1. Territorial Indian Arts & Antiques
Arizona-based Territorial Indian Arts & Antiques is offering this hand-woven Germantown Sunday saddle blanket. The gallery notes it is 26 by 34 inches—“and hangs perfectly straight.” The weaving is likely from the 1880s. “Its bold and the graphic design makes great wall art or a tabletop piece,” the gallery says.
7100 E. Main Street, Suite 3, Scottsdale, AZ 85251 • (480) 945-5432 • www.territorialindianarts.com
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2. Thomas Cleary American Indian Art
A boy’s shirt from the early 19th century is now available at Thomas Clearly American Indian Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico. “Although the identity of the Indigenous female artist remains unknown, the shirt’s expert tailoring and the costly red Venetian ‘pony beads’ suggest it was originally made for an affluent boy, in New Mexico or nearby, back when local nomadic Plains groups were dominant,” the gallery says. “A few similar examples survive in museums. Interestingly, this shirt stayed with a New Mexican family for generations and was rediscovered on Antiques Roadshow a few years ago. It’s being offered for the first time in our summer 2026 catalog, alongside 18 other exceptional objects.”
(505) 670-2945 • www.thomasclearyllc.com tom@thomasclearyllc.com
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3. Freeman’s
Available at Freeman’s September 24 Native American Art auction in Chicago is this Navajo classic wearing blanket from the late 1800s. Measuring 48 by 80 inches, the blanket is estimated at $25,000 to $35,000. “Banded shoulder blankets like this were traditionally crafted for personal use, as opposed to the more common later styles that were woven more often than not for the purposes of trade,” Freeman’s notes. “As such, blankets from the classic period tend to have more elegant, restrained designs and use higher-quality material since the blanket’s main purpose was that of utility rather than aesthetic.”
1550 West Carroll Avenue, Chicago, IL 60607 • (312) 280-1212 • www.freemansauction.com
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4. Sandbar Trading
Now available at Sandbar Trading is this black jar from Camilio “Sunflower” Tafoya (Santa Clara Pueblo, 1902-1995). The hand-coiled, traditionally fired pot is likely from the 1960s. “[The artist is] the son of noted potter Sara Fina Tafoya and Geronimo Tafoya, and the brother of Margaret Tafoya and Christina Naranjo,” Sandbar owner Rick Gottsponer says. “He was married to Agapita Tafoya and two of his children, Grace Medicine Flower and Joseph Lonewolf, became renowned potters.
839 Paseo de Peralta, Suite K, Santa Fe, NM 87501 • (316) 655-7477 www.sandbartrading.com —
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