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Battles Collection: Rattles, Shield & Tassel – Group B
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Pre 1980 item# 1020693 (stock# MLB.GROUP B)
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This group of moderately priced but very decorative Native American collectibles (MLB 20-22, 26, 27, 29, 30, 37, 42, 43, 47 and 68) is the second (but not the last) listing of 12 individually priced items from the Asa Battles estate. Widely recognized for his western and Native American art, Battles was also an avid and discriminating collector. While much of his large collection was donated to the Historical and Archaeological Museum of Buckeye, Arizona, located in the city of his birth and of ...click for details
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Early 20th Cent. Navajo 9-Panel Rug, Branch Coll.
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Pre 1930 item# 1013330 (stock# BB.N425)
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$4,500.00
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Measuring 48” x 81”, this Navajo boldly patterned wool rug (BB.N425), herein called a Nine Panel, has repeated colorful interlocking rectangular blocks. From an old Denver estate, the floor rug is in overall good used condition with minor stain. Graded at an 8, it comes with a small display card, our certificate guaranteeing authenticity, and a biographical sketch of its previous owner Billy Branch, as he was affectionately known to his many friends. Select or ask any question by referring to ei ...click for details
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Navajo Changing Woman Pictorial Rug, Branch Coll.
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Pre 1930 item# 1013334 (stock# BB.N513)
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$9,500.00
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This handsomely designed Navajo rug (BB.N513), measuring 61” x 91”, displays opposing images of the ‘Changing Woman’, the Navajo deity who could alter her appearance as the seasons changed. Depicted as a young fertile maiden during the spring and summer, she became an old woman during the fall and winter. Dating c.1925, and in overall very good condition, the rug is graded a strong 9 with only minor use spotting. From the estate of the late Bill Branch of Denver, Colorado, it comes with a small ...click for details
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Battles Collection: A Variety of Relics – Group D
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Pre 1980 item# 1020906 (stock# MLB.GROUP D)
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This group of twelve (MLB 15, 16, 24, 25, 30, 41, 48-52 and 70) represents a mixture of types, both Indian and western, from the diverse estate of Asa Battles. A fine ancient ¾-grooved axe, several stone pestles and a celt, two pipes of possible Mississippian age, and a later historic fish-shaped pipe, two hide fleshers, a late Indian Wars period canteen, and even an early WW I period compass from Hungary (told you it was a mix…). With prices ranging from $75 to $475, each piece is individually ...click for details
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Twelve Native American Textiles: Branch Collection
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Pre 1980 item# 1013317 (stock# BB.TEXT1)
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This group of Native American textiles, all from the estate of the late Billy Branch, has some very fine examples of the various styles. All of the illustrated single and double saddle blankets, pictorials and small to larger area rugs are ‘used’ but none shows significant wear, although some do have small spots and stains that are so noted. Navajo in origin (BB.N404, 407, 418, 423, 426, 429, 432, 435, 437, 443, 445 and 465), each one of the twelve is shown in its own photo group with its unique ...click for details
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