Native American Art
Updated September 4, 2026
| Date | September 24, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT |
| Type | Online only |
| Auction house | Freeman's |
| Location | Philadelphia, Chicago, Illinois, 60607 |
| Lots | 275 |
Freeman’s is honored to offer selections from the Larry Ness Native American Photography Collection, documenting Native peoples, their communities, and history through the camera. Complementing this historical record, the sale features beadwork, pottery, and textiles from across North America, highlighted by the Late Classic “Claflin?? Serape. The auction also brings together property from a distinguished group of private collections and estates, including the Estate of Colin McCullough, Baskets of Time Gallery, The Bernice Abrams Collection, the Estate of Matthew and Jane Newman, the Collection of Gary L. Fogle, Gary Cook, Laura Nuckolls Collection, Lucy Norton, the Mrs. Susan Gadpaille Collection, Dr. Deane and Susan Penn, John Benson of Minneapolis and Fort Collins, Colorado, the R. Thomas Snyder Collection, Michigan, Robin Alpher Collection, and the Ronny and Dorris Smithee Collection, Oklahoma City. Full catalog and bidding: view on liveauctioneers .
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In this auction (275 lots)
Categories: Pottery, China & Glass · Sporting Goods & Outdoors · Firearms & Militaria · Fine Art & Prints
- Lot 0001 — Alexander Gardner (1821-1882) Studio Portrait of Dirt Face, Ma-Ka-Teh-Kon. Washington, DCca 1870
- Lot 0002 — Alexander Gardner (Scottish-American, 1821-1882) Good Buffalo, Ta-Tan-Kah-Nua-Sh-Tah. Washington,
- Lot 0003 — Alexander Gardner (Scottish-American, 1821-1882) Studio Portrait of One Afraid of the Eagle,
- Lot 0004 — Alexander Gardner (Scottish-American, 1821-1882) Lone Wolf, Blackfeetca 1870
- Lot 0005 — Alexander Gardner (Scottish-American, 1821-1882) Portraits of Cayote AND Ear of Corn, Lone Wolf's
- Lot 0006 — Alexander Gardner (Scottish-American, 1821-1882) High Wolf, Oglala Lakota, 1872
- Lot 0007 — Alexander Gardner (Scottish-American, 1821-1882) Portraits of Sioux and Cheyenne Taken in
- Lot 0008 — Alexander Gardner (Scottish-American, 1821-1882) Walking Crane and White Eyes, Sioux Leaders, 1872
- Lot 0009 — Alexander Gardner, Attributed (Scottish-American, 1821-1882) Dull Knife and Lame Wolf, Northern
- Lot 0010 — Alexander Gardner AND William Henry Jackson (Scottish-American, 1821-1882; American, 1843-1942)
- Lot 0011 — Alexander Gardner (Scottish-American, 1821-1882) Imperial Photograph of Bird and Long Foot
- Lot 0012 — Yankton Sioux Delegation in Washington, DC ca 1860s
- Lot 0013 — Winnebago Chiefs, Indian Agents, and Interpreters, in New York City1865
- Lot 0014 — McClees Gallery Studio Portraits of Pawnee and Yankton Sioux Chiefs1857-1858
- Lot 0015 — Huntington, Taylor's Gallery Portraits, Including Son of the Star and Black Fox, Arikaraca 1870
- Lot 0016 — W.G. Chamberlain (American, 1815-1910) Sioux and Ute Portraits
- Lot 0017 — Antonio Zeno Shindler (Bulgarian, 1823-1899) He Walks Mad, Yankton Dakota, 1867
- Lot 0018 — Antonio Zeno Shindler (Bulgarian, 1823-1899) Black Tail Deer, Ute Chief, 1868
- Lot 0019 — Antonio Zeno Shindler (Bulgarian, 1823-1899) Portraits of Chief White Swan, Yankton Sioux AND Chief
- Lot 0020 — Antonio Zeno Shindler AND William Henry Jackson (Bulgarian, 1823-1899 / American, 1843-1942)
- Lot 0021 — Byron H. Gurnsey (American, 1833-1880) Spotted Tail and Yellow Hair, Brule Lakota
