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This very early kilt showed up at a sale here in Santa Fe. While it appears to be Hopi in pattern, construction, and materials, it’s possible that the attribution could be a broader scope of Rio Grande Pueblos. My approximate dating on this piece is somewhere between 1750 to 1850. It is rare to find […]
A New Find A beautiful and early banded, Navajo blanket came into my gallery last week. My understanding on this type of blanket puts the date around the middle 19th century, perhaps earlier. It measures 65” by 45.5” and has four colors, natural white, natural brown, dark indigo blue and light indigo blue. There are […]
Item #: 657 Origin: Cree Date: Last Quarter 19th C., likely 1870 – 1880 Media: Glass beads on hide Dimensions: 19″ without fringe, 6″ wide, 29.5″ with fringe Description: This Cree pipe bag has two strongly different designs. The first includes two, elongated tracks, perhaps extended crosses, done in a mustard brown bead, all on […]
For those of you that have been inside my gallery, you know how small it is. One new addition can throw everything off balance. Well, I got a grouping of New Mexican furniture, a trastero, a bench and two chairs. The trastero is the first to come into the gallery, and its size meant I […]
JUST IN! This Navajo weaving is a Woman’s variant of the Chief’s third phase wearing blanket. I just acquired it late last week. The weaving measures 66″ by 51″. The wool is all hand spun and includes natural brown and carded grey for the banded backbround pattern. The colors, a whole array of them, are […]
This Navajo Saddle blanket measures 52″ x 35.5″, natural cream white, synthetic dyed red and natural carded brown/grey handspun wool with some green and brown 4 ply germantown yarns. There is some fading to the colors, some dye run, a few small repairs and fraying of corner tassels and side selvage. The wear to this […]
This bowl, which has shell tempered clay and measures 4″ tall and 9″ diameter, is considered to be a rare example of a piece of complete pottery from the Scott County Pueblo, El Cuartelejo, in Western Kansas. While there are no papers documenting this bowl from these ruins, evidence is strong for this consideration due […]
It is very rare to come across a Pueblo drum as early as this one. It came to me recently directly from a Pueblo person who had had it some time before getting it from another Pueblo person. While dating these drums is not easy, I feel safe in saying that it is likely mid […]
This buffalo headdress measures 32″ x 20″ x 10″ as shown on its stand. This headdress has wonderful age to it and is in prime condition with no restoration. Considering its wear, the age is assumed to be the last quarter of the 19th century. The interior support for the head is old, thick commercial […]
This old Pueblo felt cap measures about 7″ in diameter and drops in length to 10.5″. This cap dates to the late 19th century. The body of the cap is pressed felt and the drops appear to be buckskin and ermine pelt based on the white remaining fur on one of the strips. The colors […]
