Adobe Gallery Blog
Subject: Historic Mojave Clay Doll Figurine
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Thu, May 30th 2013, 3:15pm
The land of the Mojave, the most northern of the Yuman tribes, stretched from Black Canyon to the Picacho Mountains below today's Parker Dam (Calif...
Read More Subject: Skunk Unknowingly Sharing Bear’s Watermelon
Category: Paintings | Posted by | Thu, May 30th 2013, 1:53pm
Paul Vigil is the son of famous Tesuque Pueblo artist Tomas Vigil (1889-1960). He primarily paints single figure pueblo dancers and animals. In thi...
Read More Subject: Diné Sterling Silver and Turquoise Earrings
Category: Jewelry | Posted by | Thu, May 30th 2013, 11:52am
This pair of earrings appears to be from the last half of the 20th century. Each is stamped with a capital R enclosed by a capital D. I have not ...
Read More Biography: Jean Sahme Nampeyo (1948 - )
Category: Artists | Posted by | Sat, May 11th 2013, 11:37am
Jean is a daughter of Priscilla Namingha Nampeyo, Adobe Gallery authentic historic and contemporary Southwest Pueblo Pottery and fine art.
Read More Subject: Bronze Sculpture of Eototo and Aholi Katsinas "Morning Prayers"
Category: Other Art Objects | Posted by | Tue, May 7th 2013, 2:59pm
On another planet at another time, some say, Eototo and Aholi were inseparable friends. The two personalities retain that proximity as Hopi Katsina...
Read More Subject: Hopi Tewa Laguna Polychrome Jar
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Tue, May 7th 2013, 2:41pm
Roberta Youvella Silas was born in 1939 and began making pottery in 1965. She was the daughter of Pauline Youvella (Laguna Pueblo) and Roy Youvella...
Read More Subject: Tesuque Pueblo Polychrome Bowl with Elaborate Designs
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Mon, May 6th 2013, 3:59pm
This is an extraordinarily beautiful polychrome bowl of traditional characteristics from Tesuque Pueblo. It was exhibited in Adobe Gallery Tesuque ...
Read More Biography: Merina Lujan (1906-1993) Pop Chalee - Blue Flower
Category: Artists | Posted by | Mon, May 6th 2013, 3:47pm
Pop Chalee, or Blue Flower, was born in 1908 in Castle Rock, Adobe Gallery authentic historic and contemporary Southwest Pueblo Pottery and fine art.
Read More Subject: Original Painting "Enchanted Forest"
Category: Paintings | Posted by | Mon, May 6th 2013, 3:36pm
Pop Chalee, or Blue Flower, was known for her whimsical interpretations of animal and forest scenes executed in bold, bright colors. She studied in...
Read More Subject: Hopi Piggyback Koyemsi (Mudhead) Katsina Dolls
Category: Kachina - Katsina | Posted by | Mon, May 6th 2013, 2:43pm
Koyemsi or Mudhead Katsinas are probably the most well-known of all the Hopi Katsinas. They appear in almost every Hopi ceremony as clowns, interlo...
Read More Subject: Zuni Three-strand David Tsikewa Fetish Necklace
Category: Jewelry | Posted by | Sat, May 4th 2013, 3:33pm
David Tsikewa brought a previously unseen delicacy to the art of fetish carving. His pieces have a sweet, gentle quality that distinguishes them fr...
Read More Subject: Black and Sienna Pictorial Plate by Tony Da
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Sat, May 4th 2013, 1:26pm
Tony Da, from San Ildefosno Pueblo, was destined to become one of the finest artists of the 20th century. His grandparents, Maria and Julian Martin...
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