Collecting Hopi Material Culture
- by Jamie Compton
- in A closer look...
- posted November 10, 2023
Who Are The Hopi? The Hopi people are centered on a reservation in Arizona that measures about 2,532 square miles. The 2010 sense has the population at 19,338. They live in the Southwest where they have been for eons. The word “Hopi” is defined...
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Of Beauty and Sadness
- by Jamie Compton
- in A closer look... My Thoughts on Native Art
- posted October 5, 2023
A Wedge Weave Blanket I visited the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture on Museum Hill in Santa Fe, NM the other day. I viewed the exhibit Horizons: Weaving Between the Lines with Dine Textiles. This is a small and amazing exhibit of Navajo...
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An Early and Rare Rio Grande Blanket
- by Jamie Compton
- in A closer look... New Gallery Item
- posted May 19, 2023
This Rio Grande blanket is one of the most beautiful examples I’ve had the fortune of finding. It’s early, it’s simple, it’s complex and it speaks to my aesthetic in the world of exceptional blankets. Let me speak briefly here about the qualities that...
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Shell As A Pueblo Ornament, From Prehistoric to Modern Times
- by Jamie Compton
- in A closer look... Gallery News New Gallery Item
- posted May 12, 2023
Prehistoric Pueblo Shell Ornamentation Shells have been used for well over 2000 years in the Southwest by the ancient ones continuing up to modern Pueblo days. The early agricultural period (1200 B.C. to A.D. 150) saw the simplest use of shells by puncturing holes...
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3 Blankets on a Shoulder Mount
- by Jamie Compton
- in A closer look... My Thoughts on Native Art
- posted November 8, 2022
Showing Blankets With A Shoulder Mount I have three, rare blankets up on my wall at the gallery and all three are hanging off of a shoulder mount. I love the effect these mounts give to the blankets. Blankets are typically shown as 2-dimensional...
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On Disply At The Gallery – the Spanish Colonial Wall
- by Jamie Compton
- in A closer look... My Thoughts on Native Art New Gallery Item
- posted November 5, 2022
The New Gallery Spanish Colonial Wall This wall is a new set up in my gallery and it shows an assortment of early, New Mexican Spanish Colonial items. A pair of doors, a large spindled window, a couple of early chests, a “Bishops” chair,...
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Ahkima Honyumptewa is the winner Best of Class Textiles at SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market
- by Jamie Compton
- in Gallery News
- posted August 20, 2022
A Beautiful Hopi White Manta with Accents Ahkima Honyumptewa (Hopi) from Paagvavi in Third Mesa is the winner for SWAIA’s Santa Fe Indian Market for Best of Class in Textiles. Ahkima is both a painter and a weaver. I am very proud to sponsor...
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James Compton Gallery will Sponsor Best of Class in Textiles at SWAIA
- by Jamie Compton
- in Gallery News
- posted August 19, 2022
For the first time the James Compton Gallery is sponsoring the winner for the 100 anniversary of the 2022 SWAIA (Southwestern Association For Indian Arts) in Classification IV – Textiles Best of Class. I am proud to contribute to the mastering of weaving and...
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An Eskimo Excavated Sculpture of a Whale
- by Jamie Compton
- in New Gallery Item
- posted June 9, 2022
A Sperm Whale Interpretation? This streamline carving a whale, perhaps a sperm whale, has the most beautiful form and surface patina. The elegant lines suggest a sperm whale with the high, angular head. This item was most likely excavated (the collection history is lost)...
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New to the Gallery a Max Luna Library Table
- by Jamie Compton
- in New Gallery Item
- posted June 3, 2022
This Spanish Colonial New Mexican table came from a client born in New Mexico who’s grandfather knew Max Luna, having worked along side him. He purchased this table directly from him around the time that it was made. It’s a really lovely example of...
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