Eastern’s work is defined by its native american sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Necklace and Beaded Stick Barrette Set
Beader unknown (Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming)
Basket
Panamint Northern California, United States
Diptych of the Virgin and Child Enthroned and the Crucifixion
Eastern Mediterranean or Italian
Alabastron (Container for Scented Oil)
Late Hellenistic or early Roman; eastern Mediterranean
Owa-nganroro (Stone Eater Kachina)
Carver unknown (Hopi) First Mesa, Arizona
Historians of the Tribe
Frederic Remington (American, 1861–1909)
Seed Jar with Sikyátki Motifs
Nampeyo (Hopi-Tewa Corn Clan, 1859–1942) Hopi, First Mesa, Arizona
Polychrome Basket
Isabel Hanson (Timbisha Shoshone Tribe, 1880/85-1964) Inyo county, California
Eastern Mediterranean
Polychrome Jar
Hopi Hopi, First Mesa, Arizona, United States
Bowl with a Figure Holding a Macaw
Hopi, Sikyatki Polychrome Hopi, First Mesa, Arizona, United States
Aryballos (Container for Oil)
Eastern Mediterranean, possibly Rhodes
Amphoriskos (Container for Oil)
Eastern Mediterranean, possibly the Syro-Palestinian region
Bowl with Abstract, Geometric Rendering of Blanket on Interior
Hopi, Jeddito Black-on-yellow Northeastern Arizona, United States
Basketry Jar
San Carlos Apache San Carlos, Arizona, United States
Eastern Mediterranean, possibly from Rhodes