercial cloth ground. 4'5'' x 3'4'' (135 x 102 cm)
$1000-1500 Start: $500
141. Hopi Manta. Blue and synthetic purple dyes. 4'5'' x 3'1'' (135 x 94 cm)
$1000-1500 Start: $500
142 . Hopi Man's Kilt. Hand spun and commercial ground, 'Germantown' wool embroidery.
4'4'' x 1'10'' (132 x 56 cm)
$500-1000 Start: $300
143. Hopi Kachina Sash.
6'4'' x 0'9'' (193 x 23 cm)
$500-1000 Start: $300
144. Hopi Rain Sash. All hand spun cotton, cornhusk tassel balls.
4'4'' x 0'8'' (132 x 20 cm)
$500-1000 Start: $300
145. Hopi Child's Rain Sash.
All hand spun cotton, corn husk tassel balls. 2'4'' x 0'3'' (71 x 8 cm)
$200 -300 Start: $100
146. Hopi Mud Head Mask for Dance Costume. Flat: 0'10'' x 1'2'' (25 x 36 cm)
$300-500 Start: $200
147. Hopi Mud Head Mask for Dance Costume.
Size: 24'' x 12'' x 9'' (61 x 30 x 23 cm).
$300-500 Start: $200
148. Pueblo Dance Kilt with Avanyu Design. Commercial painted cloth and pigment. Displays an Avanyu (snake) design. 3'6'' x 1'7'' (107 x 48 cm)
$200-300 Start: $100
149. Pueblo Dance Costume, Early 20th C. Two panels, commercial wool cloth. Each 0'9.5'' x 1'7'' (24 x 48 cm)
$200-300 Start: $100
150. Pueblo Dance Wear Collector's Lot of Six Pieces. Custom, commercial cloth, store bought cloth, all hand stitched. Ranging in size from: 1'4'' x 2'8'' (41 x 81 cm) to 3'3'' x 3'5'' (99 x 104 cm)
$200-300 Start: $100
151. Rare Koshare Dance Kilt/Pants, Pueblo, Early 1900s. 1'7'' x 3'4'' (48 x 102 cm)
$200-300 Start: $100
152 . Elizabeth Montoya Crochet Men's Leggings, San Felipe Pueblo Arts & Crafts Show, 1996. 2nd Place ribbon in the Pueblo clothing category. Each 0'8'' x 2'6'' (20 x 76 cm)
$200-300 Start: $100
153. Pueblo Woman's Crochet Leggings. Part of a woman's dance costume. Cotton. Each 0'8'' x 1'8'' (20 x 51 cm)
$200-300 Start: $100
154. Navajo Sashes and Garters, 11 Pieces. Includes 2 child's belts. Wool. Ranging in size from: 3'4'' x 0'2'' (102 x 5 cm) to 6'10'' x 0'4'' (208 x 10 cm)
$300-500 Start: $200
155. Six Pueblo Sashes, Mid 20th C. Wool. Ranging in size from: 6'6'' x 0'3'' (198 x 8 cm) to 9'8'' x 0'3'' (295 x 8 cm)
$200-300 Start: $100
156. Pueblo Men's Dance Anklets, Seven Pairs. Worn as part of a dance costume around the ankles. Reed woven and beaded. Ranging in size from: 0'7'' x 0'2.5'' (18 x 6 cm) to 1'0'' x 0'4'' (30 x 10 cm)
$300-500 Start: $200
157. Navajo Woman's Dress, Mid 20th C. Sash design woven into pattern. Unique, one of a kind piece. 1'10'' x 3'4'' (56 x 102 cm)
$200-300 Start: $100
158. Native and Hispanic Ties. Wool. Some with manufacturer/workshop tags. Ranging in length from: 3'11'' (119 cm) to 4'4'' (132 cm)
$50-100 Start: $25
159. Four Native American Sashes. Wool. Ranging in size from: 2'7'' x 0'1.5'' (79 x 4 cm) to 5'3'' x 0'3.5'' (160 x 9 cm)
$100-200 Start: $50
160. Pair of Cree Moccasins, North America. Trade cloth with embroidery. Size: 2.5'' x 4'' x 10'' (6 x 10 x 25 cm).
$200-300 Start: $100
161. Pampas Mapuche Ceremonial Poncho, Rio Negro, Argentina, 20th C. Wool. A wonderfully woven man's single loom weaving of a traditional Mapuche ceremonial poncho. The designs are checkerboards and the southern cross with the end of the warps braided to provide fringe at the front and back. 4'10'' x 3'4'' (147 x 102 cm)
$1000-1500 Start: $500
162 . Mapuche Indigo-Dyed Poncho, Chile or Argentina, circa 1900. With ikat designs. Indigo-dyed deep blue/ black . 4'11'' x 4'9'' (150 x 145 cm)
$1500-2500 Start: $1200
163. Mapuche Red Poncho, Chile or Argentina, Early 20th C. Wool with ikat style design. 4'0'' x 3'10'' (122 x 117 cm)
$1200-1800 Start: $1000
164. Mapuche Poncho, Chile or Argentina, ca. 1900. Indigo dyed deep blue/black. 3'8'' x 3'11'' (112 x 119 cm)
$1500-2500 Start: $1400
165. Mapuche Macun Poncho, Chile, 19th-20th C. Wool. An heirloom chief’s poncho from Chile, this one loom panel textile has inserted seam reinforcement at the neck and braided warp ends, which form a fringe. Chilean design centers on the repeat of an ancient symbol in an austere two color format. 5'0'' x 3'8'' (152 x 112 cm)
$2000-4000 Start: $1000
166. Mapuche Macun Poncho, Rio Negro, Argentina, 20th C. Wool. A very striking, dark, almost black, indigo dyed wool poncho with lightly striped red panels bracketing the ikat pattern. Among the Mapuche different styles of sacred poncho design arose between the Chilean and Argentine branches. 4'4'' x 5'3'' (132 x 160 cm)
$1600-2000 Start: $800
167. Mapuche Macun Poncho, Chile or Argentina, 20th C. Wool. A striped poncho from the Mapuche used in ritual dance and festival. This one loom panel poncho has a repeating stripe of three colors and possible Z & S spun outside selvage warps. 3'10'' x 4'4'' (117 x 132 cm)
$1200-2400 Start: $600
168. Mapuche Macun Poncho, Chile or Argentina, 20th C. Tightly spun and woven sheep’s wool poncho used by the leadership in Mapuche gathering and ritual. The Mapuche ranged throughout Patagonia and famously resisted both Inca and later Spanish colonial incursion to their territory and they went to battle wearing such Indigo ikat ponchos displaying a fundamental icon seen in petroglyph and portable stone carving. 4'7'' x 4'2'' (140 x 127 cm)
$1000-2000 Start: $500
169. Mapuche Macun Poncho, Chile or Argentina, 20th C. Wool. The rarer red variant of the characteristic men’s leadership poncho in a single warp faced wool fabric. 4'4'' x 4'4'' (132 x 132 cm)
$1000-2000 Start: $500
170. Aymara Men's Ceremonial Llacota, poss. Dept. of Potosi, c. 1550-1750 CE. A one loom panel man’s ritual mantle in the pre-hispanic format lost when the Spanish edicts outlawed the wearing of such garments.
$3500-5500 Start: $2500
171. Aymara Woman's Iscayo, Prov. of Aroma, Dept. of La Paz, 19th C. Alpaca. A unique composition of the important mantle used by the village headwoman when leading ritual events during her term of office. This striking two loom panel cloth shows great innovation by its creator.
$2500-4000 Start: $1500
172. Aymara Men's Poncho, Juli, Lake Titicaca Shore, Dept. of Puno, c. 18th-19th C. A very fine two woven panel man’s poncho with a separately woven and applied symbol filled border and another separately woven fringe.
$3000-5000 Start: $1500
173. Aymara Incuna Ritual Cloth, Sajama Region, Dept. of Oruro, 19th C. Alpaca. A beautiful example of the distinct weaving of the people from the region around the Sajama Volcano, a large, isolated and venerated terrestrial feature of western Oruro.
$1200-2000 Start: $750
174. Aymara Incuna Ritual Cloth, Lake Titicaca Region, Dept. of La Paz, 19th C. A very fine and beautiful one loom panel ritual serving cloth in a spectacularly vibrant purple color.
$1200-2200 Start: $750
175. Fine and Important Aymara Woman's Huallas, Escoma, Prov. of Camacho, Dept. of La Paz. Alpaca, very finely woven utilizing ‘S’ and ‘Z’ spun yarns through the entire piece. The field color is blue-green, a most unusual, rarely seen color. 4'2'' x 3'1'' (127 x 94 cm)
$3000-5000 Start: $1500
176. Aymara Men's Ceremonial Llacota, Dept. of Potosi, 17th-18th C. Alpaca. The ancient style man’s ritual mantle was venerated and danced for 200-400 years and carefully guarded between usages. This two loom panel paean to antiquity is a hallmark of Aymara textiles.
$10,000-15,000 Start: $9000
177. Aymara Men's Llacota, Dept. of Potosi, c. 17th-18th C. Alpaca. A one loom panel man’s heirloom ancestor mantle used in ritual dance during important annual ceremonies.
$10,000-12,000 Start: $8000
178. Balandran Style Men's Poncho, Pacajes Region, Dept. of La Paz, Early 19th C. Alpaca warp and weft in natural dyes. Excellent condition. 4'9'' x 5'6'' (145 x 168 cm)
$1500-2500 Start: $1000
179. Aymara Ceremonial Poncho, Dept. of Oruro, 18th-19th C. Alpaca. The densely striped men’s ceremonial ponchos of Oruro from north of the Salar de Uyuni display the intense orchestrations of color juxtapositions which are hallmarks of some great Aymara weaving compositions. 4'6'' x 6'0'' (137 x 183 cm)
$1500-2000 Start: $1000
180. Obrajes Jesuit Mission Poncho, Bolivia, c. 18th-19th C. Alpaca and cotton. A lovely, heirloom, rose colored, four strip priest’s poncho made in a mission workshop on a European loom. 4'4'' x 5'9'' (132 x 175 cm)
$2000-4000 Start: $1000
181. Aymara Poncho, Dept. of Cochabamba, 17th/18th C. Wool. An early, rare and lovely poncho made by a master weaver who composed a complex work of symmetrical elements inside of other symmetries using more than 10 natural dye baths to orchestrate a resounding work of textile art. Size: 4'9'' x 4'10'' (145 x 147 cm).
