Every year we present our Western Gift Guide as a special way to highlight unique treasures with a Western flair. There’s a little something for everyone to enjoy, whether you’re thinking of someone special for the holiday season or you’re simply looking to treat yourself. These Western splendors range from eye-catching jewelry pieces, weavings, beaded objects and sculptural works. They can be worn or displayed next to your existing art collection—these objects will complement your Western style. Browse this section for endless inspiration or to find the perfect item for the Western art enthusiast in your life this gift-giving season.
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Optical Design by master weaver Elsie Bia
JB Moore’s Crystal Navajo Rug
Nizhoni Ranch Gallery
www.navajorug.com
Sonoita, Arizona
(520) 455-5020
Nizhoni Ranch Gallery, located in Sonoita, Arizona, between Tucson and Tombstone, is well known for the Navajo Churro Collection of fine, award-winning, contemporary Navajo weavings. The gallery provides a beautiful setting for the display of these beautiful works of art by talented Navajo weavers of today and yesterday. Seen here are two impeccable rugs available for purchase. The first is Optical Design by master weaver Elsie Bia, who won first place at the 2022 Gallup Inter-Tribal Ceremonial. The weaving measures 38 by 61 inches. The second is JB Moore’s Crystal Navajo Rug, circa 1915 to 1920, mint condition. It measures at 58 by 108 inches, and is patterned after JB Moore Crystal Plate XXIII.
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William Haskell
www.williamhaskell.com
Santa Fe, NM
(505) 470-2823
Regarded as a “visionary of the modern West,” William Haskell creates paintings that reflect his passion for the land. His work has been featured at the Briscoe Western Art Museum, the Eiteljorg Museum and the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. His paintings can be purchased at Legacy Gallery, Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, the Broadmoor Galleries and the Coeur d’Alene Galleries. William and his wife, artist Angie Haskell, team up to create these ultra-soft, cashmere cotton blend wraps, based on his paintings of the Southwest landscape.
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Davida Lister
www.davidalisterjewelry.com
This three-strand choker is made with sterling silver and 14k gold. The Blue Gem turquoise is from Battle Mountain, Nevada, and is adorned with 14k gold twisted wire and heavy-gauge, hand-stamped 14k gold. It also has three 14k gold handmade beads that measure 12 mm each. Surely the perfect piece to spice up your wardrobe!
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Diana Ferguson
www.dianafergusonjewelrystudio.net
Phoenix, Arizona
For Diana Ferguson, jewelry is art—a form of self-expression, creativity and enhancement. Not to mention, a fun way to connect with the world. “I primarily work with off-loom bead stitching techniques to create charismatic pieces that range from simple personal statements to unique conversation starters,” Ferguson says. This leather and beaded bracelet is a celebration of simplicity and effortlessness; composed of a solitary sterling barrel bead overlaid with bead stitching and flanked by copper-hued, kiln-fired porcelain beads. All elements are suspended on a slim distressed olive-green leather cord, with an antiqued silver magnetic closure. Ferguson’s signature is included on a sterling silver tag. The piece is available in seven unique colorways.
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Dog & Horse Fine Art Jewelry
www.dogandhorsefineartjewelry.com
Charleston, SC, (843) 577-5500
dogandhorsejewelry@gmail.com
England’s Paul Eaton is one of the world’s best miniature sculptor of domestic animals and wildlife as well as a master gold/silversmith. Eaton offers remarkable customization options with his handmade animal jewelry. Miniature sculptures can be tailored to depict any breed or animal. The dog bangles are available in sterling silver, 9k, 18k or a combination of metals. This provides flexibility for customers to choose a metal that best suits their preferences or budget. Eaton’s animal jewelry can be further enhanced by the addition of stones for a touch of elegance and individuality.
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Miles & Miles Trading
www.milesnativearts.com
San Francisco Bay, (415) 519-7797
miles@milesnativearts.com
This beautiful Navajo peyote bird, circa the 1950s, has beads done in handmade ingot, while the peyote bird with turquoise and four partially round objects are cast. “It is a piece of very good weight and beauty,” says Barbara Miles.
