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Contemporary Painters Jeff Aeling: Canyon Road Arts Vol.3 Jeff Aeling, Southwest Art 2002 Jeff Aeling, Western Art Collector 2007 Jeff Aeling, Attracted to Extremes Jeff Aeling, Western Art Collector 2018 Julia Arriola, Artes Magazine 2020 Shonto Begay, Western Art Collector 2008 Shonto Begay, Western Art Collector 2007 Shonto Begay, Western Art Collector 2009 Shonto Begay, Western Art Collector...
Apache Baskets
A look at collecting Native American baskets made by Apache artisansby Melody Amsel-ArieliPublished online courtesy of Collectible Traders, June, 2011Western Apache figurative tray, c. 1900, d: 50.8 cmAmerican Indians have long been recognised for their superb artistry and artisanship in a variety of media from textiles to silverwork, pottery and carvings to ceremonial clothing and headdresses. For over 8,000 years, Native Americans have been using baskets in their daily lives - from cradling their babies, storing possessions, preparing their foods and finally, burying their dead. Traditional baskets varied in shapes and sizes according to their needs and to the materials...
Toadlena: A Trading Post Revisted
Published online courtesy Western Art Collector, November 2011 Dominik Modlinski, Toadlena Trading Post, Oil on Board, 11" x 14" In America there are only a few places where the old west still feels alive and untouched by modern sensibilities. Nestled at the base of the eastern edge of the rugged Chuska Mountains in far western New Mexico lays one of these bastions of early western life, the Toadlena Trading Post. Founded in 1909, this charming structure built of native rock is one of the oldest active trading posts on the Navajo Reservation. Little has changed in this part of the reservation...