$4000-8000 Start: $2000
182 . Aymara Iscayo, Pacajes Region, Dept. of La Paz, 18th–19th C. Alpaca fiber with natural dyes. This iscayo is a ceremonial mantle worn by the Tallamama, the female political and spiritual leader of the village, during annual Aymara rituals and festivals marking communal and cosmic renewal. 4'4" x 3'4" (132 x 102 cm)
$3500-4500 Start: $2500
183. Aymara Woman’s Iscayo, Dept. of La Paz, 18th–19th C. Alpaca fiber. This finely woven iscayo-- a two-panel loom-woven mantle-- was the ceremonial garment of the Tallamama, the female spiritual and civic leader within Aymara communities. 4'2" x 3'3" (127 x 99 cm)
$1500-2500 Start: $1000
184. Aymara Ccahua Ponchito, Dept. of Potosi, c. 1750-1850. Alpaca. A superb example of the male authority cloth worn in dance and ritual which replaced the tunic as the designator costume in the 17 -18th centuries while replicating it’s form and coloration in a display of ancestral, tribal and traditional fidelity.
$4000 -8000 Start: $2000
185. Aymara Woman's Aksu Matrimonial Dress, Bolivar, Prov. of Arque, Dept. of Cochabamba, Early/Mid 19th C. Alpaca warp and weft with natural dyes. 4'10'' x 4'4'' (147 x 132 cm)
$1600-3200 Start: $800
186. Aymara Woman's Aksu Matrimonial Dress, Prov. of Arque, Dept. of Cochabamba, Early/Mid 19th C. Alpaca in natural dyes. Featured in the exhibit Weaving Traditions of Highland, Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, 1978. 4'8'' x 4'4'' (142 x 132 cm)
$2500-3000 Start: $1500
187. Aymara Woman's Huallas Mantle, Acora, Dept. of Puno, Late 19th C. Alpaca with natural dyes. High-end example of a huallas mantle. 3'10'' x 3'7'' (117 x 109 cm)
$1000-1500 Start: $700
188. Aymara Challapata Poncho, Achiri, Prov. of Pacajes, Dept. of La Paz, 19th C. Alpaca. A very fine and lustrous, mint condition man’s ceremonial heirloom Challapata poncho from the ancient Pacasa tribe.
$1600-3200 Start: $800
189. Aymara Man's Ceremonial Poncho, Salinas de Garci Mendoza, Dept. of Oruro, 19th C. Alpaca. A man’s heirloom ceremonial poncho from the tribe inhabiting this important remote market town on the northern edge of the Salar de Uyuni.
$1000-2000 Start: $500
190. Aymara Woman's Awayo Mantle, Northern Lake Titicaca, Late 19th C. Alpaca wool with natural dyes. Features a striped field with large geometric motifs in wide design bands, a rare style. 2'8'' x 2'9'' (81 x 84 cm)
$1000-1500 Start: $500
191. Aymara Woman's Ahuayo, Sica Sica, Province of Aroma, Dept. of La Paz, c. 1800-1875. A very high quality heirloom ceremonial mantle of a woman from this important ancient market center. A classic in quality, composition, color and all features of the best of Sica Sica ahuayos. Size: 3'2'' x 3'6'' (97 x 107 cm).
$1000-2000 Start: $500
192. Aymara Ccahua Ponchito, Dept. of Potosi, Early 19th C. Alpaca warp and weft with natural dyes, indigo and cochineal. This is a one- piece cloth with the neck opening woven in by a discontinuous weft. The style garment was worn by the shaman, layca, of the tribe. It was made when the majority the population in northern Potosí still spoke Aymara. 2'8'' x 4'3'' (81 x 130 cm)
$800-1600 Start: $400
193. Aymara Ceremonial Ponchito, Pacajes or Aroma, Dept. of La Paz, 19th C. Alpaca. The designator overgarment for an Aymara community’s male leader during his period of service in leading dances, organizing feast days and leading ritual events. 2'8'' x 2'9'' (81 x 84 cm)
$200 -400 Start: $100
194. Aymara Man's Ritual Ponchito, Dept. of La Paz, 19th C. Wool. A man’s ritual over garment worn when discharging sacred community ritual and dancing the ancestors. These ponchitos replaced the outlawed tunics but were made the same way as single loom textiles with a discontinuous neck slit. Size: 2'11'' x 3'2'' (89 x 97 cm).
$1000-2000 Start: $500
195. Aymara Man's Festival Poncho, Dept. of Oruro, Late 19th C. Wool. A man’s festival poncho from the area north of the Salar de Uyuni. In several areas of Bolivia at the turn of the 20th century a style of weaving with gradient striping was developed possibly due to the new dye sources. Size: 4'5'' x 4'5'' (135 x 135 cm)
$1000-2000 Start: $500
196. Aymara Woman's Ahuayo, Achiri, Pacajes Region, Dept. of La Paz, Early 19th C. Alpaca warp and weft with natural dyes. Finely spun, expertly dyed and tightly woven. The Inca called the southern quadrant of their empire, Tawantinsuyu, the Collasuyu, or the Aymara region. 2'11'' x 3'0'' (89 x 91 cm)
$600-1200 Start: $300
197. Aymara Woman's Awayo Mantle, Dept. of Oruro, Mid 19th C. Finely woven alpaca with purple field. Very high quality with some light repairs. 2'6'' x 3'2'' (76 x 97 cm) $1000-1500 Start: $500
198. Aymara Woman's Awayo Mantle, LTR, Dept. of Puno, Late 19th C. Grey alpaca wool yarn with natural dyes. 3'4'' x 3'7'' (102 x 109 cm)
$800-1200 Start: $400
199. Alpaca Wool Poncho, Altiplano, Bolivia, 18th C. Alpaca warp and weft in natural dyes. The poncho features geometric design composed of multi-colored band of horizontal, offset two-color warp striping interrupted by thicker blocks in the same color. 4'11'' x 6'3'' (150 x 191 cm) $1200-1600 Start: $600
200. Rare Quechua Men's Small Ceremonial Poncho, c. 18th-19th C. Alpaca. A very rare white ceremonial mantle possibly from the area of the Vilcanota Pass around Lares, Ayaviri or Sicuani. Size: 3'4'' x 3'5'' (102 x 104 cm).
$1000-2000 Start: $500
201. Aymara Woman's Ahuayo, Calamarca, Dept. of La Paz, 19th C. Alpaca. A very fine and characteristic heirloom woman’s shawl from the important prehispanic and colonial center called Calamarca.
$1000 -1500 Start: $500
202. Aymara Woman's Matrimonial Aksu, Bolivar, Dept. of Cochabamba, 19th C. Alpaca. An heirloom wedding dress from a weaver in a community near the important market town of Bolivar. 4'3'' x 3'11'' (130 x 119 cm)
$1000-1500 Start: $400
203. Aymara Ceremonial Llacolla, Dept. of Potosi, 19th C. Alpaca. A long, two loom panel, textile used as a unification shawl for the man and woman during the wedding ceremony. 6'0'' x 3'4'' (183 x 102 cm)
$400-800 Start: $200
204. Aymara Woman's Ceremonial Ahuayo, Achiri, Dept. of La Paz, 19th C. Alpaca. The iconic woman’s ceremonial shawl from the Pacasa tribe centered at Achiri, an important town on the Altiplano west of La Paz and south of Lake Titicaca. 3'6'' x 3'1'' (107 x 94 cm)
$300-500 Start: $150
205. Aymara Woman's Ahuayo, Tapacari, Dept. of Cochabamba, c. 1850-1900. Superb and rare purple field woman’s heirloom mantle with the textural warp faced design weave of this village. Size: 3'4'' x 3'8'' (102 x 112 cm).
$400-800 Start: $200
206. Aymara Woman's Ahuayo, Pampa Aullagas, Dept. of Oruro, c. 1850-1900. Mint condition woman’s ceremonial mantle probably woven for her marriage and then kept by her descendants without using it again. Size: 2'1'' x 2'4'' (64 x 71 cm).
$600-1200 Start: $300
207. Aymara Woman's Ahuayo, Llallagua, Dept. of Potosi, c. 1875-1925. Mint condition wedding mantle held as heirloom cloth of the ancestors by the weavers descendants. Size: 3'8'' x 3'9'' (112 x 114 cm).
$400-800 Start: $200
208. Aymara Woman's Ahuayo Mantle, Northern Dept. of Potosi, Mid 19th C. A woman's heirloom ritual mantle of alpaca fiber with fine striping and the interlocking, pointed latch hook motif. A prominent group of the stripes represents the flag of Bolivia, a commonly addressed allegiance after the formation of the republic on August 6, 1825.
Size: 3'4'' x 2'9'' (102 x 84 cm).
$500-1000 Start: $200
209. Aymara Woman's Festival Ahuayo, Llallagua, Northern Dept. of Potosi, c. 1975-1925. Near mint condition woman’s festival mantle from the important market town of Llallagua. The family in homage carefully kept these wedding weavings from the ancestor who wove them. Size: 2'8'' x 2'9'' (81 x 84 cm).
