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Fine American Indian Art

including a Collection of Miniature Baskets from a Prominent West Coast Cultural Institution
An important group of Plains beadwork and regalia, from a Northeastern Educational Institution
Pre-Historic Southwest Pottery and a Lakota Pictographic Muslin, sold by the Order of the Board of
Trustees of the Art Institute of Chicago with proceeds to benefit the Acquisitions Fund

Another Lakota Pictographic Muslin from the Walker Art Center with Proceeds to Benefit the Archives
Initiative

A group of Pueblo pottery and a Northern Plains shirt from Girard College

A Tlingit Copper Rattle, Woodlands Ball-Head Club and other objects from the Collection of Jay C. Leff Two Rare Old Bering Sea Eskimo Ivory Heads and a group of Pre-Historic Eskimo Ivory Objects from a Private Collection

An early Pair of Huron Moosehair-Embroidered Moccasins from an English Private Collection and Various Owners

Sale 6853

Auction: Tuesday, May 21, 1996 at 10:15 am and 2pm

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Property of a New York Private Collector

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$2,000-3,000

A Pair of Plains Beaded Hide Moccasins, probably Cheyenne, each with hard sole, vertical heel cam and drawstring through the high cuff, decorated with yellow chre pigment, finely sinew sewn in white, yellow pink, dark blue and translucent red, and cobalt blue glass seed beads, with a rectangular element containing a Makese cross and bar design. Lengths 9: in. (24.1 cm.)

See illustration in color plate with lot 145

$2,500-3,500

WASHINGTON COLLEGE Albee Collection

pale Property of a Northeastern Educational Institution

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the neck stitched with linear designs in white glass beads against red-dyed hide grounds, decorated with rows of quill-wrapped human hair pendants, additional pendants of worn white animal fur wrapped on twisted cotton cord and bound with sinew and human hair, and two of pale blue-dyed horsehair (one plaited), the fringe cut shorter along the sides and hem, longer on the sleeves and on the extended flaps showing traces of fur; traces of feathers, sinew seams. Width across the arms 65: in. (1.66 m.)

Provenance:

Presented by General R.S. Mackenzie to General H.W. Lawton and given to Captain George Emerson Albee in the field of battle.

The present lot and numbers 147-149, 169-173, 277, 284 and 381, were collected by George Emerson Albee, probably before 1870, and donated by his widow between 1930 and 1950. An entry in a local bulletin (October, 1930) states the following: "Mrs. Fredricka Strong Albee, has already given the College a revolutionary musket, now in the Alumni Room, which was part of the valuable collection of guns, pikes and Indian relics belonging to her late husband, Captain George Emerson Albec. Captain Albee presented the Connecticut Historical Society with the major part of his collection of Indian relics. The Captain played a prominent part in the Indian Wars and at one time was a fellow scout with William Cody, later known as Buffalo Bill. The friendship formed on the frontier lasted a lifetime and many of the relics are reminders of stories which closely connect the two men."

George E. Albee joined the United States Infantry in 1867 and later received a Congressional Medal of Honor in January of 1894, for an incident which occurred at Brazos River, Texas, October 28th, 1969, in which he "attacked with two men a force of eleven Indians, drove them

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the neck stitched with linear designs in white glass beads against red-dyed hide grounds, decorated with rows of quill-wrapped human hair pendants, additional pendants of worn white animal fur wrapped on twisted cotton cord and bound with sinew and human hair, and two of pale blue-dyed horsehair (one plaited), the fringe cut shorter along the sides and hem, longer on the sleeves and on the extended flaps showing traces of fur; traces of feathers, sinew seams. Width across the arms 651/2 in. (1.66 m.)

Provenance:

Presented by General R.S. Mackenzie to General H.W. Lawton and given to Captain George Emerson Albee in the field of battle.

The present lot and numbers 147-149, 169-173, 277, 284 and 381, were collected by George Emerson Albee, probably before 1870, and donated by his widow between 1930 and 1950. An entry in a local bulletin (October, 1930) states the following: "Mrs. Fredricka Strong Albec, has already given the College a revolutionary musket, now in the Alumni Room, which was part of the valuable collection of guns, pikes and Indian relics belonging to her late husband, Captain George Emerson Albec. Captain Albee presented the Connecticut Historical Society with the major part of his collection of Indian relics. The Captain played a prominent part in the Indian Wars and at one time was a fellow scout with William Cody, later known as Buffalo Bill. The friendship formed on the frontier lasted a lifetime and many of the relics are reminders of stories which closely connect the two men."

