Updated June 5th

updates to pins/pendants, earrings, necklace gallery, most Katsina Galleries & Santa Fe Fetish gallery

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A First Phase “Chief’s Blanket” Revival by Evelyn White. 50 by 50inches. Finely woven: 10 warp and 36 weft threads per Inch. $6000. (TUCSON)

A fascinating, engrossing collage by Sosakete. As a kid he was an avid collector of comic books - and that became the inspiration for this work, which measures 36 by 60 inches Learn more about him in our Fine Arts gallery. $1800. (TUCSON)

A Navajo Yei’ibichai rug portrays the Yei’ibichai dancer who in turn represent the Yei’is or Holy People of Navajo religion. Hand-woven of handspun wool in natural white, grey and vegetal dye colors. This particular textile was woven 60+ years ago. This style of pattern first appeared about 1900 but was not regarded as an acceptable pattern for weavers to use until several decades later. It measures  66 by 41 inches. $1875.

 

A beautiful Hopi overlay bracelet set with natural turquoise from one of the Nevada Mines. By Virgil Thomas (1948-1986 This was originally a watch bracelet with the stone replacing the watch some years later. .75 inch wide. $475 (TUCSON)

A really fun older Pima (Akimel O’Odham) willow basket with people and and birds (turkeys?). 13.75 inches in diameter and 7.5 inches high. $1,200. (TUCSON)

An abstract eye dazzler woven in the raised outline style by Rochlyn Watson. 43 by 27 inches. $1500 (TUCSON)

Below: A Sio Powamu Katsina from the 1930s to 1940s. 13 inches high and $1,400.
(Santa Fe)

 

By Wilson Tewaquaptewa (1873-1960). He was the last traditional kikmongwi of Orayvi Village. He began carving in his very distinctive style in the 1920s. His dolls often suggest specific katsinas but in each case are in fact an amalgam of design elements from several different katsinas. 7.5 inches tall. $1800 (Santa Fe)

A beautifully carved Mongwa, or Owl Katsina by Gene Dawahoya. 6.5 inches tall and $875. (TUCSON)

This bracelet probably dates somewhere around 1930 and is set with beautiful natural turquoise from the Blue Gem Mine in Nevada. Made for a small wrist. Just under 1/2 inch wide. $1275. (SANTA FE)

Above is a beautiful corn maiden necklace made by Warren Nieto from Santo Domingo Pueblo. The maiden is comprised of sterling silver, serpentine, jet, pen shell, white clam shell, lepidolite, mother of pearl shell, coral and turquoise. Strung on a necklace of graduated turquoise beads interspersed with shell in the center, measuring 18 inches in length with an additional 2 inch chain extender for a total length of 20 inches. The maiden itself measures 4 inches long. $500. (SANTA FE)

 

A Yöngöksina or Tortoise katsina by Wendell Silas-Yazzie. Just over 9.5 inches high and $1,275. (SANTA FE) A Omaaw, or cloud katsina by Randy Howato. 14 inches and $650. (TUCSON) The Qötsa Hon or White Bear katsina above was carved by Andrew Sahmie, Hopi-Tewa. It is 7 5/8 inches high including the base. $900. (SANTA FE) A Sio Navan or Zuni Velvet Shirt katsina by Randy Brokeshoulder. 17 inches to the tip of the feather. $350 (TUCSON)