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The Mudhead has been named such because the mask and body of the participant is covered in reddish mud. According to Barton Wright, this Hopi pers...

Casas Grandes pottery was first produced about 1000 years ago in an area of Northern Mexico called Paquimé. At first the pots were strictly utilita...

Carmelita was the daughter of Juanita Vigil and Romando Vigil. Carmelita’s mother passed away when Carmelita was only 8 years old. Her mother’s sis...

Virgie Garcia is believed to be a contemporary active potter although I can find no definite evidence of that. She is listed in Dillingham as an a...

This storage jar was formed of native clay with typical crystalline rock temper. The underbody was not slipped but the natural tan clay of the vess...

This is one of the most beautifully decorated Rain God figurines of the period. The rust red and black designs on the cheeks, the elaborate neckla...

Navajo silver spoons were hand forged from Mexican silver coins or American silver coins. Mexican coins were favored because the silver content was...

Navajo silver spoons were hand forged from Mexican silver coins or American silver coins. Mexican coins were favored because the silver content was...

Indian traders were significant influences on Native artists in determining what the artists were to make. It was the traders who knew what they c...

This elaborately decorated silver spoon features a feather-pattern handle and a stamped bowl of elaborate symbols. It dates to circa 1900. Spoons...

Navajo-made silver spoons with an Indian head profile at the end of the handle first appeared in Indian trader J. L. Hubbell's 1902 pamphlet. Hubb...

The earliest dated silver spoon known to have been made by a Navajo was in 1885 and that was documented by Charles Lummis in his voluminous notes o...