Jesse Monongya is a master Navajo/Hopi jeweler Monongya is best known for his night-sky designs inlaid into a bear shape, which symbolizes strength and power, as well as other forms. His bracelets, ...
SANTA FE — For Samantha Platero, founder of Dineh Jewelry, a career working with silver might have seemed inevitable. Her name literally means “silversmith,” her grandparents were silversmiths, and so ...
Jewelry making has long been an important part of the lives of Southwest Native peoples. During the last 50 years, Native jewelers in the Southwest—Navajos in particular—have created a contemporary ...
Barton Wright, 1920-2011 [tribute] -- Foreword / Mark Bahti, Margaret Wright -- Overview -- The manufacturers -- The traders -- The shops -- The government and the guilds -- The silversmiths -- ...
Elizabeth Abeyta, 1955–2006 (Navajo) "Untitled (Trickster)" (1984), clay, paint, leather, turquoise, silver, shell, beads (private collection, photo by Addison Doty, all images courtesy the ...
The multigenerational Indian Market has become a nucleus for an array of parallel activities. By Janelle Conaway SANTA FE, N.M. — Tens of thousands of art collectors, aficionados and spectators are ...
SAN JOSE, Calif. - A Native American family from Arizona is upset and hopes to recover the unique jewelry of their Navajo heritage that was stolen from them while they were visiting the South Bay.
GALLUP, N.M. (KRQE) – One of the state’s most popular markets for Native American art is still feeling the impact of the pandemic. Stores in Gallup say many Indian jewelers and potters still haven’t ...
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