a: off-white ground with wavy horizontal red lines hand-painted in bands that extend onto edges; no backing board b: sheet of brown paper with "No baby." typed repeatedly in six columns with "Yes baby." interspersed three times; "Story of a woman" hand-written at bottom in red; signed in peach at bottom; tacked to wall with two brass tacks through upper corners — Story of a Woman, 2015
Louise Erdrich

G261

felt bag with beaded designs and wide, beaded fringe; one side is red with floral beaded motif; vine motif on the fringe; other side is navy blue with two beaded birds; black and red twisted cord; tassels with shell beads — Firebag, c. 1830
Nēhiyawak (Cree)

G259

lozenge-shaped vessel with very wide shoulder; very small mouth with one side slightly higher; white patina; shoulder has incised decoration with three areas of repeating wavy diagonal lines alternating with three rectangular forms with stepped details, with their centers filled with silver leaf with curved incised lines — Shifting Sands, 2016
Preston Duwyenie

G259

cartoonish style; three Native American painted in multicolors, each seated on a white horse with teeth bared, and brightly-colored manes and lips; pastel yellow, blue and green sky with blue-edged white forms and a pink, red, blue and yellow target in URC — The Delegation, 2008
Jim Denomie

G301

woman seated cross-legged with her body completely covered with a brown blanket, with only her face and long loose hair visible; woman looks over her PR shoulder; bronze-colored face — Young Woman, 1992
Allan Houser

G261

stacked vessel with three layers; each layer intricately painted; bottom layer has basket-weave pattern with bright colors; center and top levels have tiny bars with geometric designs separated by bead-like forms of bright colors; squiggle patterns in drip-form at top of lower layers; top layer has two segments of contrasting striping — Overlay, c. 2014
Les Namingha

G259

light tan hide; beaded bodice on front and back with black, white, red, and yellow beads in arcing horizontal rows on front and back, and band of beads on top of each sleeve; hide fringe below bands of beads with larger blue, brown, black, red, and green beads; hide fringe at bottom hem, sides, beneath sleeves, and on sleeve openings — Dress, c. 1875
Nez Perce

G261

dark background with two horizontal red bands with zigzagging lines; black ikat designs within red bands with red hourglass motifs inside; central block is black; borders are dark charcoal gray — Mantle, c. 1900
Pueblo

G255

white textile with wide red bands along long end, each with two parallel white pinstripes; black long borders; densely woven — Mantle, c. 1950
Pueblo

G255

cylindrical shaped with flat bottom and top; edges trimmed in green thread; top decorated with white, green and red quills in a round symmetrical floral design — Covered quillwork birchbark box, 20th century
Anishinaabe

G281

square, rather short box; cover and sides decorated with quillwork flowers in pink, yellow, white and purple with green stems and leaves; edges of cover decorated with pink and white diamonds and brown Xs — Covered quillwork birchbark box, 20th century
Anishinaabe

G281

painted design in black on white ground; horizontal bands with diagonal intersecting lines; triangular shapes painted in black creating a star-like pattern that is larger at center and smaller near rim and foot; wide shoulder with small foot and mouth; thin white band around rim with wider painted band nearest lip — Black and White Pot #2, 2014
Paula Estevan

G259

modified Greek key pattern at a diagonal in white on a painted black ground; thin white band around rim with wider black band nearest lip; wide shoulder with small foot and mouth; pattern is largest in center and decreases near rim and foot — Black and White Pot #1, 2014
Paula Estevan

G259

vessel with wide mouth and slightly wider shoulder with slim foot; rim has dip in one side; rim is black and quickly fades to terracotta color; black flecks in terracotta color; glossy around rim and matte finish on bottom; in cotton bag — Japanese Inspired Ceramic, 2015
Jody Folwell

G259

small saucer with flat bottom; shiny black and matte dark grey; rim decorated with repeating feather shapes — Saucer, c. 1920
Maria Martinez

G255

tan/orange body; disc shape with a wide, round body, no neck; round mouth; ring with short perpendicular lines around mouth with four small designs attached; wide dark line around that with 8 panels with geometric designs below on top of widest part of body; no design below widest part of body — Vessel, 2015
Deborah Clashin