$500-1000 Start: $250
210. Aymara Incuna Ceremonial Cloth, Lake Titicaca Region, Bolivia, c. 1875. Alpaca. A large, one loom panel cloth used in ceremonial feasts to present the offerings. The well drawn designs show females, cosmic symbols and other conceptual images common to the Titicaca area. 3'3'' x 3'0'' (99 x 91 cm)
$400-600 Start: $200
211. Aymara Woman's Ahuayo Shawl, Prov. of Aroma, Dept. of La Paz, c. 1850. Alpaca. A lovely and characteristic of the region woman’s festival shawl. These luscious natural dyed colors resisted fading, retaining their fresh vibrant colors for hundreds of years. 2'10'' x 3'9'' (86 x 114 cm)
$400-800 Start: $200
212 . Aymara Woman's Iscayo Mantle, Lake Titicaca Region, Dept. of La Paz, c. 1900. Alpaca. The mantle, which adorned the costume of the female head of ritual dance, was similar throughout the Aymara people with small variation reflecting local styles. 3'7'' x 3'3'' (109 x 99 cm)
$600-1000 Start: $300
213. Aymara Men's Balandran Poncho, Condo, Dept. of Oruro, 18th C. Alpaca. Worn as a horseman’s outer garment and symbol of importance, often associated with hacienderos, who typically have significant power, influence, and control over economic, social, and political affairs in their respective Aymara communities. 4'8'' x 6'2'' (142 x 188 cm)
$1000-1500 Start: $500
214. Aymara Woman's Mantita Shoulder Cloth, Lake Titicaca Region, Prov. of Manco Kapac, Dept. of La Paz, Late 19th C. Alpaca wool with natural dyes. 3'2'' x 2'1'' (97 x 64 cm)
$500-750 Start: $250
215. Aymara Woman's Awayo Mantle, LTR, Dept. of Puno, First Half 20th C. Alpaca wool with aniline dyes. 3'0'' x 2'11'' (91 x 89 cm)
$400-600 Start: $200
216. Aymara Man's Ponchito, Calamarca, Dept. of La Paz, Late 19th/Early 20th C. Wool. A man’s ceremonial over garment used to designate ritual leaders in annual ceremony. Equivalently broad red and white stripes dominate the outer weft selvages next to single bands of designs, generally with agricultural intent. Note the master weaver has finished each panel with a tiny termination area which is not easy to achieve. Near mint condition. Size: 3'0'' x 2'6'' (91 x 76 cm).
$500-1000 Start: $250
217. Aymara Man's Festival Poncho, Lake Titicaca Region, Late 19th C. Wool. A man’s festival poncho made for wearing during community ritual. Size: 4'5'' x 4'0'' (135 x 122 cm).
$500-1000 Start: $250
218. Aymara Incuna, Lake Titicaca Region, Dept of La Paz, 19th C. Alpaca. A lovely naturally dyed ceremonial cloth woven in one loom panel for use as a presentation cloth or even a “mesa” for ritual ceremony. Sizes: 2'11'' x 2'8'' (89 x 81 cm).
$500-1000 Start: $250
219. Aymara Man's Ceremonial Ponchito, Dept. of Oruro, c. 1900. Alpaca. Man’s ceremonial small poncho worn while shouldering leadership roles in a village and culture. Tupac Amaru II famously wore a blue ponchito during his aborted revolution of 1780 as he and the Spanish understood that the indigenous man follows the cloth. . Size: 2'4'' x 2'9'' (71 x 84 cm).
$500-1000 Start: $250
220. Aymara Women's Tari Coca Cloths, Dept. of La Paz, c. 1875. Alpaca. Two women’s coca cloths, one with a separately woven and attached fringe. These heirloom cloths were reserved for festival and ritual use.
2'1'' x 1'11'' (64 x 58 cm); 2'0'' x 2'0'' (61 x 61 cm)
$500-1000 Start: $250
221. Two Aymara Ahuayo Mantles, Calamarca and Ingavi, Dept. of La Paz, c. 19th C. Alpaca. A pair of naturally dyed ancestor mantles from two villages near La Paz. 2'11'' x 3'2'' (89 x 97 cm); 2'8'' x 3'0'' (81 x 91 cm)
$800-1600 Start: $400
222. Aymara Woman's Iscayo, Tallamama, Dept. of La Paz, 20th C. Alpaca. A pair of Tallamama mantles from the final period before the Aymara women cease to weave, instead deriving their ritual cloth from manufactured yardage. 4'5'' x 3'3'' (135 x 99 cm); 4'0'' x 3'4'' (122 x 102 cm)
$600-1200 Start: $300
223. Aymara Woman's Urcu Tube Skirt, Calamarka, Dept. of La Paz, c. 1750-1850. Alpaca. Traditional woman’s tube skirt of colonial period elite costume where reflection of Spanish dress was the pinnacle of finery. These, when worn, gathered and pleated garments are seldom found in their original loom joining which shows the tubular nature of the weaving process as the construction flows under the weavers fingers.
$600-900 Start: $300
224. Quechua Woman's Nunaka Festival Dress, Toropalca, Dept. of Potosi, c. 1950. Wool. A blue and black woman’s festival dress in finely woven wool fiber. The people of Toropalca retained the exact style of dress formerly used by the nusta, or female royalty.
$2000-4000 Start: $1000
225. Quechua Woman's Nanaka Mantle, Toropalca, Dept. of Potosi, Mid 20th C.. Wool. An austere composition by a skilled weaver of this tribe south of Potosi. The deep purple and black fields make a powerful impression. 4'8'' x 3'0'' (142 x 91 cm)
$1000-2000 Start: $500
226. Quechua Woman's Nanaka Mantle, Toropalca, Dept. of Potosi, Mid 20th C. Wool. A powerful blue on black mantle from this village south of Potosi. Note the wide band of alternating Z and S plied warps at the outer selvages. Mint condition. 4'8'' x 3'2'' (142 x 97 cm)
$600-1000 Start: $400
227. Quechua Half Aksu Skirt, Potolo, Dept. of Chuquisaca, c. 1920-1960. An early Jalq’a tribal weaving, formerly the dominant or bottom half of a woman’s dress or overskirt, with over 100 figures arrayed in random but stacked order including figures with figures inside them, a pre-European idea. Size: 2'1'' x 1'11'' (64 x 58 cm).
$800-1600 Start: $400
228. Quechua Balandran Poncho, Caiza, Prov. of Linares, Dept. of Potosi, First Half 20th C. Sheep's wool with aniline dyes. Worn by horseman as an outer garment and symbol of importance in the indigenous communities. 4'3'' x 5'9'' (130 x 175 cm)
$800-1200 Start: $400
229. Quechua Woman's Urku Skirt, Charazani, Prov. of Bautista Saavedra, Dept. of La Paz, First Half 20th C. Finely woven sheep's wool with aniline dyes. A rare piece in excellent condition. 6'5'' x 2'6'' (196 x 76 cm)
$800-1200 Start: $400
230. Quechua Men's Uncu Tunic, Yura, Prov. of Antonio Quijarro, Dept. of Potosi, First Half 20th C. Aniline dyes. 2'7'' x 2'7'' (79 x 79 cm)
$600-900 Start: $300
231. Quechua Poncho, San Lucas, Dept. of Chuquisaca, 19th C. Alpaca. A very rare indigo poncho from a small tribal group on the highlands of southern Bolivia. These ceremonial ponchos are occasionally retained in the family for festival use. They are carefully guarded and when found are often in good condition. 4'0'' x 4'8'' (122 x 142 cm). Ex. Ross and Beth Altshuler, Santa Fe, NM. $600 -1200 Start: $300
232. Quechua Ballivian Poncho, Caiza or Calcha, Dept. of Potosi, c. 1900-1920. Wool. A very early example of the Ballivian poncho that became a cultural norm in Calcha culture as the 20th century progressed. Size: 4'8'' x 4'3'' (142 x 130 cm).
$500-1000 Start: $250
233. Quechua Woman's Ahuayo, Taquile Island, Dept. of Puno, Early to Mid 20th C. A rare 20th century woman's ceremonial mantle from Lake Titicaca. The small community on Taquile Island are consummate spinners and weavers and have continued their art into the present day to create their still worn traditional costumes. Size: 3'11'' x 4'0'' (119 x 122 cm).
$400-800 Start: $200
234. Quechua Man's Festival Poncho, Rodeo, Dept. of Chuquisaca, Early/Mid 20th C. A man’s festival poncho from this community related to the Jalq’a. Size: 4'3'' x 4'8'' (130 x 142 cm).
