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This Spring Clearance auction, hosted by Artemis Gallery in Boulder, Colorado, is a significant Timed Marketplace Auction featuring 641 lots across ancient, ethnographic, and fine art categories. Closing on March 28, 2026, at 10:00 AM MDT, the sale offers an expansive range of accessible artifacts and artworks, including Egyptian, Greek, and Roman antiquities, alongside Pre-Columbian, Asian, and Native American ethnographic pieces. West African Cotton & Resist / Mud Dyed Textile. Estimate: $700 - $1,050.

Large Ashanti Wood Prestige Stool w/ Water Buffalo. West Africa, Ghana, Asante (Ashanti) / Akan culture, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A finely carved wooden prestige stool, mounted atop a sculpted buffalo or bush cow, which itself stands on a six-legged base. The entire work is carved from a single piece of wood, showcasing both technical skill and symbolic depth. Estimate: $600 - $900.

Rare Spratling Silver & Ebony Wood Mustache Comb. Latin America, Mexico, ca. mid-20th century CE. A rare sterling silver mustache or beard grooming comb by William Spratling, featuring a wide, gently curved tined head attached to an ebony wood handle capped with silver at the terminal. The finely spaced silver teeth are integrated into a sculptural neck that flows seamlessly into the dark wooden grip, creating a refined contrast of materials. Estimate: $500 - $750.

Native American Eastern Woodland Full Groove Axe Head. Native American, Midwestern United States, Illinois, Greene County, Eastern Woodland culture, ca. 500 to 1500 CE. A hardstone full-groove axe head, shaped with a tapered butt and a broad, rounded blade. Estimate: $500 - $750.

Large Prehistoric Fossilized Bone from Megafauna. North America, Pleistocene Epoch, ca. 10,000 to 2 million years ago. A large fossilized bone fragment, most likely a partial jaw or vertebral structure from a massive prehistoric mammal - possibly a mammoth or mastodon. Estimate: $500 - $750.

19th C. Leather + Brass Shot Snake & Horn Snuff Mull. Western Europe, England & United States, ca. mid to late 19th century CE. A US Civil War-era powder / shot dispenser, known as a "shot snake," constructed from a flexible, tapering leather pouch fitted with brass hardware and a spring-loaded sliding gate for controlled release. Estimate: $450 - $675.

USA Minesweeper Model Boat + Wooden Ships & Navy Pins. United States, ca. 1950s CE. A group of USA maritime-themed models and insignia, led by a detailed plastic model minesweeper on labeled supports, complete with fine rigging and a small paper U.S. flag. Accompanying it are two smaller handmade wooden boat models, including a pinewood rendition of the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia, identified by its low profile and suggested armored hull with applied black elements. Estimate: $450 - $675.

Chinese Iron-Rich Bell Shaped Inkstone & Wood Case. East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty to Republic era, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. A carved inkstone with low-relief decoration on the verso, accompanied by a fitted wooden case that protects and frames the piece when not in use. The reverse is organized in registers of foliate motifs with a sinuous dragon and a secondary dragon shown frontally, poised above a circular pearl motif. Estimate: $450 - $675.

Large 1900s Akimel O'odham Pima Coiled Willow Basket. Native American, Southwestern United States, Akimel O'odham (Pima), ca. 1900s CE. A superb large coiled basket woven from natural materials native to the Arizona desert region. The structure is composed of a bundled cattail foundation coiled tightly with lighter willow splints and accented by darker devil's claw or yucca root stitches. Estimate: $450 - $675.

Trio of Roman Bronze Miniatures - Medusa & Figures. Roman, Imperial period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A captivating trio of Roman metal miniatures, each once serving as a small yet meaningful object of adornment or daily use. The largest is a lead alloy weight cast in the form of a gorgoneion, depicting the fearsome head of Medusa with curling locks and a wide-eyed visage meant to ward off evil. Estimate: $450 - $675.