Arts & Crafts

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:...

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 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...

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

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 clay pot with a heavily etched triangular design.  Signed "Tomasita Montoya." Tomasita Reyes Montoya was born into Ohkay Owingeh in February 1899 and passed on in May 1978. She became of the seven original potters of the...

Vintage handmade polished clay pot with painted eagle feather design, signed "Harriet" by Harriet Tafoya, Santa Clara Pueblo. Harriet, the daughter of Cresencia Tafoya, is known for her red and black pieces, some painted and some carved. She has won...

Vintage handmade polished clay pot with an etched turtle design.  Patterns on the pot are etched to appear as if the turtle is hatching from an egg. Signed Jody Naranjo 1998. Jody Naranjo, Santa Clara Pueblo, is a traditional potter...

Lovely, authentic Plateau gauntlets feature a beaded four directions design. These brain-tanned leather gauntlets were made in the mid 1900s. The design is sewn with thread and Venetian glass beads. The inside is lined with fabric. Dimensions:Cuffs are approximately 5...

Vintage handmade polished clay seed pot with an etched lizard design.  Signed by the artist, Dolly Naranjo. Dolly Naranjo (b.1947) is a daughter or Rose Naranjo and a sister of artists Jody Folwell, Michael Naranjo, Nora Naranjo-Morse and Rina Swentzell....

Vintage handmade polished clay pot with painted geometric design by Kathy Gutierrez, Santa Clara Pueblo Kathy Gutierrez is a daughter of Helen Atencio Gutierrez (San Ildefonso) and Frank Gutierrez (Santa Clara). She is known for her traditional designs of San...

This beautifully carved and painted pot with Kachina and feather design is signed Carla Nampeyo.  Carla Nampeyo Claw is known for her etched pottery as well as her carved pottery.  She is a daughter of noted potter Thomas Polacca and...

This fantastic pot by acclaimed Hopi artist Tom Polacca features the deep carved and painted designs he is known for.  The beautifully carved design features a Longhair Kachina, clouds and a cornstalk, along with many other details. Tom Polacca was...

This wonderful seed pot is carved and etched with a Koshare design and is signed "Carla Nampeyo '92".  Carla Nampeyo Claw is known for her etched pottery as well as her carved pottery.  She is a daughter of noted potter...

Hopi white slip painted pot with parrot tail and geometric designs, signed by Loretta Navasie with her hallmark of a frog and "LJN."Loretta Navasie is the granddaughter of Paqua Naha (the first Frogwoman) and the daughter of Joy Navasie (the...

This lovely Hopi pot with a geometric design was created by Rayvin Nampeyo.    Rayvin Garcia Nampeyo is a great-grandson of Nampeyo of Hano. He spent many hours, along with his brother James Garcia Nampeyo, watching their grandmother Fannie Nampeyo...

Beautiful vintage sculptural vase depicting Mother Earth with a deer by Angelina Medina, Acoma Pueblo-Zia.  Dated 1988. APPROXIMATE SIZE:13" high x 1 3/4" wide at mouth, 4 1/4" at widest, 3" wide at base Angelina Medina was born December 5,...

This fantastic piece of Hat Creek (Atsugewi) basketry dates from the 1890s-1910s. The twined basket is woven over a torpedo-shaped bottle and has an attached lid. Made of bear grass, black maidenhair fern and alder wood.  The pattern shows four...

Northwest coast antique carved and painted wooden totem, ca. 1930s, signed Steven Campbell, Port Essington (British Columbia) Artist: Steven CampbellSize: 21 3/4" tall x 3 3/4" wide x 2" deepCondition: vintage, from a private collection, good condition for age -...

Northwest coast antique carved and painted wooden mask with hair and leather ties, ca. 1930s, Haida Gwaii (British Columbia) Artist: unknown, Northwest coastSize: 10 1/4" tall x 7 1/2" wide x 5 1/4" deepCondition: antique, from a private collection, good...

Traditional, wide yellow-ware Hopi pot with birds and geometric designs with a narrow neck.  Signed by Gloria Mahle, with her leaf and feather hallmark.  She crafts her pieces with traditional Hopi-Tewa pottery designs. DETAILSArtist: Gloria Mahle, HopiSize: 4" high x...

This lovely Hopi pot with parrot tail and rain clouds design is signed by Gloria Mahle, with her leaf and feather hallmark.  She crafts her pieces with traditional Hopi-Tewa pottery designs. DETAILSArtist: Gloria Mahle, HopiSize: 3 1/2" high x 5"...

Traditional, wide yellow-ware Hopi pot with parrot design and a narrow neck.  Signed by Gloria Mahle, with her leaf and feather hallmark.  She crafts her pieces with traditional Hopi-Tewa pottery designs. DETAILSArtist: Gloria Mahle, HopiSize: 3" high x 6 1/4"...