G255

wide shouldered vessel with no neck and wide mouth and slim foot; dark glossy red ground with deeply incised swirl pattern that is matte in the crevasses — Santa Clara Pot, 2015
Effie Garcia

G259

twenty-four rectangular sheets of paper fit together in four rows, six columns to form a panoramic view of landscape with mountains in the background; body of water in center with reflection of building with several small archways surrounded by an inverted triangle; pronounced colorful images in foreground with a combination of abstract shapes, text and figures; two large hands in front center with text in middle; bottom front of image has text that reads 'SUNSHINE ON A CANNIBAL' in white capital letters; each sheet approx. 11 1/4 x 30 1/2" — Sunshine on a Cannibal, 2015
Andrea Carlson

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row of figures on horses in purple--five figures hold red and white umbrellas; green grass in foreground with elements of yellow; mottled yellow-orange sky — Indians with Umbrellas, 1970-1971
Fritz Scholder

G259

curved U-shaped piece of white antler; reclining figure wearing a very tall pointed cap (or ponytail?), with elongated face; legs of figure may be contained in a blanket, or figure may be a merman or mermaid; sled at center bottom being pulled by a whale, porpoise, two seals and a fish; all animals except fish attached to sled by harnesses made of string — Hunter (or mermaid/man?) with sled pulled by whale, porpoise, seals, and fish, 20th century
Chris Aula

G260

small rounded pot with small foot; round mouth; white with brown decoration on shoulder of thin brown lines in zigzag/chevron motif — Jar, 1968
Lucy Martin Lewis

G260

gold background with repeating rows of white hash marks with pink and blue undertones, resembling quillwork; periwinkle, pink, mauve, and blue horizontal bands around outer edges of canvas — Untitled (Quiet Strength I), 2016
Dyani White Hawk

G261

%C2%A9 Susan Folwell

Why Does He Call Me Caitlyn?, 2015

Susan Folwell

G259

3/4 length portrait of a Native American man with his hands folded in his lap; landscape behind man with moon in UR corner — Moonrise Over Little Bighorn, 1995
Marcus Amerman

G259

two vertical white biomorphic forms with light blue shading; field of blue at bottom of image, green at top — Landscape: Surrealist Forms, 1993
George Morrison

G259

dark brown body with lighter brown trim; V neckline; pullover style; front decorated with two horizontal stripes on shoulders with alternating dark and light brown animal hide squares; horizontal band across chest with pairs of vertical light brown bars flanking a small circle of light brown; double rows of tiny light brown squares between bars and circles; pairs of vertical rows of red felt short fringe under arms, at lower center on back and alternating with dark brown rectangles and one square on center of back; dark brown rectangles at center back decorated with vertical stitching in red, blue, light brown and cream; similar stitching on square at center back except in horizontal rows three vertical decorative stitched lozenges above central back on back — Vest, c. 1800
Unangan or Alutiiq

G260

narwhal depicted resting on its tail, pointing upward at an angle; irregular ovoid base with curving lines forming small ripples/waves; tan body and base of sponge-like bone; white ivory twisted horn — Narwhal, 20th century
Inuit

G260

abstracted landscape; primarily rectangular shapes--some curves--forming horizontal bands, delineated with thin red borders; thickly-applied surface pigments with openwork-like unpainted areas allowing bright multicolored underpainting to be visible; purple "sky"; blue-grey "water"; green, lavender, orange and pink "rocks/land" in foreground — Lake Superior Landscape, 1981
George Morrison

G303

white ground with four central pattern vinettes in dark brown; terra cotta on foot and inside mouth; central pattern with two square swirls vertically and one rounded swirl on each side; step pattern around exterior — Black/White with Red Base, 2014
Franklin Peters

G260

wide shoulder with vertical neck and scalloped rim painted terra cotta; white ground with dark brown step pattern below waves along shoulder — Red Base, Scalloped Top with Waves, 2014
Franklin Peters

