Northeast Native American Crooked Knife

This is primitive tool handmade by Northeast Native American Woodland tribe. Handcarved into the wood of the handle is a crown on one side and likely a signature, "MAP X" on the other side.  The steel knife blade is attached to the handle with wire and nails.  These tools were used for various purposes, one likely being to cut splints for basket making.

SOLD

The link below will take you to a web site that has a PDF download of a book about the history of crook knives by authors Russel and Ned Jalbert, titled "Mocotaugan, the Story and the Art of the Crooked Knife"     http://mocotauganthebook.com/

1800's Northeast Native American Black Ash Splint Basket

This amazing, pristine basket speaks for itself as shown in the many photos included here.  It's large, at least 20" diameter (exact dimensions to come).  It believe this to be a northeast Native American Woodlands made basket made of black ash splints, made sometime within the 1800s.  I have never come across a comparable basket in this shape.

Hopi Native American Hand Painted Pottery Bowl by C. Maho

Hopi signed hand-paintedpot, circa 1920-40. 

2.75" h x 5.75" w

$220

Below is info provided with a recent appraisal

Was with all Native American and Indian work, anything signed immediately implies that it was made usually after 1920 when the tourist industry seriously started for such objects. It was as a consequence of collectors wanting to buy certain artists work that the artists, as well as those middle parties trading in such wares, realized that signing pieces made them more identifiable.  The Hopi Indian Reservation was the largest resource for collectors, covering a very large area with some very good potters. I suspect that C. Maho is almost certainly a relation of the more  well known Garrett Maho who is a contemporary pottery who has won various awards for his work.