Hear comes Indian Market...

Here in Santa Fe, the excitement is building. There are gallery openings all over. The usual pre-weekend shows are being staged. The Antique Tribal Art Dealers Association had its annual meeting. Sadly, I sensed a feeling of surrender in the pursuit of a reasonable approach to dealing with the ivory. Thursday night is the sneak preview of Market Award winners. Saturday and Sunday the streets around the Plaza will be studded with canopied artists' booths. We have had pre-market visits with most of regular Native American jewelry artists. Saturday, we hope to meet more and new ones. Stay with us: We recognize we have been a little lax in recent postings to this blog. We plan to step up the activity. Thanks for sticking with us.

Tribal Art Native AmericanNavajo rug reported stolen

Antique Tribal Art Dealers Association, of which Aboriginals is a member, has posted anothter stolen object report.

In this case it is a Navajo Ganado Style rug that was stolen on Sept 22, 2010 from the Phioenix Tribal Arts Show.

For more information, visit the ATADA Stolen Objects page this address.

http://www.atada.org/theft.html#ganado2010

Please be alert for anyone trying to sell this rug. It is stolen property and it is against the law to possess it.

Thank you.

Aboriginals Gallery featured in Fort Myers News-Press

It was a very pleasant surprise when Evelyn Longa contacted us on the phone and said she had been tipped that our online tribal art gallery would be a good subject for her Artful Shopper column.

After a brief telephone conversation, during which we answered Ms. Longa's questions, she said we would be in the following Monday's edition of the (Fort Myers) News-Press. We were excited with anticipation. This kind of editorial coverage has a lot of credibility. While we are proud of what do and have done, that's just us. A third party reference is worth a lot.

Came Monday and there it was. Ms. Longa did a very fine job of reporting. Now we would like to share it with you. Here is a link to the article in the News-Press archives.

There also was a nice photo of Susanne and me, so I have scanned the article and am posting a jpg of it.
Since search engines can read jpg images, I am going to add some links to this text. For more information about our web business(es) visit TribalWorks.com for African, Arctic and Australian tribal art, Native-JewelryLink.com for hand-made American Indian jewelry, Native-PotteryLink.com for authentic Pueblo pottery and ZuniLink.com for Zuni Indian and other Native American carvings.

We hope you enjoy what you see and will comment with any question you may have.

Cliff Fragua art stolen in Phoenix

The Antique Tribal Art Dealers Association, of which Aboriginals: Art of the First Person is a member, reports the theft in Phoenix of a trailer containing art and jewelry belonging to Cliff Fragua, Jemez. The report, including photos of some of the articles, may be accessed at

http://www.atada.org/theft.html#fragua2010

Fragua's work is highly regarded and it is estimated the jewelry alone is valued at $5,000. The ATADA reports such thefts in alerts designed to discourage sale of the items to dealers or collectors who might otherwise thing they were being offered by legitimate owners.

It is important to note that the purchase and retention of stolen articles is a crime.

The trailer was stolen from a Phoenix AZ hotel parking lot sometime during the night of March 3-4, 2010. Presumably, Fragua was attending th erenowned Indain Art Show at the Heard Museum.

If you see or are offered any of these items, please contact the Phoenix,AZ police department or Cliff Fragua, 505-252-8870

Aboriginals: Art of the First Person, operators of this blog and Native American art web sites at ZuniLink.com, Native-JewelryLink.com and Native-PotteryLink.com, supports every effort to preserve Native American art and protect the rightful ownership thereof.