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Subject: Cochiti Pueblo Silver and Turquoise Concha Belt
Category: Jewelry | Posted by | Tue, Apr 23rd 2013, 3:22pm
Joe Herrera Quintana was a very private person and, as a result, very little is known about his personal life, but he spent his adult life making j...
Read More Subject: Popsicle Alabaster Sculpture of a Bear
Category: Other Art Objects | Posted by | Tue, Apr 23rd 2013, 1:40pm
This very stylized sculpture of a bear was carved from Popsicle Alabaster that has a beautiful warm coral color and a fine polish. According to th...
Read More Subject: Tennessee Limestone Sculpture of an American Bison
Category: Other Art Objects | Posted by | Tue, Apr 23rd 2013, 1:32pm
Bob Haozous is a Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache Indian and the son of famous sculptor Allan Houser. Haozous has major art sculptures in two dozen c...
Read More Biography: Asunción Aguilar Caté (1880–1925)
Category: Artists | Posted by | Tue, Apr 23rd 2013, 1:05pm
The Aguilar sisters - Asunción Aguilar Caté and Felipita Aguilar Garcia, Adobe Gallery authentic historic and contemporary Southwest Pueblo Pottery...
Read More Subject: Zuni Pueblo 19th Century Polychrome Olla with Capped Spirals
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Mon, Apr 22nd 2013, 4:38pm
The primary design feature on this jar is what has been named capped spirals and it appears on Zuni pottery dating since 1850. In this jar, two cap...
Read More Subject: Pomo 19th Century Storage Basket
Category: Baskets | Posted by | Mon, Apr 22nd 2013, 4:28pm
Storage baskets of this style were the largest baskets made by the Pomo Indians. The Pomo women made these large, globular baskets to hold any vari...
Read More Subject: Navajo (Diné) Folk Art Wood Carving "Lady in Yellow with Coke Can"
Category: Other Art Objects | Posted by | Mon, Apr 22nd 2013, 4:07pm
Harrison Juan describes the inspiration for his innovative and distinctive current style as follows: "I was at an art show and I saw myself in the ...
Read More Subject: Navajo (Diné) Folk Art Wood Carving "Evil Pleasures"
Category: Other Art Objects | Posted by | Mon, Apr 22nd 2013, 3:50pm
This sculpture is of a Female Skinwalker, which, in Navajo legend, would be much rarer than a male Skinwalker. There are several varieties of Navaj...
Read More Subject: Santa Clara Matte Black Lidded Jar
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Fri, Apr 19th 2013, 4:33pm
Dolores Curran, originally from Santa Clara Pueblo, married and moved to Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo around 1977. She has specialized in miniature pottery...
Read More Subject: Male Storyteller with 5 Children made by Alma Concha
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Fri, Apr 19th 2013, 3:36pm
Alma is one of six Loretto sisters originally from Jemez Pueblo. Her sisters are Mary Toya, Fannie Loretto, Lupe Lucero, Edna Coriz and Dorothy Tru...
Read More Subject: San Ildefonso Multi-colored Turtle Figurine
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Fri, Apr 19th 2013, 3:14pm
Innovation by the small population of potters at San Ildefonso Pueblo is a well-established fact. Maria Martinez could be the first considered to b...
Read More Subject: Santa Clara Pueblo Black Carved Bowl with Avanyu
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Fri, Apr 19th 2013, 2:55pm
Starting sometime in the 1950s, Margaret made smaller bowls, such as this one, for sale to tourists visiting the pueblo as well as to take to Royal...
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