PRESENTS OUR FALL SERIES • 2016

A mericana Indian Shows
Anderson’s
An Arizona Family For Seven Generations
P.O. Box 3447 • Flagstaff, Arizona 86003 • Fax (928) 774-3139 • info@americana.net • www.americana.net
PRESENTS OUR FALL SERIES • 2016
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SILVER SPRING, MD
the MARGARET SCHWEINHAUT
SENIOR CENTER
1000 Forest Glen RD. / Silver Spring, MD 20901
(928) 606-2972
Take beltway Exit #31A, Georgia Ave., north, away from D.C. ... go to
the first traffic light, turn right on Forest Glen Rd. The Senior Center
is one mile from there. You will pass Holy Cross Hospital, a Boy Scout
Center, and a Park. There is ample parking.
FRIDAY.............. SEPTEMBER 9, 2016 . .... 11 AM - 8 PM
SATURDAY........ SEPTEMBER 10, 2016...... 10 AM - 7 PM
SUNDAY . ........... SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 . ... 10 AM - 7 PM
FAIRFAX, VA
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➴ 35+ CASES OF SILVER and
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➴ OVER 200 PIECES OF SOUTHWESTERN
INDIAN POTTERY - Historic & Contemporary
HOPI KACHINAS
NAVAJO RUGS
BASKETS - Historic & Contemporary
ART and SANDPAINTINGS
SCULPTURE and FETISHES
NORTHWEST COAST and ESKIMO
ARTS and CRAFTS
Located on Arlington Blvd. (Rt 50), ½ mile west of the
Capitol Beltway (495), between Javier Rd. and Prosperity Ave.
FRIDAY............. SEPTEMBER 16, 2016 . ..... 11 AM - 8 PM
SATURDAY........SEPTEMBER 17, 2016 .... 10 AM - 8 PM
SUNDAY . .........SEPTEMBER 18, 2016 .... 10 AM - 7 PM
Our Next Shows in the MD/VA area
will be NOVEMBER 2016
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INVENTORY
JEWELRY
Hello Friends! We hope you’ve had a
wonderful summer!
Ours was spent with some time off, but
still with a healthy amount of time directed at
buying and making new contacts for future
inventory. The extra time off also gave us
the opportunity to go through more of the
jewelry and turquoise stones that came out of
our uncle’s silver shop. It has been quite the
treasure hunt!
We had an exciting summer with all the
jewelry competitions and buying trips. The
Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff hosts
the annual Zuni, Hopi and Navajo shows and New
Mexico hosts the Gallup Ceremonial and the Santa
Fe Indian Market.
First up was the Zuni show where we picked up a
great inlay coral necklace and earring set from Patty and
Raylan Edaakie as well as some of their earrings, link bracelets
and pendants. Myron Panteah’s cousin Duran Gasper (who,
along with his brother, did inlay work for Ray Tracy in the 80’s) took
a second place award with a beautiful wide inlay bracelet. While we
were unable to get that piece, we did meet up with Duran at his house
in Zuni and purchased ten of his triangle shaped pendants.
Ruddell and Nancy Laconsello and Harlan Coonsis made
some more of their wonderful inlayed jewelry with bird motifs. At this
writing we plan several more buying trips to Zuni before this show
series which will give you a great selection of inlay and needle point
jewelry. For fans of older collectible pieces we obtained a collection
of several 1980’s needle point pieces in turquoise and in coral by
Bryant Waatsa, Lorraine Waatsa, and Ray and Eva Wyaco.
Next up was the Hopi show where we met up with Gerald
Lomaventema and his wife Yvette Talaswaima who specializes in
handmade Hopi style chain. Her work is top-notch! Gerald introduced
us to a couple of new Hopi artists whose work we hope to carry in the
future. Also, Gerald is going to be teaching a class on the older style
of Hopi jewelry making and we are very excited to get some of this
style of jewelry.
At The Navajo show in August we made a new contact with up
and coming artists Mark Roanhorse Crawford and Alethia Lynn
Crawford whose cutting-edge modern designs echo those of Ric
Charlie and Michael Roanhorse, with whom they trained. While
most of their works sold at the show we were able to get some
beautiful earrings and an outstanding contemporary style bracelet.