G260

hot pink wool with royal blue satin on front placket, at top of arms and one pocket flaps; gold epaulets on shoulders; gold bells hang around bottom hem; lining has black and white images; in center is woman below text with the heading "Treaty of 1808"; two oil well pumpjacks; wheat field on each side of inside lining with gold embroidery highlights; royal blue beaded word above each wheat field image; back has light blue/hot pink ribbon tied in bow at top — Wedding coat, 2019
Anita Fields

G261

royal blue, pink and lavender feather plumes that stand upright around top of hat; bottom of plumes wrapped with pink/black plaid ribbon; royal blue and hot pink feathers around brim — Wedding hat, 2018
Anita Fields

G261

abstract drawing with grey ground and black geometric forms and curvilinear lines; black, distressed wood frame with a silver inset — Untitled (Cap d'Antibes), 1953
George Morrison

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abstract image with arcs, lines, and hatching — Composition, 1945
George Morrison

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abstract image with horizontal color bands in background (from top: grey, red, black); vertical biomorphic shapes in brown, tan, red and black; long inscription in lower margin — Red Rock Variation: Surrealist Landscape, 1987
George Morrison

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abstract image; irregular, primarily vertical floating forms in various colors (primarily oranges and yellow at bottom, brown and purple at top) on top of multicolored ground with high horizon line and blue "sky" — Untitled (Surrealist Landscape), 1994
George Morrison

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abstract image; biomorphic forms with red forms at top and vertical golden brown forms at bottom; horizon line with red dotted "sky" and green shaded "ground" — Surrealist Landscape or Red Rock Variation - Masonic Hospital - U of M – Minneapolis, 1985
George Morrison

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abstract image; forms with zigzagging edges, grey shading and black outlines floating over orange and purple "ground", black horizon line and dark purple "sky" — Surrealist Landscape, August 8, 1984
George Morrison

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abstract image; many parallel wavy lines forming woven patterns, rather like braids and weaving in hair; primarily vertical with horizontal section below top quarter of image; grey lines — Untitled, 1976
George Morrison; Printer: Steven M. Andersen

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abstract image; rough, irregular grid with some curving lines and circular forms; crosshatching in various patterns — Untitled, 1948
George Morrison

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three separate pieces of paper jointed together; slightly abstracted outdoor scene with horizon line near center of image; pinkish sky at horizon line; vertical bare stems; silhouettes of flying birds; large perched black bird silhouette at left; vertical row of flowers at center; red flower in URC with red and black bird; blue water at bottom with reflections of stems; two blue rodent silhouettes — Black Water (with Dark Bird), 2015
Emily Arthur

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thick black and grey twisting, curving lines primarily clustered in two overlapping areas in LLQ and URQ — Untitled (Dayton, Ohio), 1960
George Morrison

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rubbing in grey and brown of woodgrain patterns on small pieces of wood fit together to form a square; primarily rectangular forms, with two half-circle forms and large form at bottom with curving top — Untitled, 1977
George Morrison

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abstract landscape with high horizon line; orange sky; blue band (water?) at horizon line; irregular rock formations in tan, orange, purple, blue, black and green — Untitled (Lake Superior Landscape), 1999
George Morrison

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%C2%A9 Fritz Scholder

Indian with Pigeon, 1970-1971

Fritz Scholder

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a: "dad": rectangular textile with back ground; 8 horizontal rectangular shapes, top two are white, bottom six are red; gold warp b: "me": rectangular textile with back ground; 8 horizontal rectangular shapes, top five are white, bottom three are red; gold warp c: "mom": rectangular textile with back ground; 8 horizontal rectangular shapes, all are white; gold warp — Family Portrait, 2012
Maggie Thompson

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%C2%A9 Charles F. Lovato

Song of the Earth, 20th century

Charles Fredric Lovato

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squat, cylindrical basket; primary fibers tan with brownish/red bands in 2 alternating sections near foot and lip; central tan band has 2 ducks, 1 fish and 2 crown motifs — Northcoast basket with ducks and whale, Date Unknown
United States

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basket and lid with swastika bird and canoe motifs in light and dark brown; sun symbol on center of lid — Small lidded basket with swastika, Date Unknown
United States

