Manuelita Flowers Fetish Necklace

Archives: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian Pre 1980: item #754328

Dainty carved animal fetishes are gracefully strung on a five strand graduated necklace with tiny fine heishe. Hand crafted by Santo Domingo Indian artist Manuelita Flowers back in the 1970s, there are 118 fetishes of bears, birds and wolves carved from turquoise, coral, jet, serpentine, mother of pearl, amber, pipe stone and shell. The hand rolled heishe is very fine.

Overall length to the longest strand is 25", plus... Click for details

Pima Indian Antique Woven Cup and Saucer

Archives: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian Pre 1920: item #752866

Victorian era cup and saucer woven by the Akimel O'odham, Pima Indians, of central Arizona. Creating souvenirs for the tourists kept basket making alive!

Willow and devils claw are finely coiled over a grass bundle foundation, seven coils and sixteen wefts per inch for both pieces.

The saucer measures 5 1/4" by 3/4" and the cup is 2 3/4" diame... Click for details

Anasazi Red Mesa Pitcher

Archives: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian Pre AD 1000: item #751591
AN 301

A Fantastic and totally intact Red Mesa Pitcher with NO restoration.

This is a black on white Cibola White Ware Red Mesa piece that is totally intact, in as found condition, with no restoration at all, with just some minor rim chipping. As you can see, the design is just outstanding, with great color and a beautiful shape.

Age: 900 - 1050 A... Click for details

ANASAZI Cibola White Ware Gallup Bowl. (Early Chaco)

Archives: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian Pre 1492: item #744274
Anas 300

A beautiful Anasazi (Early Chaco) B/W bowl.

This bowl was found on private property near Springerville, Arizona, and is totally intact, with no restoration or overpaint.

This is a fantastic Black and White bowl, that is very deep and has a wonderful design. There is some fading in the very bottom, but the rest of the paint is very good. This ... Click for details

Bisbee Turquoise Set in Sterling Silver Brooch

Archives: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian Pre 1970: item #734268

Top quality natural turquoise from the Bisbee Mine of Arizona is set in sterling silver as a brooch.

Three fabulous cabs measure 63 carats total weight. Center stone is 1 3/4" by 1 1/8", 43 cts., left stone is 10.5 cts., right stone is 9 cts. The silver setting is a Navajo style shadow box, nicely done, which measures 2 5/8" wide by 1 7/8" tall.... Click for details

Large Silver Cross with Bisbee Turquoise

Archives: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian Pre 1970: item #734265

Famous Bisbee, Arizona turquoise with the deep red matrix is set in sterling silver as a large crucifix.

Top to bottom is 5 1/4", side to side is 3 3/8". Can be worn or displayed.

The color is hard to capture but it ranges from sky blue to deep aqua. All natural high quality turquoise, approximately 61.5 carats. The largest stone at the bo... Click for details

Blue Gem Turquoise and Silver Pin

Archives: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian Pre 1960: item #734261

A fabulous cabachon of top quality Nevada turquoise from the world famous Blue Gem Mine is set is sterling silver as a brooch.

You can dive into the deep blue and green natural stone with caramel colored matrix! This is as good as it gets.

The stone measures 1 1/8" by 3/4" and is nicely domed. We measured it at 21 carats. The actual pin size i... Click for details

Birdie Brown Chemehuevi Basket

Archives: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian Pre 1920: item #734245

Wonderful small Chemehuevi Indian basketry olla, at 3 3/4" tall by 4 1/2" wide this is a fine example of coiled willow weaving. Fine even weave has 17 stitches and 7 coils per inch. Four arms of a whirlwind are worked with devils claw as is the self finished rim.

Came from the Birdie Brown Collection , auction in Phoenix April 30, 1970.

Perf... Click for details

Revival Era Maricopa Pottery by Ida Redbird

Archives: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian Pre 1940: item #725125

Exciting find! An early pottery vase by legendary Maricopa Indian potter Ida Redbird. Circa 1935-1940 when the Maricopa artists were being encouraged by Elizabeth Hart.

Traditionally hand built with coils of native clay, two colors of slip are nicely stone burnished then decorated with mesquite sap and pit fired.

This pretty jar has a gracefu... Click for details

Authentic Ingot Silver Bracelet

Archives: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian Pre 1940: item #715921

Old Indian jewelry, man's cuff bracelet set with natural turquoise cabs in sterling silver. Look inside this old Navajo Indian silver bracelet and you will see the kind of stress fractures caused by hand working heavy ingot silver. These marks are not from hammering on an anvil which leaves texture. Ingot seems to be the most abused term for Indian jewelry this year! We see an actual ingot bracelet only rarely and this is one.... Click for details