The Navajo Relationship to Horses

Monday, February 6, 2023 8:09 AM

The Navajo Relationship to Horses

The Navajo and their cousins, the Apache, were known as the most accomplished mounted warriors in the Southwest. It wasn’t always that way.

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Two Beautiful Old Navajo Weavings

Monday, January 30, 2023 8:31 AM

Two Beautiful Old Navajo Weavings

Sometimes, when you’ve been around awhile, you forget everyone has their perspective on time.

One day a couple of years ago, a young man came to the gallery with two lovely Navajo rugs he had inherited from his grandfather. He was curious to learn more about them, and someone told him to ask me.

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Surviving Rising Silver Prices

Wednesday, January 25, 2023 9:23 AM

Surviving Rising Silver Prices

Everyone is affected when prices go up. If you are an artist and the cost of paint and canvas rises, it will affect you. But not that much.

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Earrings from Zuni Pueblo

Monday, January 16, 2023 9:09 AM

Earrings from Zuni Pueblo

Jewelry from the Zuni Pueblo, south of Gallup, New Mexico, has always made up many of the “tourist” style earrings that were so popular in the 1960s and 1970s.

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A Story of Determination, Generosity, and Success

Monday, January 9, 2023 9:00 AM

A Story of Determination, Generosity, and Success

If you ask anyone who knows Manuel (M.S.) Franco, they will tell you he is one of the nicest and most generous people they have ever known. Years ago, when we had a fine art publishing company, we carried his prints, and he was one of the best-selling artists we represented.

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Three Turquoise Necklace Sets, Classic and Unique

Tuesday, January 3, 2023 8:37 AM

Three Turquoise Necklace Sets, Classic and Unique

One of the most exciting things in this business occurs when people inherit stunning art, jewelry, pottery, and even Navajo rugs that have never been worn or displayed.

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Spider Woman Cross Navajo Weaving

Friday, December 23, 2022 5:08 PM

Spider Woman Cross Navajo Weaving

Spider Woman is not a Navajo Deity. The Holy Ones created her and Spider Man to weave the fabric of the universe. Today, the Navajo live in the Fourth world, called the "Glittering World."

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Bright Christmas Colors in Navajo Weaving

Wednesday, December 14, 2022 4:46 PM

Bright Christmas Colors in Navajo Weaving

There was a time in Navajo weaving when bright, colorful dyes created many wonderful and exciting patterns. It was almost like an explosion of joy when Navajo weavers were provided with colorful commercial yarns and aniline dyes.

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Sleepintg Beauty Turquoise Bracelet and Ring

Thursday, December 8, 2022 4:33 PM

Sleepintg Beauty Turquoise Bracelet and Ring

We received a bracelet this year from a woman whose relative had purchased it in the late '70s. It is by a man and woman silversmithing team from Zuni Pueblo named Wayne and Virginia Quam.

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Runner from Red Mesa

Sunday, December 4, 2022 4:20 PM

Runner from Red Mesa

Most people who know about Navajo weaving know about the Teec Nos Pos weaving area. The post is just southwest of the Four Corners, where the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah meet.

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It's Native American Heritage Day!

Friday, November 25, 2022 6:22 PM

It's Native American Heritage Day!

Yes, there is a day to recognize and celebrate Native American Heritage. It is the day after Thanksgiving. The month of November is Native American Heritage Month.

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Alvin Marshall's Cousin-Sister and Grandfather Immortalized in Stone

Navajo sculptor Alvin Marshall has been carving works out of stone for about 40 years. When we opened our current location in 1983, he and Orland Joe often traveled the show circuit together, selling their works.

The two of them traveled to Europe and studied in Italy, learning to work with marble and visiting the great museums where they studied the works of the classic Italian sculptors.

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