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Auction 92, Lot 411

"[Lot of 9 Pueblo plates]", Bureau of American Ethnology

Subject: Native Americans

Period: 1883 (published)

Publication: Smithsonian Institution - Bureau of Ethnology

Color: Printed Color

Size:
8 x 5 inches
20.3 x 12.7 cm
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A collection of very lovely pueblo-related collotype plates by the firm of Julius Bien. Includes Zuni, Santa Clara, Acoma & Laguna pottery, plus two textile plates and a beautiful Shinumo kachina. From the Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Indians of New Mexico and Arizona in 1880.

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Condition: A+

All fine with original tissue guards.

Estimate: $150 - $180

Sold for: $140

Closed on 9/13/2000

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