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Removing Price Tags from Your Purchase…
We try to ask at time of purchase if you would like the price removed from your jewelry, but sometimes it gets overlooked (please forgive us?). In case we forgot, here’s some help. Price on gold, silver or other metal jewelry: Nail polish remover (acetone) will take that right off for you. If you don’t […]
Rugs, Kachinas, Paintings, & Pottery at Our May Shows
Navajo Rugs: We have found that during the colder winter months, many weavers like to take a break from their looms. Now with spring right around the corner, most weavers are gearing back up for what they know as the buying season. With fresh and new ideas, this is the time of year that we generally see many outstanding […]
What’s New in Jewelry this Spring
Navajo, Zuni and Santo Domingo artists have been hard at work creating all kinds of great jewelry in bright, wonderful colors inspired by spring and summer. You will find reds in coral and spiny oyster shell, greens in gaspeite, malachite, peridot, serpentine and green garnet, dark blue lapis and purples in sugilite, charoite, purple spiny oyster shell, morado opal and […]
Polychrome Pottery by Noted Native American Artists
Polychrome pottery is described as a vessel decorated with three or more colors. Acoma artists have for decades been masters of combining colorful designs and patterns. Presently, we have dozens of examples for you to choose from. Come in to see the latest works from Diane Lewis, Franklin Peters and Sandra Victorino. We have work […]
Happy New Year!
Americana Indian Shows would like to thank you for your support — we look forward to serving you in 2013 and wish you a happy and prosperous new year! Winter has been an exciting season for us! We were kept busy buying from artists who were out drumming up money for holiday shopping. Alton Bedonie […]
Sandpaintings for the Holidays
Our selection of sandpaintings will be completely restocked and we will focus our attention on the smaller, gift-sized sandpaintings. We will also have a nice selection of jewelry boxes with sandpainted lids as well as the Navajo made ornaments. Keep in mind that with the Holidays upon us, these sandpaintings are easily shipped. For those […]
Indian Pottery at AIS
Southwestern American Indians have been crafting clay vessels for over 1,700 years. With each new generation there are changes to style and technique. Presently, styles range from vibrant in color, to intricate in design to traditional, ancestral style. We will have a great variety of gift-appropriate pottery pieces from which to choose. Come in and […]
Winter: A Time of Reflection for Hopi Kachina Carvers
As winter approaches the Hopi begin to say goodbye to their kachinas for the season. The Soyal ceremony marks the end of the year, when the kachinas return to live inside their home in the San Francisco Peaks. Now is a time of reflection and planning for next year on the Hopi pueblos. Many of […]
Textiles from the Gallup Ceremonial Show
This year’s Gallup Ceremonial show produced many fine textiles and we were fortunate enough to have several of the award winners in our inventory during the last series of shows to include a Klagetoh which was one of the Blue Ribbon winners and one of the finest Klagetoh weavings that we have seen in many […]