Native Market features a wide variety of Indigenous artwork—including classic flat-style painting, contemporary abstraction, pottery, basketry, jewelry, textiles, katsinam, beadwork, and works on paper. Focusing on both historic and contemporary regional traditions, this three-day sale highlights the rich artistic dialogue among Native American communities.
This year’s auction will feature several fine collections of jewelry, from classic pieces dating to the turn of the 20th century to works by leading silversmiths and lapidaries practicing today. Collectors can find concho belts, squash blossom necklaces, bolo ties, and more from top jewelry artists including Charles Loloma, Susie Lee, Julian Lovato, Orville Z. Tsinnie, Geraldine Yazzie, Denise Wallace, and Dan Morgan. Offerings will also encompass several early examples of Pueblo silverwork, including cuffs made from the traditional hand-wrought ingot technique. An excellent contemporary Coral and Silver Concho Belt, ca. 1985 by Diné (Navajo) artist Susie Lee will be on the block, featuring finely stamped silver conchos and coral cabochons in a classic sunburst pattern ($4,000 – 6,000).
Several opportunities to acquire rare Pueblo pottery works will be presented this auction, including a historic Acoma Pot with Black on White Geometric Designs, ca. 1885 – 1895 ($2,500 – 4,500). This classic work features rhythmic, fine line geometric designs and is a quintessential example of late-19th-century Acoma pottery. Also on offer will be a large Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan) Blackware Storage Jar, ca. 1890, as well as several polychrome pieces from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Collectors can also find contemporary continuations of these historic traditions, including works by Maria Martinez, Popovi Da, Helen Shupla, Nancy Youngblood, and Carmelita Dunlap.