George E. Albee joined the United States Infantry in 1867 and later received a Congressional Medal of Honor in January of 1894, for an incident which occurred at Brazos River, Texas, October 28th, 1969, in which he "attacked with two men a force of eleven Indians, drove them

from the hills, and reconnoitered the country beyond". In a letter to the General of the U.S. Army dated June 1st, 1916, Albee (the retired Captain, U.S. Army) corrected the information stating that the incident occurred in September, 1869 while he was in command of detachments from "B" and "E", 9th Cavalry with an expedition commanded by Captain Henry Carroll. He continues in the letter to state the following: "Gen. J.J. Reynolds commanding Dept. of Texas under date of Jan. 24, 1872, said that I had been especially conspicuous for the number of Indian expeditions in which I had been engaged, later on in 1874, when the Comanches, Kiowas and southern Cheyennes broke out and Gen. Mackenzies expedition was being organized I was in Wisconsin on sick leave of absence, but I volunteered, and as I was so familiar with the region in which the expedition was to operate my services were accepted by Gen. Augur and I joined General Mackenzie at Fort Concho, and was our with him during the six months consumed by his movements, a portion of the time in command of his Indian Scouts, and was several times under fire in actual contact with the enemy." In another letter, dated September, 1908, he states the following: "I was with the expedition against Comanches and Kiowas in the Staked Plains in September 1869, and received a Brevet for gallantry in the action of September 16th, 1869...I was with the Expeditions against the Comanches and Kiowas in the Staked Plains in October 1869 and received a Medal of honor for distinguished gallantry in the two actions of October 28th and 29th, 1869...The first expedition was commanded by Captain Henry Carroll, 9th Cavalry and second expedition was commanded by Major John M. Bacon, 9th Cavalry. I was also with Gen., R.S. Mackenzies Expedition against Comanches, Kiowas and southern Cheyennes in the Stakes Plains during the winter of 1874 and 1875. The Post records of Fort Clark and Fort Concho for 1868-1871 would probably show that during those years I took part in many smaller scouts besides those above specified."

$60,000-90,000

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$8,000-12,000

170

An Plains Cloth and Hide Dance Headdress, composed of a coarse hide cap, overlaid on the front with a hide headband, sinew sewn with a bar and zigzag pattern in white and dark blue glass beads, a pair of oversized steerhorns secured at the sides, a cluster of feathers and dyed horsehair on the crown, a hide "trailer" panel attached behind, overlaid with a (recycled?) panel of red tradecloth with remains of silk ribbon appliqué, decorated with long tufts of gray and purple-dyed horsehair. Approximate length 34 in. (86.4 cm.)

Provenance:

Collected by George Emerson Albee (see lot 138)

$7,000-9,000

171

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170

A Plains Cloth and Hide Dance Headdress, composed of a hide cap, decorated with yellow ochre pigment on the interior, a pair of red and black-painted animal horns secured to the sides, and white and bright blue glass beadwork on the headband, and long trailer behind, composed of a hide panel ornamented with green pigment, and a panel of red wool trade cloth, rows of cut and full black feathers applied overall. Greatest length 36 in. (91.4 cm.)

A Southern Plains Hide Dance Headdress, decorated with a beaded headband, sinew sewn in white and yellow over a deep blue glass bead ground, with a circle and zigzag pattern, a surmounted pair of carved wood horns at each side, one side painted in black, the other in dark green, and short strips of furred hide (much of the fur worn away) overall on the head, trimmed with a row of long white animal fur pendants wrapped with red tradecloth along the back, surmounted by a tapering parfleche crest, possibly a later addition, sinew sewn with similar imagery in white against a bright blue background, a row of eagle feathers inserted along the top, (now removed); ochre pigment on the cap, green pigment on the crest, native repairs. Approximate length with pendants 22/2 in. (57.2 cm.) Provenance:

Collected by George Emerson Albee (see lot 138)

$6,000-9,000

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An Unusual Southern Plains Fringed Hide Jacket, in an elongated style, composed of numerous panels of finely tanned skin thread-sewn together, decorated with a sparse area of glass beadwork stitched in an atypical diagonal style at the back, trimmed with numerous panels of finelycut fringe, much of it twisted, and rows of tin cone "rattlers", ", a series of domed metal buttons at the front for closure; remains of red mineral pigment, black pigment above the hem, cloth lining on the sleeves. Length 321⁄2 in. (82.6 2 cm.)

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A Sioux Pictorial Beaded Hide Child's Vest, sinew sewn in green, yellow, two shades of blue and translucent red against a white lazy stitched glass bead ground, with pairs of American flags on the front panels pairs of tipis in the lower fields, five-pointed stars with steel bead centers on the shoulders, the reverse decorated with a pair of confronted equestrian figures, possibly counting coup, one wearing a trailer bormet and holding a feathered lance, aiming his bow and arrow at the other, a trio of horses and a dead warrior in the foreground, a series of horseshoes in the left field, a blue border of small rectangles overall; beaded button for closure. Length 13/2 in. (34.3 cm.)

$12,000-15,000

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