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woven cup form in tan and black fibers with stepped zig-zag design — "Wineglass" coiled jar, Date Unknown
United States

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cream ground with 45 degree angled surf board shaped linear designs with black tips on each end of board shape — Acoma miniature pot, Date Unknown
United States

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small pot; lower half: gloss black, upper half: burnt sienna; geometric pattern incised in band; interior: matte brown — Black jar hungawa, Date Unknown
United States

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primarily black; maskette with round eyes and frowning mouth with red lips and visible white teeth; alternating gold and mother-of-pearl inlays around face; raptor's head at top with wings on back, with rust red inlays on top of wings and mother-of-pearl at center of back; vertical element wrapped with gold wire and tipped in ivory at bottom — Shaman's curling medallion, 2010
Darrell White

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rounded body; pointed shoulder; flat bottom; shiny black and matte dark grey; top decorated with repeating stylized stems and pairs of leaves — Pot, c. 1920
Maria Martinez; Maker: Julian Martinez

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drum shaped basket with flat cover and bottom; birch bark base with quillwork on exterior; cover has white ground with image of a black bear and a border of white stars and brown and white X-shapes; similar stars and X-shapes in two bands on body of basket — Box with black bear motif on cover, Date Unknown
United States

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light brown; circular form with stepped lid; knob handle; dark brown designs around knob with five triangles forming broken-apart star, two additional triangles and three areas of brown radiating lines; woven V-shapes on outer edges; woven radiating star design on underside — Basket with cover, Date Unknown
Anishinaabe (Ojibwe)

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tall cylindrical shape, slightly flaring outward toward top, with steep shoulder up to a small mouth opening with one side slightly higher; light rust-colored patina; front has vertical incised design with three forms--from top: dome-shaped form at top with stepped details around edges, rectangle and thinner rectangle with stepped details at bottom edge; center of each form filled with silver leaf with curved incised lines — Bomb Pot, 2016
Preston Duwyenie

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flat bottom; pot flares outward to shoulder, then inward to wide mouth; shiny black patina with band of dull black repeating designs (four repeats) with geometric forms including diagonals and zigzags — Vessel, c. 1920
Maria Martinez; Maker: Julian Martinez

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oblong shaped ceramic vessel with wavy rim; light brown in color with stylized tan turtles placed uniform distance apart; small dots in black, gold and copper applied in background — Untitled vessel, 2016
Jody Naranjo

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line drawing style; standing bearded male figure with curly hair at right, with very long thin arms; bear-like animal with a human head extending upward from its upper back in LLQ, with three butterflies on its body, with a child seated on top of animal, holding an abstracted feather or plant; inscription in unidentified language along right edge — Untitled, c. 1990
Norval Morrisseau

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depiction of textile with large, solid black block across C; thick red blocks at either end with black zigzags — No. 3, 1901
United States

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rectangular textile in white, brown, wheat colors with decorative blue elements and black border; triangular geometric designs down C in white and wheat, within brown block with zigzagging edges; blue rectangular lines with zigzagging ends within wheat-colored background; thick white inner border with heart-shaped motif in wheat color; black border — Textile, c. 1950
Daisy Tauglechee

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tan background; black cross at C with blue tips; stylized long, narrow, black, white, and blue human figure holding long object along each edge; pair of smaller human figures standing on each end of cross; blue, black, and white branches coming from three of the interior corners of the cross; yellow and blue zigzag in fourth corner of cross; has heading band — Sandpainting textile, c. 1950
Navajo

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wool panel with red, brown, white and gray zig zag pattern; knotted tassels in all four corners; straight lines in gray, white and brown on the two shorter ends — Eyedazzler, c. 1900
Navajo

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crudely carved kneeling (or standing?) figure with rounded back (or carrying a bag?); short arms in front of body; nose and eyes carved; grey — Human figure, c. 1980
Inuit

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standing polar bear with neck stretched forward; white stone with yellowish veining — Bear, c. 1990
Inuit

