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

Owa-nganroro (Mad Stone Eater Kachina)
Carver unknown (Hopi) First Mesa, Arizona

Alabastron (Container for Scented Oil)
Late Hellenistic or early Roman; eastern Mediterranean

Polychrome Basket
Isabel Hanson (Timbisha Shoshone Tribe, 1880/85-1964) Inyo county, California

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 Jar
Hopi Hopi, First Mesa, Arizona, United States

Alabastron (Container for Scented Oil)
Eastern Mediterranean

Alabastron (Container for Scented Oil)
Eastern Mediterranean

Alabastron (Container for Scented Oil)
Eastern Mediterranean

Bowl with a Figure Holding a Macaw
Hopi, Sikyatki Polychrome Hopi, First Mesa, Arizona, United States

Alabastron (Container for Scented Oil)
Eastern Mediterranean

Aryballos (Container for Oil)
Eastern Mediterranean, possibly Rhodes

Amphoriskos (Container for Oil)
Eastern Mediterranean, possibly Rhodes

Bowl with Abstract, Geometric Rendering of Blanket on Interior
Hopi, Jeddito Black-on-yellow Northeastern Arizona, United States

Alabastron (Container for Scented Oil)
Eastern Mediterranean, possibly the Syro-Palestinian region

Basketry Jar
San Carlos Apache San Carlos, Arizona, United States

Alabastron (Container for Scented Oil)
Eastern Mediterranean, possibly from Rhodes