$400-800 Start: $200
235. Aymara Woman's Urku Skirt, Lake Titicaca Region, 19th C. All black, natural alpaca fiber. 1'0'' (waist) x 2'3'' (30 x 69 cm)
$400-600 Start: $200
236. Vicuna Chalina Scarf, Altiplano, Dept. of La Paz, 19th C. Made from the best camelid fiber, which is renowned for its incredibly fine diameter of just 12 microns (um), making it even finer than the best cashmere (which measures around 15 microns (um). In addition, it is also finer than the other camelid fibers: Guanaco, Alpaca and Llama. 5'5'' x 1'2'' (165 x 36 cm)
$300-600 Start: $150
237. Aymara Woman's Vicuna Manta Shawl, Dept. of La Paz, 19th C. Super soft vicuna fiber shoulder wrap of an elite Chola, or urban Aymara woman, for festival use only. 4'6'' x 2'5'' (137 x 74 cm)
$200 -400 Start: $100
238. Aymara Chuspa Coca Bag, Dept. of Oruro, 17th19th C. Alpaca. A top quality man’s ceremonial coca leaf bag. This mint condition heirloom bag shows the classic 5 pattern bands seen in warp faced bag creation for nearly 2000 years. 0'11.5'' x 0'10.5'' (29 x 27 cm). Ex: Steve Berger collection. $500-1000 Start: $250
239. Pair of Talegas Shoulder or Saddle Bags, Dept. of Oruro, Late 18th/Early 19th C. Alpaca warp and weft. Usually slung over the back of llamas or a human’s shoulders. Each 1'3'' x 1'8'' (38 x 51 cm)
$500-800 Start: $250
240. Alpaca and Vicuna Chuspa Coca Bag, Bolivar Region, Dept. of Cochabamba, Late 18th/Early 19th C. Alpaca and Vicuna warp, alpaca weft, with natural dyes. A ch’uspa is a ritual bag which shamans, yatiris, use to hold coca leaves, a stimulant that has been chewed in the Andes for thousands of years. 0'9'' x 0'8.5'' (23 x 22 cm)
$400-800 Start: $200
241. Chuspa Coca Bag, Lake Titicaca Region, San Andres de Machaca, Dept. of La Paz, Late 18th/Early 19th C. Alpaca warp and weft in natural dyes. Due to the excellent quality of the alpaca herds, and the expertise of the women spinners, the Machacas produced the finest alpaca cloth. 1'1'' x 0'8.5'' (33 x 22 cm) $400-600 Start: $200
242 . Omasuyus Chuspa Ceremonial Coca Bag, Lake Titicaca Region, Dept. of La Paz, Early 19th C. Alpaca warp and weft with natural dyes. 0'11.5'' x 0'10'' (29 x 25 cm)
$300-600 Start: $150
243. Inca and Aymara Chuspa Coca Bags, 1400-1550 CE and 19th C. Three lovely men’s coca bags made from alpaca fiber through warp faced weaving. Ranging in size from: 0'7'' x 0'6'' (18 x 15 cm) to 0'8'' x 0'7'' (20 x 18 cm)
$600-1200 Start: $300
244. Two Aymara Chuspa Coca Bags, Dept. of Oruro, 19th C. Alpaca. Two very good and rare coca leaf bags, one with its original strap, three color evil eye ribete, emphasis on the ancient Tiahuanacan motif of the dotted meander, a chimi orange field and fine gold or white accent stripes while the second has three pattern bands of celestial symbols on two chimi colored grounds with a three color ribete. 0'11.5'' x 0'10.5'' (29 x 27 cm); 0'9'' x 0'8'' (23 x 20 cm)
$400-800 Start: $200
245. Aymara Ceremonial Chuspa Coca Bags, 19th C. Alpaca. A group of three heirloom ceremonial men’s coca leaf bags. Ranging in size from: 0'6'' x 0'6'' (15 x 15 cm) to 0'9.5'' x 0'8'' (24 x 20 cm). Ex. Ross and Beth Altshuler, Santa Fe, NM.
$500-1000 Start: $250
246. Four Aymara Chuspa Coca Bags, Northern Dept. of Potosi, 1850-1900. Alpaca. Four excellent heirloom men’s coca leaf bags kept for use in weddings and ritual events. Ranging in size from: 0'7'' x 0'6'' (18 x 15 cm) to 0'8'' x 0'7'' (20 x 18 cm)
$500-700 Start: $300
247. Aymara Woman's Huaka Ceremonial Belt, Curahuara de Carangas, Dept. of Oruro, Early 19th C. Alpaca warp and weft with natural dyes. The belt features the ancient Pre-Columbian Aymara interlocking scroll motif. Consigned by a major figure who held these since acquiring them in the field, circa 1979. 4'7'' x 0'2'' (140 x 5 cm).
$200-400 Start: $100
248. Macha Aymara Woman's Chumpi Ceremonial Belt, Dept. of Potosi, Early 20th C. The Macha region is known for its decorative figurative weaving. This wide “Condor” belt features the condor and the sun, inti, motif. Consigned by a major figure who held these since acquiring them in the field, circa 1979. 3'5'' x 0'5'' (104 x 13 cm)
$150-300 Start: $75
249. Aymara Korahua Ceremonial Sling, Dept. of La Paz, Late 18th/Early 19th C. Alpaca with natural dyes. Used for propitiation rituals during the marking of the ears of the alpacas and llamas. Consigned by a major figure who held these since acquiring them in the field, circa 1979. Length: 6'4'' (193 cm)
$100-200 Start: $50
250. Aymara Man's Ch'uta Dance Costume, Mid 20th C. Embroidery, applique, and embellishments on felted wool. 3'6'' x 1'11'' (107 x 58 cm); 2'3'' x 2'10'' (69 x 86 cm).
$300-500 Start: $150
251. Quechua Shigra Cactus Fiber B ag, Sacquisili, Ecuador, c. 1950. This enormous cactus fiber bag was field collected in Sacquisili in 1978 after hanging in a house for 30 years as a giant vegetable cupboard in fiber. 3'4'' x 2'0'' (102 x 61 cm)
$100-200 Start: $50
252 . South American Poncho with Indigo Ikat, circa 1900. Cotton with indigo-dyed ikat designs. 4'8'' x 4'4'' (142 x 132 cm)
$1000-1500 Start: $800
253. Ikat Indigo-Dyed Shawl. South American. Cotton. 3'10'' x 7'4'' (117 x 224 cm)
$400-600 Start: $200
254. Shipibo Culture Skirt, Amazonas, Peru, c. 1900-1940. Wool and cotton. A superb and early Shipibo weaving with archaic embroidery. This is the oldest Shipibo weaving which this author has ever seen and provides the best-known window into pre-contact Shipibo composition and textile manufacture. Size: 4'8'' x 1'11'' (142 x 58 cm).
$800 -1600 Start: $400
255. Inca and Aymara Chuspa Coca Bags, 1500-1850. Alpaca. A group of beautiful men’s coca leaf bags including an imperial Inca bag from the Peruvian coast with its original strap; an undyed late colonial bag with remnant inca binding woven from carefully selected natural animal fiber; a purple Challa heirloom wedding bag and a three pocket Tapacari bag with a characteristic textural design. Ranging in size from: 0'8'' x 0'6.5'' (20 x 17 cm) to 0'11'' x 0'8'' (28 x 20 cm). Ex. Ross and Beth Altshuler, Santa Fe, NM.
$600-1200 Start: $300
256. Two Llama Blankets, Tarabuco and Potosi, 17th C. and c. 1950. Two wildly different textiles of near identical use. The red twined dense mat of Tarabuco is used in their biggest festival, Pukllay, held annually in March on the back of a processional llama or burro. While the golden brocaded version comes from Potosi during the colonial period yet intended for the same purpose. Damage and soiled.
2'6'' x 2'10'' (76 x 86 cm); 1'6'' x 2'0'' (46 x 61 cm)
$100-200 Start: $50
257. Man's Ceremonial Crown, Amazon Region, Brazil, 1950-1980. Feathers and bast fiber. Man’s ceremonial head wear of scarlet tanager and other avian feathers incorporated into a woven bast fiber band worn during important events to adorn the head of a mature high status member of the community. Among the costume optional people of the amazon jungle, the headdress was the most important display item and signified your tribal group and status. Size: 2'11'' x 0'7'' (89 x 18 cm).
$300 -500 Start: $150
258. Aymara Feather Mosaic Hat Ornament, Lake Titicaca Region, Dept. of La Paz, c. 1900. Feathers on wood. A mosaic feather on wood placard worn tied to the front of a stiff felted wool hat by musicians playing in a ritual band.
$450-650 Start: $250
259. Aymara Chicana Feather Mosaic, Lake Titicaca Region, Dept. of La Paz, 19th C. 2'2'' x 0'6'' (66 x 15 cm) Ex: Steve Berger collection.
$1000-1500 Start: $700
260. Aymara Chicana Feather Mosaic, Lake Titicaca Region, Dept. of La Paz, 19th C. A top quality exampleof these unique costume nly among the Aymara of this region. 1'11'' x 0'6'' (58 x 15 cm) Ex: Steve Berger collection.
$1000-1500 Start: $700
261. Chancay Culture Weaving Basket with Implements, Central Coast, Peru, c. 1200-1550 CE. These characteristic reed baskets are found with the tools of the weaver who used them. Basket Size: 3'' x 16'' x 6'' (8 x 41 x 15 cm). Midwest private collection.
$400-800 Start: $200
262 . Chancay Culture Weaving Basket with Implements, Central Coast, Peru, c. 1200-1550 CE. These characteristic reed baskets are found with the tools of the weaver who used them. Basket Size: 4'' x 13'' x 6'' (10 x 33 x 15 cm). Midwest private collection.
$400-6800 Start: $200
263. Inca Alpaca Sling, South Coast, Peru, c. 1400-1550 CE. A mint condition stone throwing implement often worn about the head among the tribes of Southern Peru. Chroniclers often comment on how each tribe and its capital had particular color and form codes enabling others to distinguish their origin at a glance. 5'10'' x 0'2'' (178 x 5 cm)
$400-800 Start: $200
264. Tiwanaku Basket, Sevaruyo, Altiplano, Bolivia, c. 400-800 CE. A polychrome, coil core, tapered reed basket Tiwanaku baskets are normally patterned by a band of reciprocal stepped motifs around the top of the basket. Size: 5'' x 6.5'' x 6.5'' (13 x 17 x 17 cm). Ex: Gail Martin.
$600-1000 Start: $400
265. Paracas Culture Feather Fan, South Coast, Peru, c. 200 BCE . Bast fiber and feathers. A wellknown accouterment of the shaman’s toolbox, these hand held, feathered sprays were used not for cooling but as a tool in curing and ritual practices. 1'1'' x 0'11'' (33 x 28 cm). Provenance: Ex. Jane Steinsnyder, Philadelphia, 1970’s.
$300-600 Start: $150
266. Wari False Head for a Mummy Bundle, Central Coast, Peru, c. 800-1100 CE. With associate feathered crown. Size: 14'' x 8'' x 8'' (36 x 20 x 20 cm). Midwest private collection.
$3000-6000 Start: $1500
267. Nazca Wari Delantera or Pechera, South Coast, Peru, c. 700-1200 CE. Textile 1'6'' x 0'8'' (46 x 20 cm); Stretcher 1'8'' x 0'9.5'' (51 x 24 cm). Provenance: private California collection.
$1000-1500 Start: $500
268. Nazca Wari Delantera or Pechera, South Coast, Peru, c. 700-1200 CE. Textile 1'8'' x 0'6.5'' (51 x 17 cm); Stretcher 1'9'' x 0'8.5'' (53 x 22 cm)
Provenance: private California collection. $1000-1500 Start: $500
269. Sican/Lambayeque Culture Tunic, North Coast, Peru, c. 700-1300 CE. Alpaca on cotton. 3'5'' x 2'0'' (104 x 61 cm)
$15,000-20000 Start: $10,000
270. Wari Culture Tunic, South Coast, Peru, c. 700-1000 CE. Alpaca. 3'8'' x 3'6'' (112 x 107 cm). Ex: Gail Martin.
$30,000-35,000 Start: $20,000
271. Nazca Culture Cushma Royal Tunic, South Coast, Peru, c. 400-800 CE. 5'5'' x 6'7'' (165 x 201 cm)
$10,000-15000 Start: $7000
272 . Chimu Culture Mantle, North Central Coast, Peru, c. 1200-1550 CE. Alpaca and cotton. A wonderful small mantle or serving cloth illustrating the technical excellence and creativity of the ancient Andean female artist. 2'3'' x 2'4'' (69 x 71 cm). Ex Gail Martin. $1600-3200 Start: $1000
273. Colla Culture Sleeved Tunic, Chuquito, Pampa Acora, Peru, c. 1400-1600 CE. Alpaca. A very fine and rare polychrome striped tunic with large sleeves that has been opened by removing the side stitching for mounting and display. 5'11'' x 7'1'' (180 x 216 cm). Ex: Gail Martin.
$5000-10,000 Start: $2500
274. Inca Culture Poncho, South Coast, Peru, c. 1400-1550 CE. Alpaca. A very finely woven, two loom panel, alpaca poncho/ tunic in discontinuous warp and weft structure. This tunic is patterned with horizontal zigzag bands on each side of the poncho. This was a provincial Inca pattern. 5'5'' x 9'6'' (165 x 290 cm). Ex: Gail Martin.
$30,000-40,000 Start: $20,000
275. Sihuas Culture Mantle Border, Sihuas, South Coast, Peru, c. 200-600 CE. Alpaca. A complete tapestry panel likely used as a mantle border with a zigzag serrated line of interlocking latch hooks dotted on each side of the meander. Interlaced finned bottom fish or rays surround this powerful rendition in bold red and gold, female and male colors. 6'1'' x 0'9'' (185 x 23 cm). Ex: Gail Martin.
$4500-6000 Start: $3500
276. Sihuas Culture Sash or Mantle Border Fragment, Sihuas, South Coast, Peru, c. 100-300 CE. Alpaca. A tapestry panel in early Sihuas style showing serial reciprocal Shamans and serial solar symbols. 3'1'' x 0'6'' (94 x 15 cm). Ex: Gail Martin. $1000-1600 Start: $600
277. Sihuas Culture Belt, Sihuas, South Coast, c. 100-300 CE. Alpaca. A very long polychrome belt displaying enigmatic symbols, possibly serpents and flowing water, and many stylized shamen who link the celestial and the terrestrial in the essential maintenance of the world order. T 17'0'' x 0'5.5'' (518 x 14 cm). Provenance: CA private collection, 1980s. $6000-8000 Start: $4000
278. Late Nazca Culture Tari or Incuna Cloth, South Coast, Peru. Alpaca. A rare and striking, tapestry and warp faced cloth of a size most commonly used for ritual presentation or coca leaf conservation. $3000-5000 Start: $1500
279. Post Wari Mantle Fragment, South Coast, Peru, c. 8001100 CE. Alpaca on cotton. A panel from a larger mantle with four reciprocal flying raptor figures. The scale of the raptor figures is atypically large. Rewoven areas. Ex: Gail Martin. 1'11'' x 2'11'' (58 x 89 cm) $3000-5000 Start: $1500
280. Post Wari Culture Border Fragments, Central Coast, Peru, c. 1000-1100 CE. Alpaca. Two unique tapestry fragments from the same tunic or mantle. This is a unique composition made in a provincial kingdom under Wari control. 1'3'' x 0'9'' (38 x 23 cm); 1'11'' x 0'7'' (58 x 18 cm). Ex: Gail Martin. $4000-6000 Start: $2000
281. Sican Culture Loincloth Frontal, North Coast, Peru, c. 900-1200 CE. Alpaca. A lovely tapestry panel with applied loose gold thread fringe unfortunately incomplete at the upper selvage. Textile 1'2'' x 1'7'' (36 x 48 cm); Frame 1'6'' x 1'10'' (46 x 56 cm). Provenance: Ex. Jane Steinsnyder, Philadelphia, 1970’s. $800-1600 Start: $400
282. Ica Culture Mantle, South Coast, Peru, c. 1300-1550 CE. A strip woven, assembled cloth used as a skirt or shawl. The brown stripes are plain woven cotton while the fine tapestry panels are decorated with opposing profile pelicans in diagonal serial array. 3'3'' x 1'10'' (99 x 56 cm). Ex: Fred Drew before 1980. $400-600 Start: $200
283. Wari Culture Four-Cornered Hat and Fragment, Central Coast, c. 600-900 CE. The iconic leadership hat of the Imperial Wari leadership made as a pile woven band joined into a square with a single color knit top and four upwards projecting tassels. 0'9.5'' x 0'4.5'' (24 x 11 cm); hat 4'' x 5'' x 5'' (10 x 13 x 13 cm). $1200-2400 Start: $600
284. Wari Culture Four-Corner Hat Fragment, South Coast, Peru, 700-1000 CE. Alpaca. The side design panels of a pile woven elite hat peculiar to the Wari culture missing its plain woven top but retaining its corner tassels. Textile 1'4'' x 0'3'' (41 x 8 cm) $100-200 Start: $50
285. Ancon/Lima Culture Men's Ceremonial Tunic, Central Coast, Peru, c. 1100-1500 CE. Two loom panel mans ceremonial shirt in brocade and supplemental weft images of profile pelicans in flight. 2'6'' x 1'11'' (76 x 58 cm). Ex: Fred Drew before 1980.
$200-400 Start: $100
286. Cuismancu People Tapestry Woven Tunic, Central Coast, Peru, c. 1400-1550 CE. A very fine and fully decorated alpaca tapestry tunic with sleeves made for an elite or ruler of the people of the five rivers between Chancay and Huacho who apparently lived in confederation under the ruler Cuismancu along the central coast of Peru. $1000-2000 Start: $500
287. Coastal Wari Loincloth Textile, Central Coast, Peru, c. 1000 CE. A brocaded cotton panel with finished end showing alternating profile felines in two phases while their claws remain the same red or gold on each side. 1'5'' x 2'11'' (43 x 89 cm). Ex: Fred Drew before 1980. $200-400 Start: $100
288. Coastal Wari Painted Wall Hanging, Central Coast, c. 1000 CE. It was common for thousands of years that many cultures of ancient Peru were weaving and painting sacred themes to festoon the precincts of the royal and elite. 8'6'' x 3'10'' (259 x 117 cm). Ex: Fred Drew before 1980. $2000-4000 Start: $1000
289. Two Coastal Wari Painted Cotton Textiles, Central Coast, Peru, c. 1000 CE. A two part plain weave cotton cloth painted with opposing fish and birds. Larger: 7'0'' x 3'10'' (213 x 117 cm). Ex: Fred Drew before 1980.
$500-1000 Start: $250
290. Proto Nazca Culture Songbird Border, South Coast, Peru, c. 100-400 CE. Alpaca. A polychrome single needle looped and knotted border depicting serial open mouthed songbirds on a long bar. Figures 1'8'' x 0'2'' (51 x 5 cm); Frame 2'7'' x 0'11'' (79 x 28 cm).
Provenance: Ex. Jane Steinsnyder, Philadelphia, 1970’s.
$200-400 Start: $100
291. Two Proto Nazca Knit Border Fragments, South Coast, Peru, c. 100-400 CE. Alpaca. A pair of human headed needle knit mantle border fragments, one still having part of the hair fringe.
$150-300 Start: $75
292 . Nazca Knit Border, Nazca Valley, Peru, 100 BCE-200 CE. This complete Nazca mantle border features 42 front-facing figures created using the unique and labor-intensive technique of singleneedle looping and knotting—exclusive to the Nazca culture. Textile: 4'2'' x 0'5'' (127 x 13 cm)
$500-750 Start: $250
293. Chancay Culture Shroud Fragment, Central Coast, Peru, 1200-1550 CE. A painted, plain weave cotton fragment from a larger textile used to envelope the mummy bundle for internment. Two primary images are shown arrayed in series along a sacred diagonal format and depicted in a checkerboard matrix. Textile 1'11'' x 1'4'' (58 x 41 cm)
$300-600 Start: $150
294. Chimu Culture Pictorial Tie-Dye Textile, Central Coast, Peru, c. 1100-1400 CE. A fragment of a larger wall hanging used in the environs of Chimu royalty. 2'2'' x 1'11'' (66 x 58 cm). Ex: Fred Drew before 1980.
$750-1500 Start: $350
295. Chimu Empire Tie-Dyed Wall Hanging Fragment, North Coast, Peru, c. 1100-1400 CE. 4'4'' x 3'4'' (132 x 102 cm). Ex: Fred Drew before 1980.
$1000-2000 Start: $500
296. Chimu Culture Mantle Fragment, North Coast, Peru, c. 1100-1400 CE. A complicated multitechnique textile with very fine tapestry borders showing monkeys in tandem together with a field of narrow tapestry strips showing birds connected with broader panels of tie dye cotton gauze in diagonal geometric design. 2'3'' x 2'8'' (69 x 81 cm). Ex: Fred Drew before 1980.
$400-600 Start: $200
297. Chimu Culture Shroud Fragment, North Central Coast, Peru, c. 1200-1550 CE. Cotton. A five color painted cotton fabric showing a linked diamond energy matrix made by concentric stepped lines and profile pelicans in flight.
