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Effie Calavaza - Zuni Artist(Post)
She was a visionary, revolutionary, and fighter for justice. She was also an artist, craftswomen, mother, grandmother, mentor and inspiration. A learner, teacher, and innovator, all accomplished from ...
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 ...
Artists(Page) Silversmiths Rug Weavers Bead-work Artists Pottery Artists Artifact Designers Painters & Sketch Artists Wood Carvers Photographers Lapidary Basket Weavers ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...




