- Lot 0022 — Byron H. Gurnsey (American, 1833-1880) Native American Portraits, Including Identified Winnebago
- Lot 0023 — Portraits of Sac and Fox, Iowa, Ponca, and Sioux Leaders by Gurnsey, McClees, and Shindler
- Lot 0024 — William Notman (Scottish-Canadian, 1826-1891) Women at a Blackfeet Camp
- Lot 0025 — C.W. Carter AND C.R. Savage (English-American, 1832-1918 / English, 1832-1909) Portraits of Ute,
- Lot 0026 — Edric L. Eaton (American, 1835-1890) Studio Portraits of Pawnee, Sioux, Crow, and Shoshone Men
- Lot 0027 — William S. Soule (American, 1836-1908) Camp Scenes
- Lot 0028 — William S. Soule (American, 1836-1908) Arapaho, Comanche, and Kiowa Portraits at Fort Sill, Indian
- Lot 0029 — William S. Soule AND W.P. Bliss (American, 1836-1908 / b. ca 1840) Comanche and Kiowa Portraits,
- Lot 0030 — William P. Bliss (American, b. ca 1840) Portrait of a Comanche Warrior, Fort Sill, Indian
- Lot 0031 — Charles L. Hamilton (American, b. 1837) Sioux Subjects, Fort Randall, Dakota Territory 1860-1870
- Lot 0032 — W.R. Cross (American, 1839-1907) Brule Lakota Sioux Chief Hollow Horn Bear with an Unidentified 5th
- Lot 0033 — William R. Cross (American, 1839-1907) Sioux and Cheyenne Warriors and Family
- Lot 0034 — William R. Cross (American, 1839-1907) Portraits of Sioux, Cheyenne, and Apache Subjects, including
- Lot 0035 — William R. Cross (American, 1839-1907) Sitting Bull's Internment at Fort Randall, Dakota
- Lot 0036 — Charles Howard (American, b. 1842) Native American and Military Subjects, Fort Bridger, Wyoming
- Lot 0037 — Hamilton & Hoyt Winnebago and Sioux
- Lot 0038 — Stanley J. Morrow (American, 1843-1921) Cheyenne
- Lot 0039 — William Henry Jackson (American, 1843-1942) Portraits of Pawnee Men, Including Long Dog
- Lot 0040 — William Henry Jackson (American, 1843-1942) Pawnee Warriors
- Lot 0041 — Charles M. Bell (1848-1893) Hairy Bear and Standing Buffalo, Ponca
- Lot 0042 — Charles M. Bell (American, 1848-1893) Portraits of Oglala Dakota Men
- Lot 0043 — Charles M. Bell (American, 1848-1893) Portraits Taken in Washington, DC
- Lot 0044 — John C.H. Grabill (American, 1849-1903) Cheyenne Chiefs and Interpreter, Visit Colonel Oelrichs in
- Lot 0045 — John C.H. Grabill (American, 1849-1903) Big Foot's Band of Sioux at Grass Dance, Cheyenne River,
- Lot 0046 — John C.H. Grabill (American, 1849-1903) Photographs of Native American Subjects, Including Cheyenne
- Lot 0047 — John C.H. Grabill AND Locke & Peterson (American, 1849-1903) Photographs of Native American
- Lot 0048 — Frank Jay Haynes (American, 1853-1921) Studio Portraits of Crow and Sioux, Including Big Medicine
- Lot 0049 — George W. Scott (American, 1854-1910) Sioux Portraits, Including Chief Gall, Long Dog, and John
- Lot 0050 — Portraits of Sioux Involved in the 1862 Dakota Uprising in Minnesota
- Lot 0051 — Portraits of Sioux Involved in the 1862 Dakota Uprising in Minnesota
- Lot 0052 — Portraits of Sioux Involved in the 1862 Dakota Uprising in Minnesota
- Lot 0053 — Images Related to the 1862 Dakota Uprising in Minnesota, Including Views of Sioux Held at Fort
- Lot 0054 — Indian Agents and Native American Subjects, Including Major James McLaughlin
- Lot 0055 — David F. Barry (American, 1854-1934) Sitting Bull's House and Family1891
- Lot 0056 — David F. Barry (American, 1854-1934) Chief John Grass, Lakota
- Lot 0057 — David F. Barry (American, 1854-1934) Young Man Afraid of His Horses, Oglala Sioux.