We’ll be in touch with them after Santa Fe Indian Market to see about
obtaining more pieces. Fortunately for us, they live close by.
In addition to the shows, buying trips to Gallup, Zuni and
Albuquerque over the summer brought lots of colorful new jewelry
from the Santo Domingo, Navajo and Zuni artists. Orange, red and
purple spiny oyster shell continues to dominate this season as well as
lapis, Sugilite, charoite, Larimar and coral. Of course there is the star
of the show - turquoise, of which we’ll have plenty - in all its beautiful,
rich colors from green to blue and the very light blue Dry Creek. You
may have noticed the fashion industry has brought turquoise to the
forefront once again, but of course we know that turquoise never goes
out of style!
With the continued cleaning out of our uncles silver shop, we
uncovered some neat older pieces of jewelry, some of which needed
only a cleaning or a slight bit of repair or the replacement of a broken
stone. We also happened to find some more turquoise which we will
be slowly getting out to some of the artists like Alton Bedonie, Kee
Yazzie, Mary Tom, Bruce Hodgins and Nelson Begay. Kee Yazzie
has already made us an outstanding bracelet with a piece of super
dark red high grade coral. Alton made a beautiful and very heavy Tom
Jim-style Lapis belt buckle, four very heavy link style sterling silver
bracelets (a new style from him) and a stunning wide bracelet set with
a 26ct Bisbee stone.
Another outstanding work of art we
obtained on one of our trips to Gallup was an
all sterling silver eagle dancer bolo tie from the
legendary artist Alvin Vandever (you can see it
on our Facebook page). This three dimensional
sculpture was created completely from sheet
silver – it’s amazing!
POTTERY
Pottery has been a trademark of the American
Puebloan Indians for centuries. They have passed
down styles, techniques and knowledge from one
generation to the next, always honoring the past yet
exploring ways to create something new with clay. Now
that summer is over we’ll see a wonderful selection of
works by artists who competed in the annual Santa Fe Indian
Market.
Our selection has a nice mixture of both historic as well as
contemporary with many pieces starting at affordable prices and
ranging up from there.
Pottery is a great choice for your home decorating, collecting or
gift-giving. Whether you want a molded or hand coiled piece, we have
something that’s sure to please, and fit your budget.
SCULPTURES & Kachinas
The Soyoko (Ogre) ceremony takes place during the Powamu,
which is a collection of important Hopi events conducted in February.
The Soyoko is an educational ceremony whose purpose is to teach the
valuable life lesson to Hopi children that working and not misbehaving
will prevent unpleasant complications later on. If the child completes
their chores the ogres will not pay them a visit, but if they fail to follow
directions then the Soyoko threaten to eat the young person. To
prevent this, parents will offer food and beverages to the Ogres during
the ceremony in return for the sparing of the child. The ceremony
continues through more stages and culminates with the whole village
feasting on all the food and beverages that were paid in lieu of having
the children taken by ogres.
In addition to a very nice selection of kachinas (including a very
nice Hilili carving from Laurence Dallas) in a variety of sizes, we also
have some great alabaster carvings.
SANdPAINTINGS, RUGS & ART
Navajo Rugs
Typically, summer time is the hardest for rug-buying as most of the
weavers sell their rugs at shows and competitions while trading posts
sell to tourists during the height of tourist season, or consign to the
national parks shops. Despite this challenge, we will still managed a
very nice selection of smaller to medium sized Navajo weavings from
our buying trips to Teec Nos Pos, Shiprock and Farmington.
Sandpaintings
Navajo sand paintings always make a lovely gift or decoration, so
we have a large selection of them (each piece has been matted and
framed by the artist) as well as the very popular sandpainting boxes
(think gifts!). To learn more about sandpainting, visit our website at
www.americana.net and click on the “articles” link. In the “browse
articles by category” select “painting & sandpainting” from the menu.
Scroll to bottom of page for article: “Legends in Sand: The Evolution
of the Modern Navajo Sandpainting”. It gives a fascinating history
of sandpainting from its primitive beginnings to modern day use in
ceremony and art.
See you at the show!
Eric