All the carvings in Gallery 1 are at our Santa Fe store. Phone: (505) 983-4542. email: santafe@bahti.com

This elegant Corn Maiden/Olla Maiden was carved by Sandra Quandelacy.   2.25 inches high.   $125.  

This large, great mountain lion by Wilson Romero of Cochiti is 9 inches long and has an arrowhead he made of obsidian.   $90.

The turquoise eagle is by Vernon Lunasee.   It has a wingspan of just under 2.25 inches, $55.   The turquoise bear is by Leonard Halate and is 2.75 inches long.   $84.

Destry Suitza makes the neatest bear families....mother and cubs are enjoyng their fish catch.   Carved of elk antler, it stands just over 2 inches high.   $88. (SOLD)  

Does the shape of this glass fox remind you of anything?   Lena Boone carved it from the handle of a glass vase.   2.5 inches long.   $60.

Troy Sice is famous for the personality he carves into his antler bears.   This fellow is 1.5 inches tall and $72.

Lena’s grandmother was Arapahoe from Oklahoma.   Her grandfather Teddy Weahkee (1890-1965) was Zuni.   His daughters were the first women to carve at Zuni (beginning about 1965).   His eldest daughter (Edna Leki) is Lena’s mother.   Lena is the first Zuni carver to be juried in to the SWAIA annual Indian Market.   Her children Leland and Evalena also carve.   She learned by watching her grandfather work.

These five were carved by Jimmy Yawakia. Born at Zuni in 1963, he is a member of the Frog and Turkey’s Child clans.   He was an EMT for 25 years, carving (mostly in cottonwood at first) to relieve the stress of his work.   After retiring he began to carve full-time in addition to his volunteer activities with the Pueblo and its religious obligations.   Since then he has returned to school (UNM) to study health information systems.

From left to right:   a fluorite shrew, 2 inches long. $40;   a small marble fishing bear for $25; a bamboo coral bear, 1.75 inches high, $48;   a small turquoise badger, 1.75 inches long at $30;   and a large turquoise badger, 2.5 inches long.   $60.  

This is a Navaho kehtan or "talking" prayer stick of banded serpentine, one figure is male and the other fermale.   This type serves as protection among other functions and my 'singer's (hatathli or "medicine men) carry them.   By David Yazzie, Navajo.   4 inches long overall.   $36.

A well-camouflaged spider of Picasso marble by Tony Mackel of Zuni. 3.5 inches long and $105.

This marvelous, ponderous black jet bear is by Herbert Halate.   It measures 7.75 inches long and is 3 inches high.   $375.