- Lot 0058 — David F. Barry (American, 1854-1934) Chief Gall, Hunkpapa Dakota
- Lot 0059 — David F. Barry (American, 1854-1934) Rain-in-the-Face Studio Portrait AND Wedding Day at Standing
- Lot 0060 — David F. Barry (1854-1934) Running Antelope, Fire Cloud, and Long Feather
- Lot 0061 — David F. Barry, Attributed (American, 1854-1934) Portraits, Including Two Crow and Little Soldier
- Lot 0062 — David F. Barry (American, 1854-1934) Harry Eaton, Hidatsa, Including View with Wolf Chief
- Lot 0063 — Frank A. Rinehart (American, 1861-1928) Studio Portrait of Sioux Leaders
- Lot 0064 — John A. Anderson (Swedish, 1869-1948) Rosebud and Pine Ridge Indian Reservations in South Dakota
- Lot 0065 — John A. Anderson, Attributed (Swedish, 1869-1948) Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota
- Lot 0066 — Albert W. Barker (American, 1874-1947) Hand-tinted Portraits of Osage, Ottawa, and Sac & Fox
- Lot 0067 — Parker & Johnson Native American Subjects, Including Pawnee Indians
- Lot 0068 — Edward Curtis (American, 1868-1952) A Zuni Woman, 1903
- Lot 0069 — Edward Curtis (American, 1868-1952) Hollow Horn Bear, 1907
- Lot 0070 — Edward Curtis (American, 1868-1952) Qahatika Water Girl, 1907
- Lot 0071 — Edward Curtis (American, 1868-1952) Swallow Bird - Apsaroke, 1908
- Lot 0072 — Edward Curtis (American, 1868-1952) Watching for the Signal - Apsaroke, 1908
- Lot 0073 — Edward Curtis (American, 1868-1952) Two Bear Woman - Piegan, 1911
- Lot 0074 — Edward Curtis (American, 1868-1952) Old Person - Piegan, 1911
- Lot 0075 — Edward Curtis (American, 1868-1952) Honovi -Walpi Snake Priest, with Totokya Day Painting, 1921
- Lot 0076 — Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868-1952) Signal Fire to the Mountain Gods
- Lot 0077 — Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868-1952) Maid of Dreams
- Lot 0078 — Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868-1952) Prayer to the Stars
- Lot 0079 — Great Lakes Black-Tanned Quilled Knife Sheath
- Lot 0080 — Seneca Quilled Hide Moccasins
- Lot 0081 — Great Lakes Burl Bowl
- Lot 0082 — Eastern Woodlands Burl Bowl
- Lot 0083 — Northeastern Burl Bowl
- Lot 0084 — Maliseet / Mi'kmaq Crooked Knife, with Mother-of-Pearl Inlay
- Lot 0085 — Eastern Woodlands Crooked Knife
- Lot 0086 — Sioux Figural Carved Wood Pipe Stem
- Lot 0087 — Plains Quilled Calumet Pipe, with Catlinite Bowl
- Lot 0088 — Sioux Quilled Pipe Stem, with Catlinite Bowl
- Lot 0089 — Spontoon Pipe Tomahawk
- Lot 0090 — Western Great Lakes Inlaid Pipe Tomahawk, Published
- Lot 0091 — Western Plains Pipe Tomahawk
- Lot 0092 — Plains Pipe Tomahawk, with Heart Cutout
- Lot 0093 — Northern Plains Tacked Wood Quirt
- Lot 0094 — Blackfeet Beaded Hide Rifle Scabbard
- Lot 0095 — Sioux Beaded Hide Rifle Scabbard
- Lot 0096 — Sioux Beaded Hide Quiver and Bowcase, with Bow and Arrows
- Lot 0097 — Blackfeet Side-Fringed Parfleche Case
- Lot 0098 — Aps·alooke [Crow] Beaded Hide Mirror Bag
- Lot 0099 — Sioux Beaded Hide Tobacco Bag
- Lot 0100 — Sioux Beaded Hide Tobacco Bag
- Lot 0101 — Cheyenne Beaded Hide Tobacco Bag, Published
