Please be sure to watch our website for new entries. We have been busy in recent days adding jewelry items and we will continue adding new items as frequently as we can. With the holidays approaching, this offers you a terrific opportunity to buy yourself or someone you care for something that expresses your affection.
The Delaware Show and thank you to all
As we celebrate this season of gratitude, we want to thank you for your interest and support. We love American Indian art and we appreciate your purchases.
Our booth at The Delaware Show 2024
We want to extend our very warmest wishes to you for a wonderful Thanksgiving,
Marcy and Richard
The Delaware Antiques Show 2024
I will be exhibiting at the annual Delaware Antiques Show which will be held November 15-17 at the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington, DE. Additional information can be seen on the attached brochure.
I have been busy acquiring fresh-to-the-market inventory and I am excited to offer it at this show. This includes jewelry, pottery, textiles and more. If you have specific requests for items that you would like me to bring, please let me know.
Do also let me know if you would like me to leave complimentary tickets for you. If so, I can then leave your tickets at the will call booth.
I hope you will have an opportunity to visit. Remember that there is no sales tax in Delaware.
New inventory arriving frequently
We are pleased to report that we have been acquiring exciting new inventory from private collections. It is important that you frequently check our website to keep up-to-date with our offerings. Most recently, we have just received a wonderful collection that includes some important pottery and textiles. Two of these items are featured below:
Historic Zuni polychrome jar
We are delighted to offer this polychrome Zuni jar. It has a wonderful form and design. The fact that it is polychrome and in such great condition is a real perk. Its size and age are also rarely found and the fact that it is fresh to the market should make a collector sit up and take notice. The price is also very enticing.
Two Navajo (Dine') concho belts just added to website
$5500.
(mc2356)
A Navajo (Dine’) concho belt such as this is rarely found in the marketplace. It has survived the years in remarkably good condition. Two of the conchos (including the one that is currently off the leather belt) are of a slightly different design but they are of the same size and period. It is very possible that the leather itself was added as an earlier narrow belt is visible on the interior of the belt.
Another Navajo (Dine') concho belt that we have just acquired. This one is $1500. Both are very fresh to the market.
To learn more about this belt, please click the following link :https://www.marcyburns.com/native-american-jewelry-collection/navajo-dine-concho-belt-1
Navajo (Dine') Regional eyedazzler rug
This Dine’ (Navajo) eyedazzler rug has an intriguing design. The interior of this textile has a classic eyedazzler design which is surrounded by a meander design and then red and brown borders. The weaver clearly is drawing from her experience of weaving earlier eyedazzler designs of stacked diamonds that have serrated edges and she is accomodating to the evolving use of borders.
53” wide x 78” long, handspun wool
excellent condition with some loose selvege and a small area of missing weft
ex: Private Collection
$2800.
(mc2346)
Dine' (Navajo) regional rug with eyedazzler design
Corrected image posted for the Margot de Taxco bracelet
The reflection of the green is from a nearby sneaker when the photo was taken.
The Delaware Show is opening tonight! It is being held at The Chase Center in Wilmington, DE. The show (and our booth! looks fantastic!
Preview for The Delaware Show opens tonight and will continue through Sunday, November 12th We hope to see you soon!
We hope to see you soon (and feel free to call if you want to speak with us directly...212-439-9257)!
The Delaware Antiques Show
The Delaware Antiques Show has long been recognized as one of the oldest and most respected shows of American antiques. It is fast approaching, with the Opening Preview Party on Thursday, November 9th and continuing through Sunday, November 12th. We are bringing an amazing assortment of material, including baskets, pottery, textiles, beadwork and jewelry.
As an added note, sales made in Delaware are not subject to sales tax.
We hope to see you soon!
Marcy
Important Haida potlatch spoon
I am pleased to offer a very important Haida potlatch spoon that has been in my personal collection since 1988. I was able to purchase this spoon privately from Fred and Mimi Boschan, who had assembled an outstanding collection of Historic Northwest Coast art. Historic Northwest Coast objects have long attracted collectors and academicians because of their sculptural qualities as well as their complex inconographic references. Please click the following link to learn more about this spoon.
https://www.marcyburns.com/beadwork-and-wood-collection/haida-historic-carved-spoon
Additional notes and comments about important Navajo pictorial rug
I have previously written about this fabulous and rare Navajo (Dine’) pictorial rug but I want to add more comments and photos about it. This textile is extremely rare and interesting and it merits close scrutiny.
The figures in the central dark band of this Navajo (Dine’) textile are portrayed as yeibichai dancers. Yeibichai dancers are Navajo men and women who dance in particular ceremonies, representing various characters in the Navajo ceremony. In this pictorial textile, the dancers are framed in the middle on a dark background, perhaps implying that they are dancing in the Nightway ceremony, which is a healing ceremony.
There is one figure on one side of the dancers who is wearing a headband with multiple feathers. He is likely representing Talking God. There is another figure dressed in a red shirt on the other side of the dancers who might be Water Sprinkler.
Please note that the dancers are all wearing red moccasins. It is also interesting that the four figures on horseback in the surrounding border are also wearing red moccasins. This implies that these riders are likely Navajo (Dine’). Two of these riders are also wearing white cowboy hats.
