Arts & Crafts

This is a lovely vintage Native American light blue hair barrette beaded with a star pattern. Beadwork is a highly expressive and decorative form of art in the Native American culture. Beadwork can be found in a variety of items...

Absolutely beautiful small Pomo basket!  The basket itself is finely woven from bracken fern root on a willow base.  The outside has red woodpecker and bluebird feathers woven into the basket.  Two rows of quail topknot feathers decorate the top...

Vintage handmade polished blackware pot with carved design, signed by Cliff Roller, Santa Clara Pueblo.  Dated '97. Cliff Roller learned to make pottery from his mother, Toni Roller, and he is also a grandson of the noted potter, Margaret Tafoya...

Handmade Jemez Pueblo pot, hand painted in cream with a beautifully detailed cornstalk design. Signed by Juanita Fragua.  Juanita Fragua was an esteemed potter from the Corn Clan of Jemez Pueblo. She decided to be a potter at a time...

Vintage handmade polished clay pot with carved avanyu (the water snake) design, signed by Stella Chavarria, Santa Clara Pueblo. Stella Chavarria is part of a long line of Santa Clara Pueblo artists including her grandmother, Christina Naranjo; her great aunt,...

Vintage handmade blackware narrow neck pot with carved avanyu (the water snake) design, signed by Denise Chavarria, Santa Clara Pueblo. Denise Chavarria is the daughter of Loretto and Stella Chavarria. She learned how to make pottery through watching and working...

Vintage handmade polished clay pot with carved avanyu (the water snake) design, signed by Stella Chavarria, Santa Clara Pueblo. Stella Chavarria is part of a long line of Santa Clara Pueblo artists including her grandmother, Christina Naranjo; her great aunt,...

Vintage handmade polished clay pot with painted mountain design signed "Annette" by Annette Vigil, Santa Clara Pueblo.  Annette Vigil is the daughter of Minnie Vigil and granddaughter of Petra Montoya. DETAILSArtist: Annette Vigil, Santa Clara PuebloSize: 3" high x 4"...

Vintage handmade polished clay pot with carved avanyu (the water snake) design, by Tricia Velarde, Santa Clara Pueblo.  Tricia Velarde is known for the deep carvings on her pots. DETAILSArtist: Tricia Velarde, Santa Clara PuebloSize: 3" high x 5" diameterCondition:...

Vintage handmade Santa Clara-style narrow neck pot with carved design, signed "Harrison"  for Harrison Begay, Jr., Navajo. From Jeddito, Keams Canyon, Arizona, Harrison originally trained as a painter, but while married at Santa Clara Pueblo, he was taught the fine...

Vintage handmade polished blackware pot with carved and painted design, signed by Madeline E. Naranjo, Santa Clara Pueblo. Madeline E. Naranjo, a highly awarded artist, has been making pottery since 1991. She learned the traditional skills by watching and working...

This lovely patriotic-themed beaded knife sheath and mirror bag set are the work of artist Charles Chief Eagle, Pine Ridge Lakota Sioux. Both are signed and dated 1993. The pieces are brain tanned hide and are sinew sewn. The entire...

This beautiful, beaded knife sheath and mirror bag set are the work of artist Charles Chief Eagle, Pine Ridge Lakota Sioux. Both are signed and dated 1992. The pieces are brain tanned hide and are sinew sewn. The entire front...

This small lidded trinket basket is made of bear grass and spruce root by an unknown Makah artist, ca. 1920. DETAILS:Artist: unknownTribal affiliation: MakahSize: 4 1/4" diameter x 2 1/2" tallMaterials: bear grass and spruce rootCondition: from a private collection...

Authentic Native American Navajo pitch-covered water jar with horse hair woven handles by artist Iris Chief.  DETAILSArtist: Iris ChiefTribal Affiliation: NavajoSize: Materials: Condition: From a private collector, excellent condition for age SSB2

Small, vintage San Juan Paiute woven basket made from Sumac. The owner of this collection is a decades-long resident of the Southwest and an avid collector of authentic Native jewelry, pottery, basketry and other handmade art. ARTIST: unknownTRIBAL AFFILIATION: San...

Large, vintage Navajo coiled basket. The owner of this collection is a decades-long resident of the Southwest and an avid collector of authentic Native jewelry, pottery, basketry and other handmade art. ARTIST: unknownTRIBAL AFFILIATION: NavajoSIZE: 14" diameter x 3 1/2"...

Large, vintage Santa Clara woven wickerwork basket, made from red willow. The owner of this collection is a decades-long resident of the Southwest and an avid collector of authentic Native jewelry, pottery, basketry and other handmade art. ARTIST: unknownTRIBAL AFFILIATION:...

Vintage Navajo coiled basket with a large red geometric design. The owner of this collection is a decades-long resident of the Southwest and an avid collector of authentic Native jewelry, pottery, basketry and other handmade art. ARTIST: unknownTRIBAL AFFILIATION: NavajoSIZE:...

Vintage Navajo coiled basket with a large black and red star design. The owner of this collection is a decades-long resident of the Southwest and an avid collector of authentic Native jewelry, pottery, basketry and other handmade art. ARTIST: unknownTRIBAL...

A well-crafted, traditional Navajo wedding basket.  Traditional Navajo ceremonial baskets always include an open pathway from the center of the design, referred to as "the way out."  It represents the Navajo people's exit from one world and reemergence in the...