Updated July 3rd

WE STAND WITH UKRAINE




Two great tiles by the Hopi clay artist Stetson Setalla. 8 by 6.25 inches. $200 each. (TUCSON)

A beautiful double-sided pueblo maiden carved of golden mother of pearl by Vicky Quandelacy. 4 inches tall. $275 (TUCSON)

 

A Koshare Chicken Thief, carved some years ago by the inimitable Neil David Sr (b 1944) 13 inches long and 7 inches high. $1400. (SANTA FE)

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)

 

Fred and Della Cruz have been making these wonderful figurative baskets for a number of years. Using a foundation of bear grass wrapped with yucca (white and green) and devilsclaw (black), and utilizing their amazing imagination, they continually surprise us with the next whimsical creation. A coyote on the hunt. 9 inches tall (to top of saguaro) and is $120.
Check our new Tohono O’odham Figurative Basket Gallery for many more examples of their wonderful work.

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)

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)

 

This necklace by Joe Reano was made from natural good quality turquoise from the Lone Mountain Mine in Nevada. Made in 1976 it understandably garnered a First Prize that year in the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonial. The ribbon is signed by the judges, Bill Burch and Katie Noe, both prominent in the Indian arts business back then. 16 inch drop length. $7500 (ON HOLD). I can’t imagine that there will ever be another necklace made like this. (TUCSON)

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

A Pima or Akimel O’odham (literally River People) basket, unusual for its negative pattern. 6 by 3.5 inches. $400. (TUCSON)

 

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) A Sio Navan or Zuni Velvet Shirt katsina by Randy Brokeshoulder. 17 inches to the tip of the feather. $350. (TUCSON)

A Manag.y or Lizard katsina by Wayland Namingha. 13 inches tall and $400. A flat doll of Umtoinaqa - Thunder - carved by Darance Chimerica. 11 inches tall and $140. By Hongvi Marquez, this is an unusual one: a Maamankyusi. A type of water bug, with its burning bite, it is regarded by some as one of the warrior katsinam. Maamakyusi’s Latin name is Abedus herberti,  and the colloquial name is Toe Biter. 8.25 inches tall. $300. (ALL in SANTA FE)