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dress made of light brown paper with some scattered text and covered with a glue or hardening compound; there are some spots of red pigment scattered on dress; band at waist is reddish in color and ties in bow on back; black cut-out of bird with outstretched wings on chest; lighter brown attached collar and trim at bottom of sleeves and at one pocket off-set on front; electrical fitting for light bulb inside with attached cord; hangs on red wire hanger; artist sent two light blubs GE nightlight 7.5 watts — Childhood, 2004
C.Maxx Stevens

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seated woman with knees drawn up, wearing a long white dress with 3/4 sleeves; woman is pulling her long hair into a ponytail over her PR ear; printed in brown — Seated woman arranging her hair, 1972
R. C. Gorman

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grey, white and two shades of yellow; stripes of various widths and colors; wide yellow stripes with shapes consisting of two stepped forms in white or light yellow flanking a grey stepped form; metal gromet attached to one corner tassel — Rug, Date Unknown
Diné (Navajo)

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yellow bodice with red trim on sleeves; long, thin green fringe at arm openings; two red silk rosette-like pouches (medicine bundles)--both open and empty--on front chest with long fringe and gold metallic beads; rows of multicolored beadwork diamonds at front and back neckline, edged in white; upper back has similar long fringe with gold beads, one intact red silk rosette-pouch and small cylindrical beaded element with multicolored horizontal rows of beads; natural colored skirt with fringe at sides and bottom hem; two green rectangular tabs and left and right sides at hem, edged with short fringe and white, light and dark blue beading and metal cones; green scalloped design at hem trimmed with similar beading; horizontal row of fringe and metal cones with green, red and white beadwork at middle of skirt, front and back — Dress, c. 1870
Ka'igwu (Kiowa)

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red background with large tan and navy diamond pattern across C (over shoulder area); stepped pyramid pattern in tan and navy along lower edges; navy and lime colored stripes along borders — Poncho serape, c. 1860
Navajo

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face of male figure sticking his tongue out at TC, with distorted, overlapping birdlike face just R; figure is holding PR hand to chest; another hand is overlapping scene at lower R; orange drip streaks run down image; red and blue drips; multicolored smears along upper portion; linear marks lower half of image — For Luck, 2003
Rick Bartow

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abstracted skull at L with red ring around PL eye and abstracted black body extending with arched spine towards R; red borer; ink spatters; text in red at top R; pencil printed text URQ — Hyaku Monogatari II, 1997
Rick Bartow

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abstract image of a figure with rectangular head, bat-like ears, with mouth open and hands held up in front of chest; loose orange glasses near eyes; multicolored shirt and bright, multicolored hands and forearms; pencil writing across text with stray lines and marks; " A Dog Boy" scrawled across top — A Dog Boy, 2011
Rick Bartow

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pencil sketch of a woman's face at C of greenish lined notebook paper; face is partially filled in with pigment; numbers and writing at L — Pippa's Spring Song, 2000
Rick Bartow

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wool dress with red, blue and black dye; dress is connected by loose stitching at the top and on one side in the center with thick, blue thread; blue fringe in all four corners; two bands of red at both top and bottom of both the front and back side with overlaying blue geometric designs; black band of dye in the center of both the front and back side; scalloped edging in blue on the top and bottom red sections with geometric diamond shapes made up of blue squares placed in a line; thin blue lines separate red and black sections — Late Classic dress, c. 1900
Navajo

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black border; intricate stepped geometric designs in shades of tan, cream and black; has a heading band — Two Grey Hills textile, c. 1950
Navajo

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rather squat, cylindrical shape with flat bottom and top; quillwork overall; top decorated with white and red maple leaf and brown beaver against white ground; edges of box have vertical band in brown fading to white and red — Covered quillwork box, 20th century
Anishinaabe

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seated polar bear holding the tail of a vertical seal in its mouth, with a vertical element between bear and seal; grey stone — Bear eating seal, c. 1970
Inuit

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four-sided box with convex sides; four side panels and curving bottom panel attached together with greenish basswood fiber lacings; sides and cover each decorated with a maple leaf; square top panel/cover attached to box with leather thong (received detached) — Birchwood box, 1992
Margaret Hill

