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Sofia Pino married into the Medina family in 1948. She and her new, Adobe Gallery authentic historic and contemporary Southwest Pueblo Pottery and ...

Sofia Pino married into the Medina family in 1948. She and her new husband Rafael (1929-1998) lived with his grandmother, Trinidad Medina who taugh...

Max Early - Laguna Pueblo Artist, Adobe Gallery carries authentic historic and contemporary Southwest Pueblo Pottery and fine art.

Max Early was born into the Turkey Clan of his mother and Bear Clan of his father at Laguna Pueblo. He grew up with his grandparents. During his ea...

This is an exceptional Hopi Tasap Katsina doll carved from a piece of cottonwood root. Tasap is a Hopi representation of a Navajo God. There are Ho...

Rugan is a class of katsinas that come in groups, accompanied by the Corn Maidens, who play on rasp musical instruments. There are various types of...

According to Barton Wright, the Mona Katsina functions as the River or Thunder Katsina and appears singly in the Mixed Katsina Dances. His function...

Martina Vigil Florentino Montoya San Ildefonso Pueblo during the 1890s, Adobe Gallery authentic historic and contemporary Southwest Pueblo Pottery ...

As Jonathan Batkin has well documented, there were several outstanding potters at San Ildefonso during the 1890s whose work can fairly accurately b...

This exquisite ring is comprised of a wide shank that is split into 3 legs at the top of the ring that support a curved silver base on which rests ...

It is documented that the Navajo made and wore silver buttons as early as 1824 and there are illustrations of this as early as 1840. The Navajo ado...

Cochiti Pueblo figurines were at their prime between 1870 and 1920. They were most probably made in jest of non-Indian people: the Franciscan Monks...