As it happens, I was in Abq and Gallup right before @ziacat over the next couple of weeks, I had time to go too many places and see too many things…we got to Santa Fe, Durango, and Mancos as well. My husband and I did our part to support native craftspeople!
Great choices @tepowell! What a collection! My personal favorites are the inlay dragonfly, and the ring. Is the stone in the ring Royston? I’m also interested to see what the band looks like.
The ring is adjustable, always a plus in the humid Deep South. (It was a rude reminder returning from Colorado!).
Not sure on the stone, Rio Grande Trading didn’t specify. The person assisting me said Leon Martinez comes in a lot. Some of us saw him and his wife, exhibiting as L and V, at Eiteljorg-they are making a line for Ralph Lauren.
@tepowell, I had on my Leon Martinez ring at Cameron Trading Post, and the young Navajo gal helping me noticed it right away. She showed me a pendant that was exactly like the ring. I said, “oh, I bought it from them at a Native art market in Indianapolis,” and the gal assisting me said, “she (Valerie) let him out for once?” And laughed. She said he (Leon) hardly ever goes to the shows. And I don’t remember seeing him at the Eiteljorg after all
Thanks, y’all, for indulging me unfortunately, everywhere I looked I saw something else! We were kind of researching places to sell/consign/get evaluations of family holdings we’ll need to rehome at some point, so we visited a lot of places.
I’d seen a similar, more elaborate Saufkie pendant in Santa Fe… only $1200! I was happy to find one I liked better, at a fraction, at Perry Null. And while it’s a little odd to have a mudhead pendant, I really like it
I think I would lose my mind if I did a road trip and stopped at all the places. I already have too much but I can’t help it. I see a beautiful stone and I am done.
Sorry I’m late to the party, probably posted during my travels. Congrats on gorgeous additions! My faves: the two leftmost pendants–Dennison Tsosie and Ruben Saufkie–and certainly the Leon Martinez ring. Wow, the scale of the Dennison pendant makes quite the statement (with your gorgeous heishe)!
over the next couple of weeks, I had time to go too many places and see too many things…we got to Santa Fe, Durango, and Mancos as well. My husband and I did our part to support native craftspeople!