- Lot 0102 — Sioux Beaded Hide Knife Sheath, with Knife
- Lot 0103 — Northern Plains Beaded Hide Knife Sheath, with Knife
- Lot 0104 — Northern Plains Tacked Knife Sheath, with Knife
- Lot 0105 — Blackfeet Tacked Knife Sheath, and Knife
- Lot 0106 — Blackfeet Beaded Buffalo Hide Knife Sheath, with Knife
- Lot 0107 — Joyce Growing Thunder (Assiniboine Sioux, b. 1950) Beaded Hide Knife Sheath, 2008
- Lot 0108 — Plains Beaded Hide Knife Sheath, with Knife
- Lot 0109 — Southern Cheyenne Beaded Hide Tab Pouch
- Lot 0110 — Kiowa Beaded Hide Strike-A-Light Bag
- Lot 0111 — Mescalero Apache Beaded Hide Awl Case
- Lot 0112 — Pit River Beaded Bags
- Lot 0113 — Sioux Beaded Horns
- Lot 0114 — Emil Her Many Horses (Oglala Lakota, b. 1954) Paint Kit, Award Winner
- Lot 0115 — Southern Plains German Silver Pectoral and Armbands
- Lot 0116 — Collection of German Silver Arm Bands, Caesar Family PLUS
- Lot 0117 — Pawnee German Silver Roach Spreaders, Caesar Family
- Lot 0118 — Plains Bows
- Lot 0119 — Sioux Stone Club, with Quilled Stem
- Lot 0120 — Northern Plains Stone Club, with Beaded Horsehair Drop
- Lot 0121 — Sioux Quilled and Beaded Buffalo Horn Cup
- Lot 0122 — Kevin Pourier (Oglala Lakota, b. 1958) Dakota Floral , 2011
- Lot 0123 — Sioux Beaded Game Balls
- Lot 0124 — Sioux Fully Beaded Hide Moccasins
- Lot 0125 — Sioux Fully Beaded Hide Moccasins
- Lot 0126 — Aps·alooke [Crow] Beaded Hide Soft-Soled Moccasins
- Lot 0127 — Aps·alooke [Crow] Beaded Hide Soft-Soled Moccasins
- Lot 0128 — Aps·alooke [Crow] Beaded Buffalo Hide Moccasins
- Lot 0129 — Shoshone / Bannock Beaded Hide Moccasins, with Horse Tracks
- Lot 0130 — Southern Cheyenne Beaded Buffalo Hide Moccasins
- Lot 0131 — Pawnee Beaded Buffalo Hide Legging Strips
- Lot 0132 — Early Upper Missouri Hide Dress
- Lot 0133 — Wasco Beaded Hide Dress
- Lot 0134 — Southern Plains Tooled Belt, with German Silver Conchas
- Lot 0135 — Cheyenne Full-Size Beaded Hide Cradle
- Lot 0136 — Sioux Child's Beaded Hide Vest, with American Flags
- Lot 0137 — Sioux Beaded Pictorial Hide Vest, with Geronimo Atribution
- Lot 0138 — Blackfeet Painted Shirt, with Cutouts
- Lot 0139 — Rain-In-The-Face (Lakota, 1835-1905) untitled, Sundance Scene
- Lot 0140 — Wanbli Hito, Roan Eagle (Lakota, b. 1863) untitled, warrior on horsebackca 1890
- Lot 0141 — Stephen Mopope (Kiowa, 1898-1974) untitled, Fancy Dancer
- Lot 0142 — Houghton Running Rabbit (Blackfeet, 19th/20th century) untitled, portraits and wildlife
- Lot 0143 — Popovi Da (San Ildefonso, 1923-1971) untitled, Eagle Dancer
- Lot 0144 — Mary Morez (DinÈ, 1946-2004) untitled, Navajo Woman and Navajo Weaver
- Lot 0145 — Allan Houser (Chiricahua Apache, 1914-1994) Standing Owl, 1970
- Lot 0146 — Larry Yazzie (DinÈ, b. 1958) Voices to the Creator
- Lot 0147 — Tammy Garcia (Santa Clara, b. 1969) Out of Sight
- Lot 0148 — Lawrence Ahvakana (Inupiaq, b. 1946) Fused Glass Panels, 2005
- Lot 0149 — Mexican Retablos
- Lot 0150 — Mexican Retablos
- … and 125 more lots
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