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Biography: Ben Quintana (1923-1944) Ha-a-tee
Category: Artists | Posted by | Fri, May 3rd 2013, 3:12pm
It was a real tragedy that Ben Quintana (Ha-a-tee) of Cochiti Pueblo lost his life during World War II at only the age of 21 years. He was an outst...
Read More Subject: Cochiti Pueblo Original Painting of Dancers
Category: Paintings | Posted by | Fri, May 3rd 2013, 3:04pm
At the age of 15, Quintana won first prize over 80 contestants, of whom 7 were Indians, for a poster to be used in the Coronado Cuarto Centennial c...
Read More Subject: Original Painting "The Harvest Dancer" by Tommy Edward Montoya
Category: Paintings | Posted by | Fri, May 3rd 2013, 2:54pm
Tommy Montoya's pastel drawings of traditional pueblo rites represent the blending of old and new that characterizes the work of young Native Ameri...
Read More Subject: Original Painting of a Jemez Pueblo Buffalo Dance
Category: Paintings | Posted by | Fri, May 3rd 2013, 2:46pm
The plan for a painting studio at the Santa Fe Indian School had been four years in the making before it finally opened in the fall of 1932. Doroth...
Read More Subject: Zuni Pueblo Five-strand Fetish Necklace
Category: Jewelry | Posted by | Fri, May 3rd 2013, 2:35pm
There were several artisans at Zuni Pueblo in the mid-1900s who became famous for their carvings of small bird and animal fetishes from a variety o...
Read More Subject: Bronze Sculpture of Kachin Mana Katsina "Emerging"
Category: Other Art Objects | Posted by | Fri, May 3rd 2013, 1:52pm
The kiva, which plays so vital a role in Hopi ceremonials, is a womb-like underground chamber from which the katsinas emerge. Hopis describe severa...
Read More Subject: Hopi Pueblo Polychrome Pottery Tile with Katsina Imagery
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Fri, May 3rd 2013, 1:25pm
Tiles have been a popular collector's item for over a hundred years. The Hopi-Tewa potters have always been more prolific than the Rio Grande Puebl...
Read More Biography: Sadie Adams (1905-1995) Flower Woman
Category: Artists | Posted by | Fri, May 3rd 2013, 1:16pm
Sadie Adams' Hopi name is Flower Girl (Flower Woman) and she signed, Adobe Gallery authentic historic and contemporary Southwest Pueblo Pottery and...
Read More Subject: Hopi Second Mesa Plaque
Category: Baskets | Posted by | Fri, May 3rd 2013, 1:04pm
Coiled basketry of this type is made exclusively in Second Mesa villages on the Hopi Reservation. Each stitch of a coil is interlocked into the adj...
Read More Subject: Hopi Polychrome Bowl by Nampeyo, circa 1910-1920
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Fri, May 3rd 2013, 11:53am
This large open bowl is attributed to the great Hopi potter, Nampeyo of Hano, based on similarities to many documented works of hers. The following...
Read More Biography: Nampeyo of Hano (1857-1942)
Category: Artists | Posted by | Fri, May 3rd 2013, 11:38am
Nampeyo of Hano was the first pueblo woman to gain recognition for her, Adobe Gallery authentic historic and contemporary Southwest Pueblo Pottery ...
Read More Subject: Zuni Pueblo Polychrome Jar by Tsayutitsa, c.1935
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Sat, Apr 27th 2013, 4:13pm
Tsayutitsa, also known as Mrs. Milam's mother, was certainly one of the finest potters of the first half of the 20th century from Zuni Pueblo. She ...
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