December Online Auction (Sale #337)
Lot 628:
Description
Native American Indian Wars Artifact and Ephemera Assortment
(8) total items including a piece of hair attributed to Geronimo matted with digital photograph reproductions accompanied by a signed John Reznikoff COA and Desert West Auction invoice, a brass military button found at the Little Bighorn battle site having Harrisburg Collection auction COA and JG Autographs invoice and a leather fragment from the Little Bighorn having a Heritage Auctions signed by Glenwood J. Swanson (ex-Swanson and illustrated in his book); together with a dated 1901 Office of U.S. Indian Inspector for Indian Territory document signed by Cherokee principal chief T. M. Buffington having invoice from Cowan’s Auctions August 2009 lot #936, an offset printed photograph of Sioux Chief Red Fox ink signed by him, a card ink signed by Seneca Chief John Big Tree and a card ink signed by Cherokee Chief Wilma Mankiller having Written Word Autographs COAs and invoices and a 1940 ‘Ha-He Wi-La’ sheet music, red pencil signed by Winnebago Chief Silver Tongue, Blue Bird and Sky Eagle
Provenance: ex- John Reznikoff, Desert West Auction, Mimbres, NM, Harrisburg Collection, JG Autographs, Peabody, MA, Heritage Auctions, Dallas, TX, ex- Glenwood J. Swanson, Cowan’s Auctions, Cincinnati, OH, Written Word Autographs, Tamworth, NH
Property from: an Estate, Downers Grove, Illinois
Height: 20 inches, Width: 16 inches (Geronimo hair mat)
Condition: overall light wear consistent with normal use, some items fragmentary or oxidized
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Category: Collectibles > Ethnographic
Estimated Sale Time: 4:50 pm CST
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Last modified: December 3, 2025, 10:18 am
Condition report:
overall light wear consistent with normal use, some items fragmentary or oxidized
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