Pook & Pook held its biannual Native American Indian Sale on Oct. 27, and it was the largest one yet. Coming in at just under 850 lots, it was host to a number of exceptional items. The most noteworthy was a Hopi Sikyatki revival pottery bowl having been most likely made by the celebrated potter Nampeyo. The bowl realized $9,072, and another Hopi Sikyatki revival olla with strong polychrome avian design sold for $1,449.
A main feature of the sale was an enormous slate of stone artifacts. Almost entirely coming from a single collection, the sale featured showcase after showcase of stone points, spears, and axe heads. A cased group of Midwestern flint artifacts brought $1,953. Among the stone tools was a fine 3/4 groove axe head made of speckled granite that sold for $1,638 and a double grooved axe head that realized $1,386.
The marathon auction also had a good selection of Navajo rugs, including a child-sized blanket with a variation of a Third Phase chief’s blanket pattern that sold for $3,906.
Among the other top lots of the day were an authentic Navajo coin silver squash blossom necklace that brought $8,064, a group of three Hopi kachinas, $4,221; and an Algonquin style miniature birch bark canoe model that featured moose and deer designs selling for $3,024.
To view the entire sale, visit the online catalog with prices realized at www.pookandpook.com. The company’s next Native American Indian and Ethnographic Auction will be held in May 2022.
For more information, call 610-269-4040.