Thomas Cleary American Indian Art
A stunning dispatch bag from around 1880, possibly Kiowa or Comanche, is one of many items now on view at Thomas Cleary American Indian Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The bag measures 20 inches long and just more than 6 inches wide. It was in several distinctive collections and handed down through descent prior to landing with Thomas Cleary. The gallery also has incredibly ledger drawings, pipe and bandolier bags, knife sheaths, cradleboards and many other objects.
(505) 670-2945 • www.thomasclearyllc.com
Adobe Gallery
Now available at Adobe Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is this polychrome dough bowl from around 1900. The artist is unknown, but the work comes from the Zia Pueblo. “This Zia Pueblo dough bowl appears to date between 1890 and 1910. Its age and its history of use are evident, as the exterior slip is lightly and consistently abraded, and the interior is darkened and smooth,” the gallery notes. “The bowl is beautifully patinated, with a rich, dark look that will appeal to many historic pottery collectors. The patina’s visual effects are further enhanced by the pattern of light abrasions that appears around the rim.”
221 Canyon Road, Santa Fe NM 87501 • (505) 955-0550 • www.adobegallery.com
Ancient Nations: Indigenous Arts
A pot by Thomas Polacca (1935-2003) is among new items now available from Ancient Nations: Indigenous Arts, an online gallery that specializes in pottery, as well as other materials. “Polacca was the son of Fannie Nampeyo Polacca and the grandson of the original Nampeyo of Hano, who was credited with revitalizing the tradition of Hopi pottery making among her people at the villages of First Mesa,” says Brandon Bosworth, the proprietor of Ancient Nations. “Thomas carried on the tradition while experimenting with different methods and pioneering new techniques. He garnered widespread recognition for his contemporary pieces with deep carved designs often symbolizing life at Hopi. This particular piece depicts several left-handed hunter kachinas and was made circa 1990.” The title of the work is The Lefty Hunters.
(800) 854-1359 • www.ancientnations.com
Ethnographic Antique Store
Raven Stealing the Sun is a veneer plywood door painted and signed by Haida master carver and painter Patrick Samuel McGuire (1943-1970). The piece is on view at Ethnographic Antique Store. “Born in Skidegate, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Pat was a member of the Staastas Eagle Clan,” the gallery notes. “Descendant of the master carver Charles Gladstone, related also to Charles Edenshaw, [McGuire] moved to Vancouver, B.C., at the age of 19. There, Pat and also the young Haida artist Robert Davidson were inspired by the great Haida master carver Bill Reid.” The work is part of numerous items from the Northwest Coast at the Ethnographic Antique Store.
ethnographicantiquestore.com • info@ethnographicantiquestore.com
Territorial Indian Arts
Based in Scottsdale, Arizona, Territorial Indian Arts offers a wide variety of historic and contemporary Native American materials. Now on view in the gallery is this Navajo transitional period wedge weave textile, made with churro wool and aniline dyes. It dates to around the 1880s. “The skilled weaver manipulated the warps to create diagonal design, causing the edges to bow,” the gallery notes. “Territorial Indian Arts presents history to live with.”
7100 E. Main Street, #3, Scottsdale, AZ 85251 • (480) 945-5432 • www.territorialindianarts.com
Tanner’s Indian Arts
This Germantown pictorial tapestry, created around the 1880s, features wonderful elements of design. “The piece is very finely woven by an unknown Navajo (Diné) weaver and measures 35¼ by 25¼ inches,” the New Mexico gallery notes. “A fiesta of both Germantown and natural homespun wools, the piece showcases variegated reds, overdyed black, natural white and an unusual hue of mint green. This piece is in excellent condition and holds a fabulous vibrancy considering it’s 140-plus years old.”
237 W. Coal Avenue, Gallup, NM 87301 • (505) 863-6017 • www.tannersindianarts.com • tanneremerald@gmail.com
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