Sharing my items is a great way to learn about the Native story. My goal is to meet and connect with you in a way that promotes our mutual interest in beautiful objects created by those who came well before us.
The Discovery of an Unusual Navajo Dress Panel I acquired an unusual single Navajo dress panel last week and I want to share it with you. It is unusual in the variegations of the red yarns, the types of bayeta used, and the crenulations woven on the sides of the upper and lower segments. For […]
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 make this the case. It is woven of only two colors; […]
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 and stringing them on hide or hemp. These are shells that, […]
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, a Christo on the cross, several bultos, several restablos, several Rio […]
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) in the Arctic zone and can be attributed to the broad […]
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 the early end of the resurgence of the making of Spanish […]
Clues Defining this Weaving as a Rio Grande Blanket A rare and unusual blanket came into my gallery. The blanket was brought to me as a pueblo weaving. I discovered with close inspection that it was a New Mexican Rio Grande blanket woven by Spanish Colonialists. The weaving is ancient in look and feel. The […]
A group of early Zuni tourist fetishes were purchased from the Tres Compadres Ranch of the McMahon family of Houston, TX. Patricia Bennett McMahon (1929-2017) and her sister had one of the early art galleries in Santa Fe, NM and I imagine that these were purchased during that time. A few of these fetishes appear […]
A Collection of Bultos and Retablos by Alden Frick McGrew I recently acquired a group of bultos and retablos from one previous owner. The deceased owner is Alden Frick McGrew (1910-1987), former chairman of the Art Department University of Colorado, by descent within his family. He had a house in New Mexico in the 1950’s […]
A Group of Early Navajo Weaving Combs Navajo weaving combs are wonderful examples of a functional tool that has lasting beauty and typically gets better with age. This group of 13 combs came into my gallery not too long ago. They are all from one collection by a person in Santa Fe. Each comb has […]
