Updated June 2th

updates to Santa Fe Zuni+ fetish gallery, Katsina galleries - especially the Clown Gallery, Bracelet gallery, Buckle gallery and Storyteller Gallery

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A beautiful double-sided pueblo maiden carved of golden mother of pearl by Vicky Quandelacy. 4 inches tall. $275 (TUCSON)

A Koshare Chicken Thief, carved some years ago by the inimitable Neil David Sr (b 1944) 13 inches long and 7 inches high. $1400. (SANTA FE)

A fascinating, engrossing collage by Sosakete. As a kid he was an avid collector of comic books - and that became the inspiration for this work, which measures 36 by 60 inches Learn more about him in our Fine Arts gallery. $1800. (TUCSON)

A Navajo Yei’ibichai rug portrays the Yei’ibichai dancer who in turn represent the Yei’is or Holy People of Navajo religion. Hand-woven of handspun wool in natural white, grey and vegetal dye colors. This particular textile was woven 60+ years ago. This style of pattern first appeared about 1900 but was not regarded as an acceptable pattern for weavers to use until several decades later. It measures  66 by 41 inches. $1875.

 

Fred and Della Cruz have been making these wonderful figurative baskets for a number of years. Using a foundation of bear grass wrapped with yucca (white and green) and devilsclaw (black), and utilizing their amazing imagination, they continually surprise us with the next whimsical creation.A coyote on. the hunt. 9 inches tall (to top of saguaro) and is $120.
Check our new T O’odham Figurative Basket Gallery for many more examples of their wonderful work.

A really fun older Pima (Akimel O’Odham) willow basket with people and and birds (turkeys?). 13.75 inches in diameter and 7.5 inches high. $1,200. (TUCSON)

An abstract eye dazzler woven in the raised outline style by Rochlyn Watson. 43 by 27 inches. $1500 (TUCSON)

Above is a beautiful corn maiden necklace made by Warren Nieto from Santo Domingo Pueblo. The maiden is comprised of sterling silver, serpentine, jet, pen shell, white clam shell, lepidolite, mother of pearl shell, coral and turquoise. Strung on a necklace of graduated turquoise beads interspersed with shell in the center, measuring 18 inches in length with an additional 2 inch chain extender for a total length of 20 inches. The maiden itself measures 4 inches long. $500. (SANTA FE)

 

This necklace by Joe Reano was made from natural good quality turquoise from the Lone Mountain Mine in Nevada. Made in 1976 it understandably garnered a First Prize that year in the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonial. The ribbon is signed by the judges, Bill Burch and Katie Noe, both prominent in the Indian arts business back then. 16 inch drop length. $7500. I can’t imagine that there will ever be another necklace made like this. (SANTA FE)

A beautifully carved Mongwa, or Owl Katsina by Gene Dawahoya. 6.5 inches tall and $875. (TUCSON)

A Pima or Akimel O’odham (literally River People) basket, unusual for its negative pattern. 6 by 3.5 inches. $400. (TUCSON)

 

A Yöngöksina or Tortoise katsina by Wendell Silas-Yazzie. Just over 9.5 inches high and $1,275. (SANTA FE) A Omaaw, or cloud katsina by Randy Howato. 14 inches and $650. (TUCSON) The Qötsa Hon or White Bear katsina above was carved by Andrew Sahmie, Hopi-Tewa. It is 7 5/8 inches high including the base. $900. (SANTA FE)
A Sio Navan or Zuni Velvet Shirt katsina by Randy Brokeshoulder. 17 inches to the tip of the feather. $350 (TUCSON) A Manag.y or Lizard katsina by Wayland Namingha. 13 inches tall. $400 (SANTA FE) A flat doll of Umtoinaqa - Thunder - carved by Darance Chimerica. 11 inches tall and $140. (SANTA FE)