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Yonavea Hawkins
www.yonavea.com
Award-winning artist Yonavea Hawkins (Caddo Nation) presents her jewelry pieces Eagles Soaring and Long Ogee. She’s created these vibrant bracelet cuffs from size 13 Czech cut beads, loomed then hand-stitched to buckskin covering a metal cuff. Soaring eagles in metallic silver on a black background adorn each side of one cuff, with fire colors in dark red, gray, orange and yellow that complement the cuff ends and center design. The other bracelet cuff has an elongated ogee design in the center, loomed in dark red and luster silver. Both pieces measure at ¾ inch wide by 6½ inches long, and 6 inches inside of the cuff.
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Ramona Morrow
www.morrowsnativeart.net
This beaded bandolier bag, titled Grandma’s Garden, was created by Ramona Morrow, an enrolled member of Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and part Yankton Sioux. “I’m inspired by the beauty that surrounds me,” she says. The bag features Ojibwe florals on black velveteen, with vintage beaded fringe and bells.
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Claggett/Rey Gallery
www.claggettrey.com
216 Main Street suite C-100, Edwards, CO 81632
(970) 476-9350
Jane DeDecker is a master of capturing not only the human figure, but also humanity at its roots. Gestural and filled with texture, her confident control of clay shows a respect to the craft of sculpting and the art of capturing people. Loose Change, pictured here, invites viewers into the joy and spectacle of friendship and good times to be had. Free and loose, it’s easy to place yourself laughing amongst friends as you overhear, “I still think I have a handstand in me!” DeDecker’s approach to the human condition, the highs and lows, allows viewers to connect to each piece in ways that are never exactly the same between individuals. Sure to stir a response—be it nostalgia, romance, friendship or a myriad of others—her work acts as a conduit to exemplify and complete our stories. DeDecker’s work caries an emotional dynamism that makes her pieces perfect for gifting.
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Mudhead Gallery
www.mudheadgallery.com
1720 Wazee, Suite 1B, Denver, CO 80202
(303) 293-0007
This orange heishi necklace, with multiple stones interspersed, was originally purchased back in the mid to late 1980s by Mudhead Gallery and sold to a fellow who bought it for his wife. A few months ago, the gallery purchased this back from the original buyer. This fine work of art features five-strands, beautifully hand cut in a variety of shapes and sizes of fine lapis, sugilite, opal, coral, turquoise, salmon coral tubular beads accented with fossilized walrus ivory and a mix of 14k gold beads. Mudhead has since lost track of the artist of this one-of-a-kind necklace.
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Tanner’s Indian Arts
www.tannersindianarts.com
Downtown Gallup, New Mexico (by appointment)
(505) 863-6017, tanneremerald@gmail.com
This one-of-a-kind necklace is handmade by Navajo (Diné) jeweler Boyd Tsosie. With incredible talent and attention to detail, Boyd cuts each stone with intention and beauty. Featuring high-grade Natural Red Mountain, Nevada Spiderweb turquoise, Japanese Momo coral, Arizona turquoise, lapis lazuli and black jade, this 14k-gold pendant hangs from a strand of hand-rolled Australian opal beads with accents of coral, sugilite, lapis and 14k-gold spacers. Created with balance and beauty, this piece garners inspiration from the natural colors of the land, designed to be worn as a celebration of Mother Earth.
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Cowboys & Indians Antiques
www.cowboysandindiansantiques.com
4000 Central SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108
(505) 255-4054
cowboysandindiansantiques@gmail.com
Zuni artist John Gordon Leek (Leekity, 1900-1970), is one of the most sought-after and collected of the Zuni inlay artists. Using turquoise, spiny oyster shell, mother of pearl and jet, he would create images with the cut stone. The Knifewing dancer was one of his best-known subjects, as well as his arrow inlays. Seen here is a Knifewing bracelet, measuring at just over 5 inches in length and a width just over 1 inch. The silver work is beautifully done and is likely that of Austin Wilson, who he was known to work with.
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True West Gallery
www.truewestgallery.com
130 Lincoln Avenue, Suite E, Santa Fe, NM 87501
(505) 982-0055
Offered at True West Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is this cuff created by Navajo artist Ernie Lister. It is part of the Hall Collection in the gallery, and is a heavy-gauge sterling silver bracelet, highlighting an oval high-grade Kingman stone. “The stone is a rare find for any collector of fine quality stones, and coupled with Lister’s silverwork, this makes for a great piece to add to anyone’s jewelry box for the holidays,” says gallery reps. —
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