Adobe Gallery Blog
Subject: Tesuque Pueblo Turn of the Century Rain God Clay Figurine
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Thu, Jun 13th 2013, 3:59pm
This is one of the most beautifully decorated Rain God figurines of the period. The rust red and black designs on the cheeks, the elaborate neckla...
Read More Subject: Coin Silver Navajo Spoon with Stamped Handle
Category: Jewelry | Posted by | Tue, Jun 11th 2013, 4:45pm
Navajo silver spoons were hand forged from Mexican silver coins or American silver coins. Mexican coins were favored because the silver content was...
Read More Subject: Silver Navajo Spoon with Stamped Handle
Category: Jewelry | Posted by | Tue, Jun 11th 2013, 4:38pm
Navajo silver spoons were hand forged from Mexican silver coins or American silver coins. Mexican coins were favored because the silver content was...
Read More Subject: Silver Navajo Spoon with Double Headed Bird on Handle
Category: Jewelry | Posted by | Tue, Jun 11th 2013, 4:30pm
Indian traders were significant influences on Native artists in determining what the artists were to make. It was the traders who knew what they c...
Read More Subject: Silver Navajo Spoon with Feather-design Handle
Category: Jewelry | Posted by | Tue, Jun 11th 2013, 4:14pm
This elaborately decorated silver spoon features a feather-pattern handle and a stamped bowl of elaborate symbols. It dates to circa 1900. Spoons...
Read More Nineteenth Century Coin Silver Pictorial Navajo Spoon - C3393B
Category: Jewelry | Posted by | Tue, Jun 11th 2013, 3:57pm
Navajo-made silver spoons with an Indian head profile at the end of the handle first appeared in Indian trader J. L. Hubbell's 1902 pamphlet. Hubb...
Read More Subject: Nineteenth Century Silver Navajo Spoon
Category: Jewelry | Posted by | Tue, Jun 11th 2013, 3:50pm
The earliest dated silver spoon known to have been made by a Navajo was in 1885 and that was documented by Charles Lummis in his voluminous notes o...
Read More Subject: Cochiti Pueblo Male and Female Pottery Figurines
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Tue, Jun 11th 2013, 3:33pm
This male and female pottery figurine couple was obviously made as a pair and has been together since probably the mid-1970s when they were likely ...
Read More Subject: Late Historic Laguna Pueblo Polychrome Olla
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Mon, Jun 3rd 2013, 4:32pm
We have been told that there is no word for "art" in the native languages of New Mexico and that what we perceive as art is part of the daily life ...
Read More Subject: Diné (Navajo) Painting of a Buffalo Hunt
Category: Paintings | Posted by | Mon, Jun 3rd 2013, 4:18pm
Tahoma displayed a wide variety of styles in his paintings. He had a "quiet" period, a "peaceful" period and a "violent period." His quiet and peac...
Read More Subject: Hopi Migration Pattern Jar by Fannie
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Mon, Jun 3rd 2013, 4:03pm
When Adobe Gallery had its Santa Fe gallery grand opening in May 2001, the opening exhibit was the private collection of Hopi pottery by the Nampey...
Read More Subject: Oil Painting "Dancing Cloud" Study by Logan Hagege
Category: Paintings | Posted by | Mon, Jun 3rd 2013, 3:08pm
Logan Maxwell Hagege is a talented artist who excels in depicting the figure and landscapes. Serious study in art started for Logan when early inte...
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