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fan made of cluster of brown and white eagle feathers, all except one with beaded tubes around feather quills; handle of fan beaded; white twisted leather fringe at end of handle with some short dangles with metal beads and teardrop shaped pendants; beadwork is predominately pink and light blue with zigzag and diamond motifs; some fragments of red and green small feathers at base of eagle feather quills — Fan, c. 1950
Tsistsistas (Cheyenne)

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white ground with pattern of tight linear lines making a geometric flower or star shape; dark rim; ring under design alternating in black and white; wide shoulder with short neck and wide mouth; small foot — Fine Line, White Base with Stripes, 2014
Franklin Peters

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white ground; wide shoulder with no neck and wide mouth; small foot; dark drown pigment with terra cotta colored bottom; four step patterns around rim with central swirl pattern on each 4 "sides"; step pattern between swirls with central triangle — Red Base, Large Circles, 2014
Franklin Peters

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glossy black pot with four red circles, matte incised designs in surface - possibly phoenix; in circles, face with headdress and earrings and elongated circular figures — Santa Clara pot, 20th century
Grace Medicine Flower

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black and tan woven dish with black flower in center; four ladder designs and 3 figures with red tunics — Tray with central daisy and figures, Date Unknown
United States

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wall hanging/relief; boat-shaped element at bottom with white on right side and red on left side and a cross inside a circle in black pigment at center; loop of thick wire at top with partial grid made of thinner wires; child-sized black three-dimensional hand hanging from loops of wire at top right; bulbous element in brown with encrustations at top attached on lower left with wire — Crossroads Marker with Little Hand, Reaching, 2015
Renée Stout

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round plate, two holes with two leather hangers at top; cream ground with brown and black design; 3/4 portrait of masked figure holding two feathers in each hand and gesturing to the PL; figure wears mask with elaborate headdress; double ring around outside of painting — Polacca Plate, c. 1890
Nampeyo

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rounded body; pointed shoulder; slightly concave bottom; shiny black and matte dark grey; top decorated with repeating feather shapes — Pot, c. 1920
Maria Martinez

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silver necklace comprised of beads constructed by fusing together two dimes, three sliver dollars interspersed on left, another three on the right, and a squash blossom pendant at bottom center encircling a seventh silver dollar — Lady Liberty dollar coin squash blossom necklace, c. 1923
Diné (Navajo)

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horizontal stripes and stepped rows of various widths and colors--olive green, orange, tan, purple, blues, brown; blue triangle at one corner with stepped triangle in various shades of yellow; twisted dark blue tassels in two corners--two-strand yarn tassels in opposite two corners; weft-face tapestry weave, continuous warp — Indigo Scape, 2015
Berdine Begay

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each earring consists of a tiny open basket with three tan horses on exterior hanging from two strands of beads with each strand terminating in a black bead; baskets suspended from ring beneath a silver stud earring with butterfly backs — Pair of earrings, c. 1920
Californian

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depiction of red textile with blue and white zigzagging horizontal lines, creating diamond pattern — No. 14, 1904
United States

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depiction of off-white textile with parallel stripes of blue and mauve; wider bands of purple along outer edges, with off-white zigzag in each — No. 20, 1904
United States

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depiction of red textile with small, occasionally overlapping indigo, orange, teal, and white square motif; gray horizontal bands; tassels; framed — Watercolor, 20th century
United States

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depiction of textile with thick band of thin blue and red stripes across C; white stripes separated by thinner red and blue stripes — No. 10, 1904
United States

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depiction of textile with horizontal stripes in red, black, and off-white; separated by wide off-white bands — No. 7, 20th century
United States

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watercolor image of textile with white bakcground; black and red diamond outline motif; framed — Watercolor, 20th century
United States

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depiction of textile with green, tan, red stripes; red, tan, pink zigzags down C; green border; framed — Watercolor, 20th century
United States

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depiction of a textile with close black and gray stripes separated by wider bands of red; red tassels at corners — No. 16, 1904
United States

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depiction of white textile with red and blue horizontal bands; larger blue, red tassels; LRC is askew — No. 13, 1904
United States

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