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Tesuque Rain God figurines have enchanted collectors for over a hundred years now. Museum curators despised them in the 1880s and 1890s as abominat...

The origin of Tesuque Rain Gods is still somewhat in question. They may be an indigenous development out of a more general Tewa tradition. Before t...

This Acoma olla dates to circa 1940s, and is a superb example of a potter's art. As all traditional pottery of that time period, this olla was form...

Many of the Hopi dances hold social as well as symbolic purposes and act to unite the men and women of the tribe. In the "White Buffalo" dance, a m...

The Koyemsi are best known as Mudheads because of the color of their head coverings. The Koyemsi were imported from Zuni Pueblo in the late 1800s b...

Unquestionably the outstanding Tesuque Pueblo painter and one of the most outstanding of all the pueblo artists was Patrick Swazo Hinds. Adopted at...

Gilbert Atencio's family included four siblings, one of whom was Helen Gutierrez, a well-known potter from Santa Clara Pueblo. His parents were Isa...

This necklace was made from several "found materials." The beads were made from bone, the black backing probably from automotive battery casing, th...

Garnet Pavatea was one of the best known of the non-Nampeyo family potters at Hopi First Mesa. She was an extraordinary artisan. Garnet had a long ...

Tony Da, from San ildefonso Pueblo, was destined to become one of the finest artists of the 20th century. His grandparents, Maria and Julian Martin...

This late evening winter scene captures the coldness of the air and ground while a pueblo hunter huddles near a small, smoky fire of piñon or cedar...

Joseph Latoma is a young man who lives at San Felipe Pueblo. His dad is from Zuni Pueblo-thus the reason for his Zuni name-but his mom is Margaret ...