SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- An Okvik Eskimo ivory figure purchased in Alaska in the 1960s from the local hunter who found it in the St. Lawrence Island area highlights Bonhams' Native American Art sale on June 1 in San Francisco. The 6 and 1/4 inch figure is estimated at $40,000-60,000.

Eskimo highlights also include a mask of the sort used by the Unaligmiut during the second half of the 19th century (est. $15,000-25,000). It comes from an important tribal art collection along with additional masks, pipes and ancient and contemporary Inuit art alike.

Northwest Coast material includes several 19th century masks, one of the best of which is a Tsimshian portrait mask (est. $15,000-25,000). Another mask depicts a zoomporphic being and was collected in the early 20th century (est. $20,000-30,000). There is also a Tlingit dagger on offer from the Estate of John M. Kauffmann, a conservationist of Yarmouth, Maine (est. $15,000-25,000). Additionally, a Haida argillite panel pipe (est. $20,000-30,000) comes out of a collection of pipes from all around the world.

From the weavings portion of the sale is another top highlight: an embroidered Cochiti manta that is one of a small handful known to exist – the likes of which have never shown up before at auction - from a private Western collection (est. $30,000-50,000). Other weavings include a late classic Moki blanket, worked in the Navajo weaving style with fine indigo and dark brown stripes, based on an early Hopi prototype (est. $25,000-35,000) and a late classic chief's blanket (est. $9,000-12,000).

There are also Germantowns, a large Yei runner and many vintage and regional rugs, as well as a whole collection of banded blankets from 19th century Navajo, Pueblo and Rio Grande weavers, formerly exhibited at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles.

From the Plains, Plateau and Woodlands are beaded pouches and quillwork moccasins, pipe bags, blanket strips and a saddle, with a substantial amount of property on offer from the Portland Art Museum of Oregon, being sold to benefit the museum's acquisition fund. Other examples come from the U.S. Children's Museum On The 19th Century, a private museum in San Diego.

From a variety of consignors, a Cheyenne beaded cradle (est. $50,000-80,000), a Nez Perce beaded shirt (est. $50,000-70,000) and a Lakota Sioux boy’s beaded shirt (est. $20,000-30,000) are on offer. From an old family Denver, Colo., collection comes a Pueblo shield (est. $10,000-15,000).

Basketry top lots in the sale include a Chemehuevi olla, measuring 15.5 x 16 inches (est. $20,000-30,000) and a Western Mono gambling tray filled with deer figures and geometric complements, measuring 25.5 inches in diameter (est. $9,000-12,000).

As always, there will be Southwest pottery in the sale, running the gamut from pre-historic to present day examples. A selection of extremely collectible Mimbres and Four Mile polychrome pictorial bowls have been consigned out of an international and Arizona collection of ranging estimates. Dating to the latter part of the 19th century are two Acoma four-color bird jars (est. $6,000-9,000 to $7,000-10,000) and a rare Zuni white-on-red jar (est. $5,000-8,000). Also on offer are Pueblo storage jars, Polacca ware, ceramics from Zia, Santa Clara and others. The best contemporary piece - and not really a pottery vessel, though designed like one - is a heavy silver lidded jar with the figure of a lizard at its top by famed artist Tony Da (est. $12,000-18,000).

Of the few contemporary offerings in the auction is an Allan Houser bronze "Dialogue," from an edition of six – that is monumental in size, measuring 73 inches in height.

Jewelry and silver in the sale include a Charles Loloma belt buckle (est. $5,000-7,000) and a selection of vintage bow guards and fascinating horse gear, such as headstalls, bits and spurs from a specialty collector of such esoteric material. There are also squash blossom necklaces and bracelets.

Additionally on offer is an artist’s collection gathered in the Denver area during the 1940s of antique Hopi kachina dolls. Such dolls have been known to serve as inspiration for surrealist painters. The most noteworthy example is attributable to carver Wilson Tawaquoptewa. It measures 18.5 inches tall, an extraordinary size for his work (est. $7,000-10,000).