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Title: Tesuque Pueblo “See, Hear, Speak no Evil” Rain God Figurine Set
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Fri, Feb 8th 2013, 12:41pm
According to Duane Anderson, author of When Rain Gods Reigned: From Curios to Art at Tesuque Pueblo, sets of 3 rain god figurines based on the Chin...
Read More Title: Diné (Navajo) Wedding Vessel with Appliqué Design of a Cow and Horse
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Fri, Feb 8th 2013, 12:05pm
Silas and Bertha Claw broke with Navajo pottery tradition and the customs of their fellow tradesmen. Their forms remained true to tradition but the...
Read More Title: Diné (Navajo) Wedding Vessel with Appliqué Design of toads and cacti
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Fri, Feb 8th 2013, 11:56am
Silas and Bertha Claw were of the Shonto/Cow Springs region of the Navajo Reservation. Silas passed away in 2002 but there is no record of Bertha p...
Read More Title: Original Painting of an Indian in a Failed Hunting Event
Category: Paintings | Posted by | Fri, Feb 8th 2013, 11:50am
This painting is certainly of the early 20th century time and was most likely painted by one of the four major painters from San Ildefonso Pueblo—J...
Read More Title: Original Painting of a San Ildefonso Pueblo Eagle Dancer
Category: Paintings | Posted by | Fri, Feb 8th 2013, 11:24am
Julián Martinez is best known for painting the pottery of his wife, Maria Martinez, but he was an accomplished painter as early as 1920, often depi...
Read More Title: Tesuque Pueblo Original Painting of an Indian on Horseback
Category: Paintings | Posted by | Thu, Feb 7th 2013, 4:30pm
It can be said that Vigil's was of the style of most early 20th century pueblo paintings, that is it was simple, two-dimensional painting. He outli...
Read More Title: Hopi Small Dish with Corn Plant Design
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Thu, Feb 7th 2013, 4:22pm
Since Nampeyo of Hano's era of making pottery at Hopi House at The Grand Canyon, the Hopi have made small souvenir pieces for tourists. This small ...
Read More Title: Kewa (Santo Domingo) Pueblo Small Polychrome Bowl
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Thu, Feb 7th 2013, 3:08pm
Kewa (Santo Domingo) Pueblo Small Polychrome Bowl
Read More Title: Kewa (Santo Domingo) Pueblo Miniature Cylindrical Pictorial Pot
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Thu, Feb 7th 2013, 2:54pm
Thomas Tenorio is of the Aguilar family from Kewa Pueblo. He generally makes very large pottery jars and bowls but apparently early in his career,...
Read More Title: Acoma Pueblo Polychrome Turkey Figurine
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Thu, Feb 7th 2013, 2:39pm
This small turkey figurine is signed Norma Jean without the addition of a surname. It is constructed from native Acoma clay and painted with minera...
Read More Title: Zuni Pueblo "Pasikiapa" (Wide Sleeves) Katsina Doll
Category: Kachina - Katsina | Posted by | Thu, Feb 7th 2013, 2:29pm
Zuni Pueblo "Pasikiapa" (Wide Sleeves) Katsina Doll
Read More Title: Laguna Pueblo Large Polychrome Olla
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Mon, Feb 4th 2013, 1:33pm
This is most likely a Laguna Pueblo polychrome olla that is truly an exceptional work of art. This exemplary olla dates to circa 1920, and is a sup...
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