$200-400 Start: $100
298. Chancay Culture Belt Fragment, Central Coast, Peru, 1200-1550 CE. Alpaca. The center design fragment of a tapestry belt made from colorful alpaca fibers woven on cotton warps. Textile 2'0'' x 0'10'' (61 x 25 cm)
$150-300 Start: $75
299. Chancay Culture Loincloth Frontal, Central Coast, Peru, 1200-1550 CE. Alpaca. A complete and intricate tapestry woven panel of alpaca wefts on cotton warps with integral woven tassels depicts serial images of a shaman with arms to the sky and feet to the ground thus uniting the celestial with the earthly.
Textile 1'11'' x 0'11'' (58 x 28 cm)
$400-800 Start: $200
300. Chancay Culture Mantle Fragment, Central Coast, Peru, 1200-1550 CE. Alpaca wool on cotton. Textile 0'11.5'' x 1'3'' (29 x 38 cm)
$300-600 Start: $150
301. Chancay Culture Alpaca Wool Fragments, Central Coast, Peru, 1200-1550 CE. Alpaca tapestry fragments of two important avian species in action.
$200-400 Start: $100
302. Chancay Culture Gauze Head Wrap, Chancay, c. 1200-1550 CE. Characteristically decorated and finely woven gauze brocade of the Cuismancu people. Textile 2'10'' x 2'7'' (86 x 79 cm). Ex: Fred Drew before 1980.
$200 -400 Start: $100
303. Chancay Culture Gauze Head Scarf, Central Coast, Peru, c. 1200-1550 CE. A top quality example of the delicate cotton headscarves of the Cuismancu federation. 2'11'' x 2'6'' (89 x 76 cm). Ex: Fred Drew before 1980.
$500-1000 Start: $250
304. Chancay Culture Mantle Section, Central Coast, c. 1200-1550 CE. Alpaca and cotton. Textile 2'0'' x 1'0'' (61 x 30 cm); Frame 2'6'' x 1'6'' (76 x 46 cm). Provenance: Ex. Jane Steinsnyder, Philadelphia, 1970’s.
$400-800 Start: $200
305. Two Chancay Culture Double Cloth Fragments, Central Coast, Peru, c. 1200-1550 CE. Cotton. Two different double cloth fragments, one an opened bag while the other is likely a bag fragment. 0'9.5'' x 0'10'' (24 x 25 cm); 0'6'' x 1'4'' (15 x 41 cm). Provenance: Ex. Jane Steinsnyder, Philadelphia, 1970’s.
$200-400 Start: $100
306. Checkered Mantle Corner, Central Coast, Peru, c. 1000-1550 CE. Cotton. Unknown culture. A large fragment of a mantle in a checkerboard format of light and dark squares. Textile 0'11'' x 1'6'' (28 x 46 cm); Frame 1'10'' x 2'1'' (56 x 64 cm). Provenance: Ex. Jane Steinsnyder, Philadelphia, 1970’s.
$200-400 Start: $100
307. Four Textile Fragments, Wari, Chancay, and Chimu, Central Coast, Peru, 700-1500 CE. Alpaca. Ranging in size from: 0'4'' x 0'6'' (10 x 15 cm) to 2'2'' x 0'7'' (66 x 18 cm). Provenance: Ex. Jane Steinsnyder, Philadelphia, 1970’s.
$300-600 Start: $150
308. Four Textile Fragments, Chancay, Chimu, and Ica, Central Coast, 1200-1550 CE. Alpaca. Ranging in size from: 0'8'' x 0'6'' (20 x 15 cm) to 4'10'' x 0'10'' (147 x 25 cm). Provenance: Ex. Jane Steinsnyder, Philadelphia, 1970’s.
$300-600 Start: $150
309. Three Chancay and Wari Culture Fragments, Central Coast, Peru, 1000-1550 CE. Ranging in size from: 0'10'' x 1'4'' (25 x 41 cm) to 0'5'' x 3'0'' (13 x 91 cm)
$200-400 Start: $100
310. Proto-Aymara Culture Half Llacota, South Highlands, Peru, c. 200-600 CE. Alpaca. A complete warp faced loom panel, formerly one half of a man’s mantle, in the evolving austere striped aesthetic of the southern Highlands. 1'6'' x 5'8'' (46 x 173 cm) Ex: Gail Martin. $500-1000 Start: $250
311. Mantle Border, N. Coast, 1200-1500 AD. Alpaca and cotton. Very finely woven tapestry mantle border with structurally woven checkerboard fringe. Size: 2'3'' x 4'', 69 x 10 cm (textile); 4'2'' x 1'9'', 127 x 53 cm (backing).
$200-400 Start: $100
312 . Chiribaya Culture Belt, South Coast, Peru, c. 1200-1550 CE. A long warp faced belt characteristic of this tribe, often cut up by vendors in Peru and reassembled as tunics in the hopes of a better sale.
$100-200 Start: $50
313. Indigo-Dyed Ikat Poncho, Ecuador, circa 1900. 3'11'' x 4'4'' (119 x 132 cm)
$1500-2500 Start: $1000
314. Two Embroidered Huipils, San Mateo Ixtatlan and San Antonio Aguas Calientes, Guatemala, 1960s/70s. One panel composed of two layers of commercial cotton. Wear and some fading is evenly distributed. 2'6'' x 2'2'' (76 x 66 cm); 2'3'' x 3'10'' (69 x 117 cm)
$300-500 Start: $150
315. Two Embroidered Huipils, San Lucas Toliman and Tecpan, Guatemala, Mid 20th C. Two striped panels. Additional wefts depicting tiny animals, birds, symbols woven into each white stripe, and a broad band of color containing zig-zag design across chest area. 2'3'' x 2'11'' (69 x 89 cm); 2'8'' x 2'2'' (81 x 66 cm)
$300-500 Start: $150
316. Two Embroidered Huipils, San Pedro Sacatepequez, San Marcos, Guatemala, Mid 20th C. Two white panels, two-thirds completely covered with additional weft motifs in a variety of soft colors. 3'3'' x 3'10'' (99 x 117 cm); 3'2'' x 2'4'' (97 x 71 cm)
$300-500 Start: $150
317. Two Embroidered Huipils, Santa Maria de Jesus and Santa Lucia Utatlan, Early/Mid 20th C. Two panels covered to within six inches of bottom in additional solid silk and cotton diamond patterns.
2'6'' x 3'8'' (76 x 112 cm); 2'5'' x 2'3'' (74 x 69 cm)
$300-500 Start: $150
318. Two Embroidered Huipils, Mixco and San Miguel Chicaj, Guatemala, 1970s. One cotton panel, covered to within 7” of bottom with additional rows of weft decorations in many colors. Color distribution is excellent. . 3'0'' x 4'11'' (91 x 150 cm); 2'4'' x 2'0'' (71 x 61 cm)
$300-500 Start: $150
319. Two Embroidered Huipils, Patzicia and San Antonio Palopo, Guatemala, 1960s/70s. Two exceptionally wide striped panels. Across the center is a horizontal band of additional silk wefts with chevon design. 3'2'' x 2'11'' (97 x 89 cm); 4'0'' x 1'0'' (122 x 30 cm)
$300-500 Start: $150
320. Two Embroidered Huipils, Solola and Santa Catarina Polopo, Guatemala, Mid 20th C. Two striped panels, some stripes are ikat (jaspe), creating a dotted look. Small cotton weft symbols spaced are across the upper half of the huipil. Solola and only one other village (Chimaltenango), have inset sleeves. 2'10'' x 3'6'' (86 x 107 cm); 2'9'' x 2'3'' (84 x 69 cm)
$300-500 Start: $150
321. Two Embroidered Huipils, Comalapa and Coban, Guatemala, Mid 20th C. Two cotton panels woven from undyed, natural brown cotton. Additional, traditional indigenous weft decoration particular to Comalapa. Original, wellworn neck binding. 3'2'' x 2'0'' (97 x 61 cm); 2'9'' x 3'0'' (84 x 91 cm)
$300 -500 Start: $150
322 . Fine American Union Eagle Applique Quilt, 19th C. Cotton. 4'5'' x 4'9'' (135 x 145 cm). Provenance: Private Delaware estate collection. $1000-1500 Start: $500
323. Embroidered and Pieced Crazy Quilt, Late 19th C. Silk, velvet, satin, wool and cotton embroidery. 6'7'' x 5'6'' (201 x 168 cm)
$600-900 Start: $300
324. African American Pieced and Tied Crazy Quilt, Early 20th C. Wool and cotton. 6'0'' x 6'9'' (183 x 206 cm)
$300-500 Start: $150
325. Amish "Trip Around the World" Pieced Quilt, Late 19th C. Wool and cotton. Atypically large quilt blocks used for this pattern. 6'1'' x 6'3'' (185 x 191 cm). Provenance: purchased from Pook & Pook Auction, Sale April 23-24, 2016, Lot 286. $1200-1600 Start: $800
326. American Linsey-Woolsey Square in a Square Pieced Quilt, Late 18th C. Linen and wool in tabby weave. Border has likely been reduced. 4'8'' x 4'7'' (142 x 140 cm)
$600-900 Start: $300
327. African American Hit or Miss Pieced and Tied Quilt, Early 20th C. Wool and cotton. 5'10'' x 7'0'' (178 x 213 cm)
$600-900 Start: $300
328. Thousand Triangle and Ohio Star Pieced Quilt, Early 20th C. Cotton. Features triangles and "Ohio/Variable Star" quilt blocks. 7'7'' x 7'10'' (231 x 239 cm)
$500-700 Start: $250
329. Pieced Patchwork Quilt, Early/Mid 19th C. 7'1'' x 7'3'' (216 x 221 cm)
$400-600 Start: $200
330. Exceptional Sunburst Pieced Quilt, 19th C. Cotton. 7'1'' x 7'5'' (216 x 226 cm)
$800-1000 Start: $400
331. Blazing Star Pieced Cotton Quilt, Early 20th C. Cotton. 7'10'' x 7'10'' (239 x 239 cm)
$500-700 Start: $250
332 . Starburst and Chintz Pieced Quilt, Early 19th C. Cotton. Printed chintz fabric border with pieced quilt pieces in the Starburst pattern. Has scattered white paint spots. 8'6'' x 8'6'' (259 x 259 cm)
$500 -700 Start: $200
333. Oak Leaf Applique Quilt, Early 20th C. Cotton with applique. 6'8'' x 8'0'' (203 x 244 cm)
$500-700 Start: $250
334. Princess Feather Applique Quilt, Early/Mid 20th C. Cotton. 5'11'' x 6'3'' (180 x 191 cm)
$400-600 Start: $200
335. Princess Feather Pieced Quilt, Early 20th C. Cotton. 6'11'' x 6'11'' (211 x 211 cm)
$300-500 Start: $150
336. Grandmother's Flower Garden Pieced Quilt, Early 20th C. Cotton. 7'1'' x 7'4'' (216 x 224 cm)
$300-500 Start: $150
337. Carolina Lily Pieced Quilt, Early 20th C. Cotton. 6'4'' x 7'0'' (193 x 213 cm)
$300-500 Start: $150
338. American Battenburg Lace Bedspread, Late 19th/Early 20th C. Cotton lace on satin. Back appears unfinished and could be finished as a quilt or bedspread. 6'0'' x 7'4'' (183 x 224 cm)
$500-700 Start: $250
339. Jacquard Figured and Fancy Coverlet, Signed, Manor Township, Lancaster County, PA, Dated 1848. Red, blue, and green dyed wool yarns with cotton warp. Features a 'Double Tulip and Carnation' medallion across the field with buildings along the border. Signed in the weave 'Made by J. Witmer/ Manor Township/ Lancaster County/ 1848'. 6'6'' x 7'10'' (198 x 239 cm)
$1000-1500 Start: $500
340. Signed Jacquard Figured and Fancy Coverlet, Nazareth, PA, Dated 1848. Signed in weave "MADE BY/ P. MAUS/ BY NAZ/ARETH/ 1848". 6'2'' x 8'0'' (188 x 244 cm)
$300-500 Start: $250
341. Tricolor Jacquard Figured and Fancy Coverlet, Mid 19th C. Wool on cotton. 6'5'' x 6'10'' (196 x 208 cm)
$300-500 Start: $250
342 . Star and Diamond Coverlet, Early 19th C. Wool on cotton. 5'6'' x 5'10'' (168 x 178 cm)
$300-500 Start: $250
343. Signed Jacquard Figured and Fancy Coverlet, Hilltown, Bucks County, PA, Dated 1859. Wool with cotton warp. Signed in weave 'S. B. Musselman/ Coverle/ Weaver/ Hiltoun (sic)/ Bucks Co./1859' and 'THIS/ COVERLE/ BELONGS/ TO ME/ 1859'. 6'5'' x 8'4'' (196 x 254 cm)
