This is a great and early example of a Santo Domingo shell necklace. The large shell has pieces of turquoise laid in on the top half in a random mosaic pattern, followed by a band of jet and travertine (?) inlaid into the shell. The lower half is left natural. The shell is attached to […]
Is Christmas right around the corner?! These Northern Plains set of earrings have all the dentalium shell painted with a green mineral paint. At the bottom are two red with white heart glass beads, all making for a Christmassy look. The dentalium are spaced apart with small, cut pieces of commercial hide. The small shells […]
This beautiful tab necklace could be Navajo or Pueblo. What is most striking about it is the use of green (or what has turned green) turquoise mixed with the larger scale, white, shell beads (Heishi) that vary in size. There are two strands that are squaw wrapped with cotton. The pair of jaclas, also of […]
This is an intriguing buffalo stick. Measuring 17″ long and made of wood, it’s a staff with a buffalo head at the top. The head end, as well as the hump, appear to be a small burl due to how the wood grain is wavy and circular. The head has ears and horns made of […]
This is a wonderful and early buffalo hide, Pueblo belt from the 19th century. There is a tag affixed to one end stating the collection date of 10/13/1932 from the Roy H. Robinson collection. The belt is made of three pieces of hide, all sewn with sinew. One end has a star shaped silver concho […]
This charming, small bolo tie is inlayed with stone and shell – turquoise, jet, spiny oyster shell and mother of peal. The piece comes with the brown, hide tie that ends with silver cones and a bead on each end.
This is a rare and beautiful pair of Zuni (possibly Navajo) earrings. They show carved shell in the shape of a frog set in silver and trimmed on the bottom with 3 pump drilled turquoise beads. These are original and early carved animal forms for which Leekya Deyuse made famous with his more contemporary renditions. […]
These types of layered earrings might have come from the Southern to the Northern Plains and even possibly the NW interior. This is a style used by many tribes. Comanche is a likely possibility since the original collector purchased these sometime in the 1960 – 1970 in Oklahoma with mostly other Comanche material. It’s this […]
This handsome ring is made of inlaid turquoise and spiny oyster shell all over a shell core base. The complementary colors of blue and red make for a pleasing look. The pieces are all inlaid with pinon pitch, making for a striking contrast with its black color. The finish is smooth and shiny with nice […]
This is an early shell, likely a hold over from the Hohokam culture. The Hohokam culture was known to have traveled to the Sea of Cortez in Baja California to find these Spiny Oyster shells, a favorite of the culture. A Pueblo person may have found it well after it had made its way to […]
