The holiday season is upon us already! This time out buying, while keeping fall and winter fashions in mind, we focused on gathering a great selection of gift items and collectable name pieces. There will be more jewelry than can fit in the cases — so if you do not see what you are looking […]
Category Archives: Native American & Southwest Jewelery
Preview of Our New Fall Inventory
Jewelry We have seen some creative and even over-the-top crazy gorgeous new designs in jewelry emerge as well as an increase in the use of Larimar stone and spiny oyster shell. Just about every artist we buy from here at the house has been over with new jewelry. Jack Tom created two new necklaces; one […]
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 […]
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 […]
Check Out Our Holiday Inventory of New Jewelry
Happy Holidays to you and your family! We look forward to seeing you at the show, where we will have an extensive inventory with lots of new and exciting pieces for this holiday series, including a vast array of exquisite jewelry that is sure to satisfy the serious collector or make someone smile with that […]
What’s New in Jewelry
Over the past few months we were busy purchasing from a wide array of artists as summer competitions unfolded. We restocked our supply of jewelry from Myron Panteah during the Museum of Northern Arizona Show held here in Flagstaff. Some of the outstanding pieces we acquired include his second place necklace in sterling silver, 14kt […]
New Jewelry & Art Collections for Spring 2012
Spring and summer are fast approaching and we are gearing up to bring you the latest and greatest in new and exciting Southwest jewelry, in all the colors of the rainbow to brighten and complement your wardrobe. The trend in spiny oyster continues this year with lots to choose from in vibrant orange, red, purple […]
Caring For Your Jewelry
Jewelry Care Exercise care in protecting your investment and your selection of authentic Indian jewelry will bring you enjoyment for years to come. Turquoise. Turquoise is a porous stone. In even the hardest turquoise, deposits collecting in the pores of the stone can cause a color change. Therefore, care should be taken to protect the stones […]
The History of American Indian Jewelry
An article by Lee Anderson “Indian jewelry,” as we call it today, probably has origins that predate the advent of the persons we describe as American Indians or Native Americans. However, for the purpose of this paper, we will consider prehistoric man as prehistoric Indian. Archeological evidence shows us that stones (including turquoise), shells, and […]
The Squash Blossom Necklace
An article by Lee Anderson When Indian jewelry is mentioned, the symbol that often comes to mind is the squash blossom necklace — the cornerstone of most Indian jewelry collections. However, most people who own one or more pieces have no idea of its origin or meaning. Early Influences This particular art object is truly […]
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