$800-900 Start: $400
344. American Overshot Jacquard Coverlet, Dated 1826. Wool and cotton.
5'9'' x 7'9'' (175 x 236 cm)
$600-900 Start: $300
345. Blue and White Double Cloth Coverlet, Early 19th C. Indigo-dyed blue wool on white cotton. 6'0'' x 7'3'' (183 x 221 cm)
$300-500 Start: $250
346. Blue and White Summer/Winter Coverlet, Early 19th C. Indigo-dyed blue wool on white. 6'6'' x 6'11'' (198 x 211 cm)
$300-500 Start: $250
347. Blue and White Summer/Winter Coverlet, Early 19th C. Indigo-dyed blue wool on white. 6'4'' x 7'8'' (193 x 234 cm)
$300-500 Start: $250
348. Blue and White Double Cloth Coverlet with Pine Tree Border, Early 19th C. Indigo-dyed wool on cotton. 6'1'' x 6'8'' (185 x 203 cm)
$300-500 Start: $250
349. Red and White Overshot Coverlet, Early 19th C. Cotton and wool. 7'0'' x 6'4'' (213 x 193 cm)
$300-500 Start: $250
350. American Homespun Wool Yarn Blankets, Mid 19th C. Homespun wool yarns, undyed and indigo dyes. Woven in two panels on a narrow loom, then hand-sewn together with handstitched selvedges. 5'0'' x 6'5'' (152 x 196 cm); 5'9'' x 6'10'' (175 x 208 cm)
$400-600 Start: $200
351. Homespun wool yarns, undyed and indigo dyes. Woven in two panels on a narrow loom, then hand-sewn together with hand-stitched selvedges. Yellow color is achieved with onion skin mordant. 6'2'' x 7'4'' (188 x 224 cm); 6'2'' x 8'0'' (188 x 244 cm)
$400-600 Start: $200
352 . American Homespun Wool Yarn Blankets, Mid 19th C. Homespun wool yarn, undyed and indigo dyes. Woven in two panels from a narrow loom then hand-sewn together with handstitched selvedges. 6'0'' x 7'6'' (183 x 229 cm); 5'11'' x 6'11'' (180 x 211 cm)
$400-600 Start: $200
353. Arts & Crafts Wool and Silk Tapestry Panel, poss. Albert Herter, New York, circa 1900. Wool and silk. 2'1'' x 8'11'' (64 x 272 cm)
$1090-1500 Start: $500
354. Pair of Arts & Crafts Tapestry Panels, Early 20th C. Reed woven wool on canvas. The spider with a cross on the abdomen is a possible workshop maker's mark, unidentified. Each 2'4'' x 9'0'' (71 x 274 cm)
$1000-1500 Start: $500
355. Antique Pullman Railroad Blanket, ca. 1900. Wool. 5'0'' x 7'2'' (152 x 218 cm)
$300-400 Start: $200
356. American Latch Hook Locomotive Rug, 1930s/40s. Cotton on cotton. 5'1'' x 3'0'' (155 x 91 cm)
$200-400 Start: $100
357. Barbara E. Merry Hooked Chenille Rug "Cabins on a Hill", c. 1970s. Cotton chenille yarn. 3'3'' x 3'0'' (99 x 91 cm)
$400-600 Start: $200
358. Barbara E. Merry Signed Hooked Chenille Rug. Cotton chenille. 2'8'' x 2'0'' (81 x 61 cm)
$300 -500 Start: $150
359. Barbara E. Merry Hooked Chenille Rug "Cabin in the Woods", c. 1970s, Exhibited. Cotton chenille yarn. Exhibited at the Baltimore Museum of Art in the 1980s.
$300-500 Start: $150
360. New Mexico Latch Hook Rug and Rag Rug, Early/Mid 20th C. Cotton. Latch hook rug signed initials ERB. 3'2'' x 1'11'' (97 x 58 cm); 3'4'' x 5'11'' (102 x 180 cm)
$300-500 Start: $150
361. Wagon Wheel Rag Rug, American, 1930s. Cotton. 3'6'' x 3'7'' (107 x 109 cm)
$200-400 Start: $100
362 . Gold of the Andes: The Llamas, Alpacas, Vicunas and Guanacos of South America, Two-Volume Set, 1994. First printing hardcover. With texts by Jorje Flores Ochoa, Kim MacQuarrie, and Javier Portus. Published by Jordi Blassi, Barcelona, 1994. Unused condition and retains original cardboard boxes and factory plastic. Each: 11.5'' x 10'' x 1'' (29 x 25 x 3 cm).
$250-400 Start: $125
363. Aymara Weavings: Ceremonial Textiles of Colonial and 19th Century Bolivia. Adelson & Tracht, authors. Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Service. Washington. 1983. Softbound. New in excellent condition.
Size: .5'' x 7.5'' x 10.5'' (1 x 19 x 27 cm).
$100-150 Start: $75
364. Historic Aymara Weavings. Aymara Bolivianische Textilen. An Exhibition in the German textile Museum Krefeld Germany January 1992. German text. New in excellent condition. Size: .5'' x 8'' x 11'' (1 x 20 x 28 cm).
$100-150 Start: $75
365. Hirschel & Adler Folk Gallery Exhibition Materials, and Navajo Weaving Reference Books. Lot includes a folder/pamphlet from the Hirschel & Adler Folk Gallery; "Navajo Textiles: the William Randolph Hearst Collection" by Nancy J. Blomberg, first editio, 1988, and signed by the author; "The Saltillo Sarape" text by James Jeter and Paula Marie Juelke, 1978; "Walk in Beauty: The Navajo and Their Blankets" by Anthony Berlant and Mary Hunt Kahlenberg, 1977, by the same authors "The Navajo Blanket", 1972; and more titles. Largest: 1'' x 9'' x 11.5'' (3 x 23 x 29 cm).
$300-500 Start: $150
366. Pre-Colombian and South American Reference Book Lot. Includes books on pre-Colombian and South American textiles and objects. One stack size: 7'' x 11'' x 15'' (18 x 28 x 38 cm).
$200-400 Start: $100
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE
The property offered and sold through New Material Culture, Inc.’s (hereinafter MC) public auctions (hereinafter the Property) shall be offered and sold pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth below (hereinafter the Agreement). This Agreement constitutes the complete statement of the terms and conditions pursuant to which all Property is offered for sale. By bidding at the auction,whether in person, by agent, in writing, by telephone, internet bid or any other means, the buyer of the Property (hereinafter the Buyer) agrees to be bound by this Agreement.
PROPERTY SOLD AS IS. Except as expressly stated below in the LIMITED RIGHT OF RESCISSION, all Property is sold as is, where is, with all faults. Neither MC nor any consignor makes any guarantees, warranties or representations, expressed or implied with respect to the Property or the correctness of the catalogue or any other description of the Property. In no event shall MC or the consignor be responsible for the correctness, nor be deemed to have made any representation or warranty, of description, genuineness, authorship, attribution, provenance, period, culture, source, origin or condition of the Property. No statement made at the sale, or in the bill of sale, or invoice or elsewhere shall be deemed such a guarantee, warranty or representation.
