Adobe Gallery
This gorgeous olla was made by an unknown Tesuque Pueblo artist. Adobe Gallery has dated it to around 1880, which places its creation about 10 years before Tesuque potters mostly abandoned their wonderful traditional style in favor of tourist-friendly polychrome wares and figurines. The primary element, which is referred to as an “interlocking scroll,” is a remarkable feat of creativity. A single uninterrupted line turns repeatedly at a carefully planned series of right angles, circling the entire jar and forming a repeating spiral pattern. The gallery notes, “This is an outstanding example of historic Tesuque pottery.”
221 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501
(505) 955-0550, info@adobegallery.com www.adobegallery.com
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Art Blackburn
Measuring 14 inches high, this Tlingit shaman’s bentwood storage box is a remarkable example the Southern Yukon Territory in British Columbia, Canada. The gallery explains the importance of the piece: “[This was] made from a single piece of cedar that has been kerfed and steam bent and the remaining side pegged together with wooden pegs. The formline design on this box was made to be viewed from angles and as such very rare. These small boxes were used to store the shaman’s paraphernalia such as rattles and the like.”
Locations in Santa Fe, NM; Marfa, TX; and Honolulu, HI
(808) 517-7154, info@artblackburn.com, www.artblackburn.com
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Cowboys & Indians Antiques
Cowboys & Indians Antiques is offering this Ute/Jicarilla Apache dress from around 1900. The striking dress is a “two-piece garment with a separately attached cape, decorated in striped bands in typical black and white seed beads and ochre pigment, lengthy fringe suspensions drop from the open half sleeves and lower hem,” the gallery explains. “Tin cones accent the fringe to make tinkling sounds when walking or in dance.”
4000 Central SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108
(505) 255-4054, www.cowboysandindiansantiques.com
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Buffalo Barry’s Indian Art
Buffalo Barry’s Indian Art is offering this important collection of Hopi putsqatithu, or cradle katsinam, from 1890 to 1910. The putsqatihu is thought to be the earliest form of Hopi katsina. The gallery asks viewers to note the simplicity, even roughness, of these examples that are all essentially no more than basic rectangles. “Six of the 10 carvings are renditions of Hahay’iwuuti, who represents the ideal characteristics of womanhood,” gallery owner Barry Walsh says. “She is easily identified by the semi-circles under her dot eyes and mouth. Hahay’iwuuti is the first katsina given to each Hopi infant, and she is always provided in the putsqatihu form. These are the earliest examples of this important katsina that I have seen.”
(508) 631-2703, buffalobarry@charter.net, www.buffalobarry.com
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Sandbar Trading
Now available at Sandbar Trading in Wichita, Kansas, is this Fraser and Thompson River Salish footed trunk with handles. The trunk, which comes with a lid, likely came from Canada around 1900. “One characteristic of older Fraser and Thompson River baskets is the footed portion. In later baskets made for the tourist market, many are made flat on the bottom,” the gallery explains. “Unique baskets such as this one quickly become something that turns into a conversation even with non-collectors.”
414 S. Commerce Street, Wichita, KS 67202
Mailing address: 3 E. Sequoia Drive, Wichita, KS 67206, (316) 655-7477, rick@sandbartrading.com, www.sandbartrading.com
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The Dancing Rabbit Gallery
The Deer Herd was painted by Santa Clara Pueblo artist Pablita Velarde (1918-2006) more than 50 years ago. This 10-by-20-inch original painting is in its original frame. “A lovely addition to the painting is a hand-written note by Pablita describing the painting, one of her series of paintings inspired by the pictographs in the Frijoles Canyon at Bandolier National Monument,” says Katie Richarme, owner of the Dancing Rabbit Gallery.
(505) 850-2212, katie@thedancingrabbitgallery.com, www.thedancingrabbitgallery.com
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