Horsehair Friendship Basket Elizabeth Juan

Archives: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian Pre 1990: item #781906

Fantastic horsehair basket with the Tohono O'odham Indian Friendship design. Woven circa 1985 by Elizabeth Juan, this 6 1/4" diameter polychrome tray has 98 figures of men and women holding hands! A classic fret separates the bands of people and the rim is edged with clouds.

This horsehair basket is so finely woven we can't count the stitches, the coils are evenly spaced with 18 per inch. ... Click for details

Miniature Horsehair Basket Bees and Butterflies

Archives: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian Pre 1990: item #781787

Bees and butterflies are woven with horsehair in three colors on this 2 1/4" diameter basket by the Tohono O'odham Indians of Arizona.

16 coils per inch and the stitches are too close to count. Finely woven by Debra Juan circa 1980s.

This wonderful miniature Indian basket comes from the Popovi Da Studio Estate.... Click for details

Navajo Indian Cast Cuff with Turquoise

Archives: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian Pre 1980: item #781072

Vintage sand cast silver bracelet set with three deep colored turquoise, possibly Red Mountain. Navajo Indian hand crafted circa 1970s, unsigned.

The cuff measures 2" wide at the center tapering to 1" at the ends. The silver cuff is 6" with an opening of 1".

Buyer pays $12.00 for shipping.

Harry Morgan Tufa Cast Buckle

Archives: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian Contemporary: item #776852

Sterling silver and turquoise belt buckle by Navajo Indian Harry Morgan, d. 2007. The traditional style and construction of Harry's work is sought after by knowledgeable collectors world wide.

A tufa stone is hand carved then molten silver is poured into it, after cooling a fine natural turquoise is bezel set and applied to the center with cold chiseled embellishments.... Click for details

Sunshine Reeves Navajo Indian Silver Jewelry

Archives: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian Contemporary: item #776452

Sterling silver tooled cuff by Award Winning Navajo silversmith Daniel "Sunshine" Reeves. Known for his extraordinary complex deep tooling across the silver surface, Sunshine has been honored at the Gallup Indian Ceremonial, the Heard Guild Indian Fair and the Santa Fe Indian Market, numerous times at each!

This handsome silver cuff bracelet is slightly domed for comfortable wearing. The silver measures 1 1/8" wide by... Click for details

Antique Western Apache Indian Basket

Archives: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian Pre 1900: item #772231

Late 19th century willow and devils claw basketry bowl from the Western Apache Indians of Arizona.

Dimensions are 10" diameter by 3 1/4" deep, gracefully curved walls. Six coils and sixteen wefts per inch, the inside weave is smooth and even, the outside is rougher, showing her work surface. Generally a bowl shaped basket with a smooth interior is meant to be used, maybe not made for sale.... Click for details

Pueblo Pottery by Goldenrod

Archives: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian Pre 1990: item #769919

Mimbres style fish and turtles swim around the black pottery seed jar by Goldenrod, Gloria Garcia, daughter of Petra Gutierrrez. Gloria has won many ribbons over the past 30 years for her fine sgrafitto pottery.

Traditionally hand built with coils of native clay, stone burnished to a high shine then sgrafitto carved around the rim. Pit fired with wood and dung. ... Click for details

Traditional Hopi Owl Kachina

Archives: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian Contemporary: item #766899

Mong wu, the Great Horned Owl Kachina is carved in the traditional style out of dried cottonwood root by Hopi Indian artist Fred Ross. Mong wu is a powerful Guard and a great warrior.

Fred Ross from First Mesa, Hopi, is a featured artist in Jonathan Day's book "Traditional Hopi Kachinas, A New Generation of Carvers".

This nicely carved Kach... Click for details

Vintage Grace Medicine Flower Pottery

Archives: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian Pre 1990: item #765870

A gem of a seed jar by the lovely Grace Medicine Flower, daughter of Camilio Sunflower Tafoya and sister of Joseph Lonewolf, all the most talented sgrafitto artists at Santa Clara Pueblo.

Traditionally made with native clay, stone burnished to a perfect shine then lightly carved with an Avanyu and a medicine flower motif. The fret design encircles below. This fine example of Grace's talent stands 1 5/8" tall and is 2"... Click for details

Contemporary Pueblo Indian Pottery Madeline Naranjo

Archives: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian Contemporary: item #765631

Fine pottery bowl with carved clouds by Madeline Naranjo of Santa Clara Pueblo. Madeline Naranjo is a fine young potter who combines an excellent polish with unusual carved designs. She is named for her grandmother (Madeline Naranjo) who is still a well respected potter. Madeline's husband is Adrian Garcia, the son of well known Santa Clara potters Effie and Orville Garcia. Madeline has been potting since 1991 when she was taught by her grandmother (her mother was not a potter). They have won aw... Click for details