LIMITED RIGHT OF RESCISSION. With regard ONLY to descriptions of fine art in which a specific artist is named as the artist, all information contained in the catalogue concerning the authenticity of said Property is guaranteed for a period of 30 days from the date of the sale. If, within that 30 day period, Buyer has complied with all Terms and Conditions of Sale regarding timely payment and collection of said Property and would like to dispute the authenticity of said Property, Buyer can submit, at his own expense, two written professional opinions regarding authenticity by recognized authenticators, jointly approved by both MC and Buyer. In the event said Property is judged inauthentic by both expert authenticators, said Property may be returned if it is in the same condition as at time of sale and the Buyer’s full purchase price will be refunded. Refunds shall not include cost of transportation, insurance or other expenses that Buyer may have incurred. This limited right of rescission is available only to the original auction Buyer and does not extend or transfer to any subsequent owner, heir, agent transferee or any other third party.
WITHDRAWAL OF PROPERTY. MC reserves the right to withdraw any Property at any time for any reason and to default any sale in the event of an error or dispute.
COPYRIGHT AND REPRODUCTION RIGHTS. MC and its consignors make no warranty or representation, express or implied, that the Buyer will acquire any copyright or reproduction rights to any Property sold. MC expressly reserves the right to reproduce any image of the Property sold in the catalogue. The copyright in all images, illustrations and written material produced by or for MC relating to Property, including the contents of the catalogue, is, and shall remain at all times, the property of MC and shall not be used by the Buyer, nor by anyone else, without MCs prior written consent.
EXAMINATION OF PROPERTY. All Property is available for examination prior to bidding. The Buyers bidding signifies that the Buyer has examined the Property as fully as desired or has chosen not to examine the Property. MC recommends that prospective bidders examine all items in which they have an interest prior to bidding.
BIDDING
RESERVES. Some of the Property in the sale is offered subject to a reserve. The reserve is a confidential minimum price agreed upon by the consignor and MC below which the lot will not be sold. In most cases, the reserve will be set below the estimated range, but in no case will it exceed the low estimates listed. Bidding will begin at a price appropriate in the auctioneers discretion. The auctioneer always reserves the right to withdraw Property for any reason he deems appropriate.
ORDER OF BIDS. Unless otherwise announced by the auctioneer, all bids are per lot as numbered in the catalogue. MC reserves the right to determine any and all matters regarding the order, precedence or appropriate increment of bids or the constitution of lots. Please be aware that MC accepts bids from various sources including online bidding platforms, phone bidders, floor bidders, and online and in-house absentee bidders. The auctioneer will accept bids in the order they are received during the course of the live auction. Absentee bidders please take note: in situations where there is more than one party bidding on a lot when the bidding stops, you risk losing the lot to another buyer, depending on the order the bids are received by the auctioneer during the course of the live auction. The safest way to ensure you win a lot is to bid live (online, in-house, or by phone).
ABSENTEE AND PHONE BIDDING. Absentee and phone bidding are permitted by prospective bidders who cannot be present at the auction. Please complete the Absentee Bid and/or Phone Reservation form. Absentee bids are executed competitively and confidentially. All reservations for phone bidding are held in the strictest confidence and must be received by 5 pm EST the day before the auction. No additional phone bids will be accepted at such time including additions when speaking with a staff person on the phone. Written absentee bids may be submitted on the Absentee Bid Form up to 30 lots before the item comes up for auction. Leaving an absentee or phone bid on a lot indicates your willingness to open the bidding at one half the printed estimate, and gives the auctioneer the authority to open the bidding at that level, or to open the bidding on a lot with a printed reserve at the reserve price. In the case of identical absentee bids, the bid received first will prevail. Bids left on internet portals are not executed until the item is offered in the live auction and the order in which they are received is not a factor.
CUT BIDS. We do not accept cut bids, (bids less than the last interval) from the floor or from absentee bidders including phone and internet bidders. Thus, it is possible that a lot could go to another bidder for less than an absentee bid. For example, if the bids are progressing in $10 dollar increments and an absentee falls at a $5 increment we will not take the bid since it is less than the $10 increment.
FOLLOWING ARE GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR BIDDING INCREMENTS:
$0-$500 by $25 increments
$500-$1,000 by $50 increments
$1,000 $3,000 by $100 increments
$3,000-$5,000 by $250 increments
$5,000-$10,000 by $500 increments
$10,000-$30,000 by $1,000 increments
$30,000-$50,000 by $2,500 increments
$50,000-$100,000 by $5,000 increments
$100,000-$200,000 by $10,000 increments
Above $200,000 auctioneers discretion
HIGHEST BIDDER. The highest bidder as determined by the auctioneer shall be the Buyer. In the case of a disputed bid, the auctioneer shall have sole discretion in determining the Buyer and may also, at his or her election, withdraw the Property or reoffer the Property for sale. The auctioneer shall have sole discretion to refuse any bid, or refuse to acknowledge any bidder. At such time as the auctioneer has declared Property sold to a given Buyer, said Buyer thereupon assumes full risk and responsibility for the Property, agrees to sign any requested confirmation of purchase, and agrees to pay the full price, plus Buyers Premium, therefore or such part, upon such terms as MC may require.
PAYMENT. PAYMENT. Payment is due within 7 business days. Payment must be made by cash, approved check, or wire transfer. We also accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover and Paypal for invoices totaling under $5,000. Credit card transactions will not be accepted for international clients. MC reserves the right to require bank checks for purchases over $5,000. Personal checks will be acceptable only if credit has been established with MC or if a bank authorization has been received guaranteeing a personal check. MC reserves the right to hold Property purchased by personal check until the check has cleared the bank. Buyer agrees to pay MC a handling charge of $25.00 for any check dishonored by the drawee. MC reserves the right to not issue a Buyers number or to withhold merchandise if appropriate credit has not been established. Credit arrangements must be made by the Friday prior to the day of auction so bank statements can be verified. Any bidder that plans on spending in excess of $100,000 should make arrangements with the MC accounting department at least five (5) days in advance of the sale, as a deposit may be required to participate. All Property purchased must be paid for no later than 5 pm EST on the seventh business day following the sale. MC may impose, and the Buyer agrees to pay, a monthly interest charge of 1.5% of the purchase price of any Property not paid by the Buyer within thirty (30) days of the date of sale. MC reserves the right to rescind any sale of Property in the event payment is not received within seven (7) business days of the sale. Credit card payments processed through Liveauctioneers.com may be subject to additional fees. Credit card payments processed by MC are subject to a 3% service fee.
BUYERS PREMIUM. A 25% buyer’s premium will be added to the hammer price on each lot sold on a house paddle, including telephone and absentee bidding; A 27% buyer’s premium will be added to the hammer price on each lot sold on the Material Culture Private Label website; 30% will be added to lots purchased online through Liveauctioneers and Invaluable/AuctionZip.
REMOVAL OF PROPERTY. All items must be picked up, or shipping arrangements made, within two weeks of the day of sale. Items not collected or shipped by the 15th day following the sale will incur storage fees at a rate of $10.00 per lot per day regardless of the size or value of the lot. Items not collected by the 30th day following the sale may be sold by MC or sent by MC to a public warehouse at the sole risk of, and charge to, the Buyer and MC may prohibit the Buyer from participating, directly or indirectly, as a bidder or purchaser in any future sale. No Property may be removed from MCs premises until the Buyer has paid in full the purchase price including Buyers premium. MC shall have no liability for any damage to Property left on its premises after the auction. A defaulting Buyer will be deemed to have granted and assigned to MC a continuing security interest of first priority in any Property or money of, or owing to such Buyer in MCs possession, and MC may retain and apply such Property or money as collateral security for the obligations due to MC. MC shall have all of the rights accorded a secured party under the Pennsylvania Uniform Commercial Code.
PACKING AND SHIPPING. Buyer agrees that packing and shipping are done at the Buyers risk and that Buyer will pay in advance all packing expenses, materials, carrier fees and insurance charges. Shipping is the sole responsibility of the Buyer. MC will have no liability for any loss or damage to shipped items. Upon request, MC will provide a list of shippers who deliver to destinations within the United States and overseas.
TAXES. All purchases are subject to Pennsylvania sales tax unless the Buyer possesses a Pennsylvania sales tax exemption number. Exemption numbers from other states are accepted in Pennsylvania if presented with a business card or letterhead. Dealers, museums, and other qualifying parties can apply for a Pennsylvania exemption number prior to the auction. Buyer is responsible for any and all tariffs, taxes and assessments that might be made on the Property. International Buyers are responsible for tariffs, taxes, or assessments of shipped items to the Buyers country.
IMPORT/EXPORT RESTRICTIONS. Some property that is sold at auction can be subject to laws governing export from the United States, such as items that include material from some endangered species. Import restrictions from foreign countries are subject to these same governing laws. Granting of licensing for import or export of Property from local authorities is the sole responsibility of the Buyer. Denial or delay of licensing will not constitute cancellation or delay in payment for the total purchase price of said Property.
BUYERS BREACH. If the Buyer breaches any of its obligations under this Agreement, including its obligation to pay in full the purchase price of all Property for which it is the highest successful bidder, MC may exercise all of its rights and remedies under the law including, without limitation, (a) canceling the sale and applying any payments made by the Buyer to the damages caused by the Buyers breach, and/or (b) offering at public auction, without reserve, any lot or item for which the Buyer has failed to pay in full the purchase price, holding the Buyer liable for any deficiency plus all costs of sale.
GOVERNING LAW. These conditions of sale shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (excluding the laws applicable to conflicts or choice of law). The Buyer agrees that any suit for the enforcement of this Agreement may be brought, and any action against MC in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be brought, in the courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any federal court sitting therein. The Buyer consents to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of such courts and waives objections that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such suit.
AMENDMENTS TO TERMS AND CONDITIONS. No claimed modification or amendment of this Agreement on the part of any party shall be deemed extant, enforceable or provable unless it is in writing that has been signed by the parties to this Agreement. No course of dealing and no delay or omission on the part of MC in exercising any right under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of such right or any other right and waiver on any one or more occasions shall not be construed as a bar to or waiver of any right or remedy of MC on any future occasion.
