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Did You Know? (Post)
Did you know that we come from a long tradition of jewelry making? Richard Candy ran jewelry production companies in Gallup, NM back in the golden age of Native sterling silver and turquoise jewelry; ...
What does this Symbol Mean?(Post)When people first start taking an interest in Southwestern and Native art and jewelry, they often ask, "what does this symbol mean?". There are certain designs and symbols that are iconic to Native a ...
Zuni Inlays(Post)Jewelry made by the Zuni Native American Indians covers a wide range of Southwestern styles and designs. However, while it varies greatly, its basic inlaid styling makes it uniquely different t ...
The History of Old Pawn Jewelry and Why Collectors Love It(Post)For collectors of Native American jewelry, few pieces carry the history, craftsmanship, and character of **Old Pawn Jewelry**. Every bracelet, ring, squash blossom necklace, bolo tie, or concho belt ...
Bronzes (Post)Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin originally used for tools and weapons during the Bronze Age. The art of bronze sculptures dates back thousands of years. The earliest known bronze statu ...
Old Pawn / Antique Jewelry(Page)Antique Bisbee Turquoise Squash Blossom Necklace Throughout Indian lands the trading posts serve as pawn shops. When Native Americans need money, they can pawn or sell the artwork and jewelry th ...
Frank Gallagher(Page)John Gallagher (front left) Frank Gallagher (front right) Frank & John Gallagher's ancestor, one of the first wooden Indian carvers, st ...
Native American Rug History(Page)Navajo Rug Hand weaving Hand weaving, starting 1000 years ago as a Nomadic craft in the Middle East and has left us with little recorded information as to the origin of designs. Generally, trader ...
Tomahawks(Page)The “hawk”, or better known as the tomahawk, is an axe, also spelled "ax", native to North America. It takes on the appearance of a hatchet with its straight shaft. The word “tomaha ...
Pima(Page)The Pima (or Akimel O'odham) are a group of American Indians living in an area consisting of what is now central and southern Arizona (USA) and Sonora (Mexico). The long name, "Akimel O'odham", means ...
History of Native American Jewelry(Page) Origin History Semi-Precious Stones Turquoise Coral Silversmithing Old Pawn Jewelry ...
Cherokee(Page)The Cherokee are a Native American people historically settled in the Southeastern United States (principally Georgia, the Carolinas and Eastern Tennessee). Linguistically, they are part of the Iro ...
Atikamekw(Page)The Atikamekw are the indigenous inhabitants of the area they refer to as "Our Land", in the upper Saint-Maurice River valley of Quebec (186 mi) north of Montreal, Canada. The Atikamekw's population ...
Navajo(Page)Navajo Nation Poster. The Navajo (Dine (Dineh) tribe of North America are of Athabascan stock, living on reservations in northeastern Arizona and contiguous parts of New Mexico and Utah. They are cl ...
Peace Pipes(Page)Hand Carved Native AmericanPeace Pipe The Peace Pipe has long been known by the White Man as a token of peace and treaties, used to seal an agreement. Probably, though no person knows fo ...
Hopi(Page)Hopi History Hopi North American Indian tribe of the Pueblo group, of the Shoshonean division of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Also called Moqui, they live in a small group of autonomous villages, ...
Native American Painting, Sketches, and Sculptures(Page)The Native American painters, sketchers, and sculptures have been expressing themselves in art for many centuries. These crafts have taken on many different incarnations among Native peoples, from th ...
Silversmithing(Page)Related and overlapping trades Shop Safety Tool List Soldering Solder Melting Points Metal Melting Points 5Annealing Hammer-Work (Forging) Hammerheads & Stakes Typical hammer ...
Blackfeet Indian Reservation(Page)The Blackfeet Indian Reservation or Blackfeet Nation is an Indian reservation of the Blackfeet tribe in Montana in the United States. It is located east of Glacier National Park a ...
History of American Indian Pottery(Page)Jemez Hopi Pottery Between 25,000 B.C. and 8,000 B.C., some scholars believe the Indians entered the Continental United States from Asia, traveling across the Bering Straight through Canada, when a ...
Types of Turquoise(Page)Turquoise Types Ajax Bisbee Bisbee (Enhanced) Bisbee (Stabilized) Black Widow Blue Diamond Blue Gem Blue Moon Candelabra Carico Lake Chinese Damele Easter Blue Godber Indian Mou ...
Nevada Turquoise Mines(Page)Royston Mine Ajax Mine Apache Mine Basalt Mine Blackwidow Mine Blue Boy Mine/Milkyway Mine Blue Creek Mine Blue Diamond Mine Blue Eagle Mine Blue Gem Mine Blue Ice Mine Blue Jay Mine Bl ...
Mata Ortiz Pottery(Page)History Materials The Story of Mata Ortiz The Art of Mata Ortiz Pot Burnishing Pot Packing 101 Protective Rings for Pots Made-In-Mexico Stickers Insuring/Documenting Collections Pointers f ...
Native American Glossary(Page)A Acoma Ajax Turquoise Alloy Amber Amethyst Anasazi Antique Finish Apple Coral Avanu Aventurine Azurite B Bail Bamboo Coral Bangle Beadwork Bear Bear Paw Bezel Bead bl ...
