Arts & Crafts

This is brightly colored, authentic Navajo Germantown rug.   This beautiful rug is tightly woven, using commercially dyed wool, and features an added wool fringe on the two ends and whip-stitched sides.  Germantown rugs are one exception to the "no...

Taller, wide-shouldered Hopi pot with parrot tail design.  Signed by Marianne Navasie with her earlier symbol of a tadpole with an "M" next to a frog. Marianne Navasie (1951-2007) was the daughter of Joy Navasie (Second Frogwoman) and granddaughter of...

Tohono O'odham (Papago) split stitch coiled basket made with bear grass as the bundle and split yucca for the sewing weft.  DETAILSArtist: unknownTribal Affiliation: Tohono O'odham (Papago)Size:  7" diameterMaterials: bear grass, yuccaCondition: From an estate- please see the photos VW41

This small, round Tarahamura basket is a nice example of double-twilled weaving.  The Tarahamura people are indigenous to the Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico. Woven of yucca leaves and stems.DETAILSArtist: UnknownTribal Affiliation: TarahamuraSize:  3 1/2" high x 3 3/4" diameterMaterials:...

This vintage Pima coiled basket is a beautiful, radiating fret design. Extremely well woven. Pima baskets are typically sewn with willow (light color) and devil's claw (black) over a base of split cattail reeds. DETAILSArtist: UnknownTribal Affiliation: PimaSize: 14 3/4"...

This basket is an example of the traditional geometric designs used by the Wounaan and Embera Indians in their baskets.  They are also known for their intricate pictorial designs. The Wounaan and Embera Indians inhabit one of the world’s last...

This basket is an example of the traditional geometric designs used by the Wounaan and Embera Indians in their baskets.  They are also known for their intricate pictorial designs. The Wounaan and Embera Indians inhabit one of the world’s last...

Gorgeous! Runner style. This vintage Navajo rug is woven in the Crystal style with a raised outline at the edges.  The beautiful pattern is done in the distinctive golden tones of the newer Crystal style, using vegetal dyes. Ca. 1950s DETAILSArtist:...

This fabulous, fully beaded doctor bag is made in the Pictogram or Ledger Drawing style of the late 1800s to early 1900s. Made by an unknown Lakota Sioux artist, this bag is canvas with Venetian glass beads sewn in a...

This classic stamped sterling silver Concho belt was made in a traditional Navajo style. Simple and beautiful! Buckle: 2 3/8" L x 2" W, hook closureConchos: all 10 are  2 3/8" L x 2" WBelt: black leather 42 3/4" L...

What a unique belt!  This sterling silver Navajo concho belt has a traditional buckle and 9 conchos, each in different sizes, shapes and stamped patterns.  The conchos are set on an identically shaped piece of leather before being attached to...

This sterling silver Navajo Concho belt is a tailored design, with all the oval conchos attached to the top of the black leather belt. Each stamped sterling silver concho is attached to the belt with a leather cord that is...

Beautiful antique Northern Plains authentic Native American beaded moccasins, ca. late 1800s.  These moccasins are sewn with sinew and embellished with Venetian glass beads in a salt and pepper style. The outer sole is separately sewn on, as is the...

Authentic Northern Plains Native American beaded blanket strip in a patriotic pattern. This piece is sinew sewn with Venetian glass beads onto commercial leather and backed with red fabric. Ca. late 1900s Blanket strips are decorative beaded bands that are...

This wonderful little Navajo Two Gray Hills design rug is very finely-woven.   The weavings from the Two Grey Hills area on the Navajo reservation are extremely collectible and desirable because they are made from natural wools in the 4...

This weaving style was originally from the Chinle area on the Navajo reservation but is now commonly woven throughout the Navajo Nation.  Chinle rugs are distinguished by their stripes of plain color alternating with bands of repeating geometric designs. A...

This fantastic replica Crow cradleboard comes from the Custer Battlefield Trading Post, Crow Agency, Montana during the Crow Fair, ca. 1990s.  The beading is sewn on a leather backing with trade cloth trim.  The cradle is a beautiful chamois leather...

Wow!  This is a large, monumental carving. There are very few carvers that can capture the movement and detail of a kachina like Raymond Chee.  His work is outstanding!  This Eagle kachina is so lifelike that it could take an...

Handmade Jemez Pueblo pot, hand polished and painted with eagle feather design. Signed by Mary H. Loretto.  DETAILS:Artist: Mary H. Loretto, Jemez PuebloSize: 4 1/2" high x 6" at widestCondition: from a private collection, very good condition JM23

Handmade Jemez Pueblo pot, with a distinctive red and cream swirl design. Hand polished and painted. Signed "Yepa".   Possibly Emma or Marcella Yepa. There is a long line of talented clay artists in the Yepa family, including Felipita, Alvina,...

Vintage handmade polished clay pot with painted avanyu (the water serpent) design, by Nicolasa Naranjo, Santa Clara Pueblo. Nicolasa Naranjo was a daughter of Tomacita and Agapito Naranjo, granddaughter of Sara Fina Tafoya and a cousin of Margaret Tafoya.  She...

Vintage handmade polished blackware 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,...