Name/Title
Letter from F.D. Letton to Harry GeorgeEntry/Object ID
Q1430.635.2EDescription
Letter from F.D. Letton to Harry George listing various artifacts for sale. Includes prices and descriptions.
Vol II pg. 2E
Raton NM feb 9th 1013
Mr Harry L George
gent
i am sending you photograph of the mo.ta.ta No 2[1?] + of other things + No in Red ink. The Baskets ar all New ones verry pretty Dehings [designs?] Basket No 1 21 in high $5 No 2 $5.50 24 in high No 3 work basket $2.25 No 4 old old water badle[?] $5 No 5 flat $1.50 No 6 flat $1.60[?] no 7 Poma $5 No 8 Work B. apachy $5 $2 No 8 Waste achy[?] $2 No 10 with jar[?] apachy $5.75 No 11 Waste apachy $2.50 No 12 [ap?] $2.85 No 13 apachy $2 No 14 apachy $2.25 No 15 apachy $6 No 16 $3.25 ap No 17 apachy $3.25 No 18 $2.85 No 19 [wolf?] rug $10.00 No 20 Prerry [prairie] Dog mounted $2 No 21 matata $6 No 22 Badle $1 each +23[?]. No 24 War Stone with grave around to hold an handle verry old stones been used by the Chians [Cheyennes] + Kywa [Kiowa] indians years ago found on the planes [plains] here 3 of them $1 each i have 3 with new handes on them one is a tomahawk or axe $1.50[150?] each Matato No 27 you have picture of it No 65 is $1 cactus cone i have have 1 with fut[?] on Bath ends $2 nice one No 29 is old blanket red + white verry fine woven[?] warm through in center No 30 is Dear head mounted $6.50 No 31 is New apachy belt beaded $2.25 No 32 ar cuffs apachy bead work on it $2 new on leather No 33 is 3 mounted Weasels 1 Brown + 1 half white + 1 all white $3 for all 3 of them
No 32 is hanging jar an or with strings. St. clare indian make new one $3.25 No 35 is wish bones of Eagles 6 of them strung togather $1.50 No 36 is a War Bonett with Bufalo horns on each side $10.00 nice one No 37 is Eagle head + you seen it No 38 is War club with handle $1.25
No 38, 35, 40 flat baskets new ones $1.50 each No 41 + 42 ar in indian beaded purses[?] 6 x 4 one made of Bufalo skin $1.25. The Deor Buckskin ones $1 No 43 is an oil painting of Taos Publo indina painted by Ralph Meyers of Taos NM once governor. Some years ago. Size 12 x 15 it is a fine one will sell to you verry cheap take $5 No 44 is a chamal $6 No 45 is a Navjo [Navajo] blanket red + white 3 x 6 feet a nice new one $10.00 No 46 Buckskin indian leging $6 No 47 is stear horns on board 6 horns the largest lower[?] pair 32 in from tip to tip of horns i will sell them cheap for $10.00 No 48 is bow + quiver + 12 arrows $6 apachy[?] No 49 is sadomigo[?] cheap bows + arows each 25¢ with 2 arows No 50 a loom for make blankets 12 x 18 in $1 each No 51 is a nice mounted[?] Deor only $6 No 52 is a taned wolf skin $2.25 No 53 is a cat links [lynx?] mounted on cloth with half head new + nice one $8 No 54 is pair horns $3 No 55 is indian suit you seen it $33 No 56 is Chimayo pillow tops 75¢ each + new verry pretty desings [designs] no 58 mockisuns [moccasins] shians [Cheyennes?] made $2 per pair 1 pair all beaded No 55 is a loom $1 No 60 is oil painting verry old $2 No 61 is a large chimaya new blanket 40 x 40 in $3 No 62 Bufalo Robe $30.00 No 67 Dear velvet horn killed or died in august some of velvet rubed off fine pair $4 No 66 drum Pueblo $8 [maybe? Make?] No 65 is an old cow or steer hide with paintings of the aztic[? Aztec?] showing thair dances $10
Yours RSPT
F.D. LettonSubject
Letton, F.D.
Raton, New Mexico
Baskets
Apache
Cheyenne
Kiowa
St. Clare
Taos Pueblo
Navajo
Indians -- Plains
Chimayo
Blanket
Belt
Weasel -- Mounted
Bonnet -- War
Meyers, RalphSubject Person/Organization
Harry L. George Collection