The Navajo (Dine’) were not sedentary. They often ended up ranching once they were forced onto Reservations in the late 19th century. The strong reference to horses in this textile is consistent with their lives.
Please also note that the white horses’ heads cross into the negative central band. There are 4 diamonds (one near each end) that provide an “exit” from the interior white band. There is also a narrow black band providing an exit from the central black band. Traditional Navajo weavers were uncomfortable with borders, wanting the good health and spirits that helped the woman weave exit in order to help her in the future.
This textile was likely woven circa 1920-1930. The Dine’ were forced onto reservation in the late 19th century. Traders liked borders and encouraged the weavers to incorporate them but an older, more traditional weaver would have often provided these kinds of exits in her design.
Given the size and details of this textile (it took a long time to weave), it is not unreasonable to think that this rug might have been a commissioned work by a nearby rancher or traveler.
Horses at trough that looks like a hogan
Talking god is the figure on the left with multiple feathers in his headband. Note also the brand on the white horse.
The figure in red is likely Water Sprinkler. The Navajo live in arid lands and water is high valued.
Riders are wearing cowboy hats and wear red moccasins. Does this suggest they are Dine’?
Note the exit line from the central black band as well as the diamonds (in each of the 4 corners of the textile) that also provide an exit (spirit lines??)
Fresh-to-the market Historic pottery
I am excited to offer several fresh-to-the market Historic pots that have descended in a Private Collection. These include a classic polychrome Zuni jar with heartline deer, a Kewa (Santo Domingo) polychrome pitcher, a Hopi jar attributed to Nampeyo or possibly Annie Healing. The Collection also includes an incised jar by Mida Tafoya.
Please click on the following links for more detailed information:
Hopi jar attributed to Nampeyo
Santa Clara jar by Mida Tafoya
Of course, we are always happy to hear about any specific items you are searching for. Please feel free to contact us at info@marcyburns.com or by phone 212-439-9257.
Preview of my booth at The Philadelphia Show
We are very excited to be participating in The Philadelphia Show. which will open tomorrow night for a Preview and continue with regular show hours Friday through Sunday. Philadelphia is beautiful with the trees that are flowering and crews sculling on the Schuylkill River. Most importantly, of course, the Philadelphia Show dealers have outdone themselves in preparing an amazing show.
For show information, go to https://thephiladelphiashow.com/
We really hope that you can come. For any additional information or questions, feel free to contact me at 212-439-9257 or at info@marcyburns.com
The Philadelphia Show is fast approaching
The Philadelphia Show, sponsored by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, is only 2 weeks away! It opens with a Preview Party on Thursday, Aprii 27th, and continues with general admission Friday, April 28th through Sunday April 30th.
We are bringing an amazing array of fresh-to-the market baskets, pottery, textiles, beadwork and jewelry. These objects are coming out of various private collections who have entrusted us with the care and sale of their works.
Be sure not to miss seeing these items. We will endeavor to publish many but do not have the time to publish them all.
Feel free to let us know of your special interests and we will try to get you information.
Newly acquired basket and bracelet
We recently acquired a wonderful and unusual Yavapai basket that has a negative design. This basket is woven out of willow and devil’s claw and it has several very interesting features to it. The basket has a strong visual impact and is in excellent condition.
We also acquired an Antonio Pineda bracelet made out of 970 silver and onyx that came from a private collection. This bracelet is known as the “comma” bracelet and it clearly has a modernist feel, which is a characteristic of Antonio Pineda’s designs. The hallmarks date the bracelet to 1953-1979. Antonio Pineda was an important part of the Revival of Mexican arts that took place from the late 1930s-1979. Antonio Pineda achieved international fame and his works from that period are always desirable.
Please click the links below to learn more:
Our Delaware Show booth opening day
Here are some views of our booth at the Delaware Antiques Show, which is opening today at 11 am. The show runs through November 13th at the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington, DE. Please call us if you would like more information at 212-439-9257.
Hopi bracelet by Preston Monongye
We are excited to have recently acquired a dramatic and beautiful bracelet by Preston Monongye. Details are given in the attached link. There are several Dine (Navajo) bracelets from the early 20th century that we will also be posting.
In addition, we recently acquired numerous Woodlands and Southwestern items from the late 19th-early 20th centuries. We will be posting them as we get each photographed and written up so be sure to keep watch on our website!
Dine (Navajo) bracelet with repousse and crossed arrows (MC2268)
Acoma black on white pottery bowl by Lucy Lewis
We are excited to offer a fresh-to-the market bowl by Lucy Lewis, a Matriarch of Acoma Pueblo. This pot measures 7 1/8” in diameter by 4 1/2” tall and is in excellent condition. It is coming to us from a Private Collection. To learn more about it, please click this link: https://www.marcyburns.com/pottery-collection/heppdenhbgcia8n2789hiwtfmpbjcn
Philadelphia Show opening the evening of April 28 and running through Sunday, May 1
Be sure not to miss our booth at the Philadelphia Show (the former Philadelphia Antiques and Arts Show), Booth B19. The show is beautiful and well worth attending. We have great textiles, pottery, baskets, jewelry and beadwork, much of it offered for the first time in many, many years.
For more information about the show, go to this link:
