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Tesuque Pueblo Rain God Figurine with Hair and Warrior Marks - C3343B
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Sat, Feb 9th 2013, 2:20pm
Tesuque Pueblo Rain God Figurine with Hair and Warrior Marks, Adobe Gallery carries authentic historic and contemporary Southwest Pueblo Pottery an...
Read More Title: Diné (Navajo) Set of Four Code Talker Pottery Tiles
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Fri, Feb 8th 2013, 4:27pm
Everyone is familiar with the famous Navajo men who are known as the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II. It was they who came up with Navajo words...
Read More Special Exhibit: The Chuck and Jan Rosenak Collection of Native Art
Category: Other Art Objects | Posted by | Fri, Feb 8th 2013, 1:09pm
Chuck and Jan Rosenak were major collectors of folk art when they lived in New Mexico. They authored a couple books on Navajo folk art. Several yea...
Read More Biography: Tomás Vigil (1889-1960) Pan-Yo-Pin
Category: Artists | Posted by | Fri, Feb 8th 2013, 12:59pm
Thomas Vigil (1889-1960) whose Indian name Pan Yo Pin translates to, Adobe Gallery authentic historic and contemporary Southwest Pueblo Pottery and...
Read More Biography: Julián Martinez (1885-1943) Pocano - Coming of the Spirits
Category: Artists | Posted by | Fri, Feb 8th 2013, 12:50pm
Julián Martinez (Pocano - Coming of the Spirits) was born in 1885, Adobe Gallery authentic historic and contemporary Southwest Pueblo Pottery and f...
Read More Title: Tesuque Pueblo “See, Hear, Speak no Evil” Rain God Figurine Set
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Fri, Feb 8th 2013, 12:41pm
According to Duane Anderson, author of When Rain Gods Reigned: From Curios to Art at Tesuque Pueblo, sets of 3 rain god figurines based on the Chin...
Read More Title: Diné (Navajo) Wedding Vessel with Appliqué Design of a Cow and Horse
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Fri, Feb 8th 2013, 12:05pm
Silas and Bertha Claw broke with Navajo pottery tradition and the customs of their fellow tradesmen. Their forms remained true to tradition but the...
Read More Title: Diné (Navajo) Wedding Vessel with Appliqué Design of toads and cacti
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Fri, Feb 8th 2013, 11:56am
Silas and Bertha Claw were of the Shonto/Cow Springs region of the Navajo Reservation. Silas passed away in 2002 but there is no record of Bertha p...
Read More Title: Original Painting of an Indian in a Failed Hunting Event
Category: Paintings | Posted by | Fri, Feb 8th 2013, 11:50am
This painting is certainly of the early 20th century time and was most likely painted by one of the four major painters from San Ildefonso Pueblo—J...
Read More Title: Original Painting of a San Ildefonso Pueblo Eagle Dancer
Category: Paintings | Posted by | Fri, Feb 8th 2013, 11:24am
Julián Martinez is best known for painting the pottery of his wife, Maria Martinez, but he was an accomplished painter as early as 1920, often depi...
Read More Title: Tesuque Pueblo Original Painting of an Indian on Horseback
Category: Paintings | Posted by | Thu, Feb 7th 2013, 4:30pm
It can be said that Vigil's was of the style of most early 20th century pueblo paintings, that is it was simple, two-dimensional painting. He outli...
Read More Title: Hopi Small Dish with Corn Plant Design
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Thu, Feb 7th 2013, 4:22pm
Since Nampeyo of Hano's era of making pottery at Hopi House at The Grand Canyon, the Hopi have made small souvenir pieces for tourists. This small ...
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