NEW ITEMS OF ART AT POCAS COSAS
These are new items for the month of October, 2021. You may also view these items, with additional photos, in the Gallery. New pieces will be added to this page during the month, as we continue to find treasures!
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DN-1: Native American Indian sterling silver jewelry, and Navajo sterling silver jewelry, a beautiful silver bracelet with a wonderful turquoise stone, signed Chris Tafoya, c. 1960's. The silverwork on either side of the stone is magnificent, and the piece is marked 980, exceeding the silver content of sterling. This is a graceful and very elegant bracelet! Condition is very good. Size: 1 3/4 inches high, including the stone, by 2 1/2 inches wide. The opening for the wrist is 1 1/16 inches. Price: $295.
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DN-2: Mexican vintage textiles and serapes, a lovely textile with a valero star as the center design and a very fine weave, Texcoco, c. 1940's. This is a very elegant textile. Condition is good; there is a very slight stain in one area, which is hardly noticeable. Size: 80 inches long, not including the fringe, by 41 1/2 inches wide. Price: $285.
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DN-3: Native American Indian vintage sterling silver jewelry, and Navajo vintage silver jewelry, a wonderful pair of sterling silver earrings with button turquoise stones, Navajo, Arizona or New Mexico, c. 1960.
The stamping on the earrings is magnificent. Condition is very good. Size: 2 1/16 inches long. The larger silver discs measure 1 3/4 inches diameter. Price: $185.
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DN-4: Mexican vintage folk art, a pottery sculpture of three men with a playful devil in front (possibly representing the Trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit), Ocumicho, Michoacan, c. 1950's. The artists of Ocumicho often mix piety with mockery. This piece is very dramatic! A great piece of Mexican vintage folk art. Condition is very good. Size: 9 3/4 inches high by 9 inches wide and 6 1/2 inches deep (front to back). Price: $250.
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DN-5: Mexican vintage folk art, a pottery bottle representing Our Lady of Guadalupe, Tonala or San Pedro Tlaquepaque, c. 1930's. The piece is beautifully formed, and colors are bright and wonderful. These pottery bottles were used to transport Holy Water to people's homes. Condition is very good. Size: 12 1/2 inches high by 3 3/4 inches wide by 3 1/4 inches deep (front to back). Price: $450.
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DN-6: Native American Indian vintage textiles, and Navajo rugs and weavings, a lovely pictorial textile depicting a wonderful Navajo woman, Navajo, Arizona or New Mexico, c. 1920's. This is a great piece of Navajo weaving. Condition is very good. Size: 13 1/2 inches high by 9 1/2 inches wide. Price: $199.
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DN-7: Native American Indian vintage textiles, and Navajo vintage textiles and rugs, a stunning Navajo transitional textile, Arizona or New Mexico, c. 1890-1900.
The Navajo transitional textile is very tightly woven of very fine wool, and colors are vibrant and bright. Condition is very good; there is one very small stain, as seen in one photo. The textile has been prepared for safe hanging as a wall-decoration; this can be carefully removed if the buyer wishes. Size: 60 1/2 inches long by 48 1/2 inches wide. Price: $1400.
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These were new items for the month of September, 2021. You may also view these items, with additional photos, in the Gallery.
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DM-1: Mexican and Guatemalan vintage devotional art, a beautiful woodcarving of the crucified body of Christ, a corpus, Mexico or Guatemala, c. 1930's. The corpus has beautiful patina and has aged very gracefully. Condition is good, given the age of the piece. Size:
9 1/2 inches high by 7 inches wide by 1 1/4 inches deep, front to back. Price: $185.
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DM-2: Mexican vintage textiles and serapes (sarapes), a lovely pictorial Saltillo serape featuring a wonderful horse's head centered in a horse-shoe, Zacatecas, Mexico (known for pictorial Saltillos), c. 1930. The serape is very finely woven, and the decorations, including the wonderful horse, are outstanding.
This is a rare and very collectible piece. Condition is very good. Size: 72 inches long by
41 1/2 inches wide. Price: $1200.
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DM-3: Native American Indian vintage sterling silver jewelry, and Navajo sterling silver jewelry, a beautiful silver bracelet with lovely decorations of fine coral, Arizona or New Mexico, c. 1950's. The silverwork is excellent, and the multiple bump-out's of coral are incredible. Condition is very good. Size: 1/2 inches high by 2 3/4 inches wide. The opening for the wrist is 1 1/4 inches. Price: $385.
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DM-4: Mexican vintage folk art, a wonderful pottery piece depicting a gathering of souls or skeletons, perhaps Christ and the Apostles, or some rite of passage, Ocumicho, Michoacan, c. 1950's. The pottery of Ocumicho is very different and unique. Potters make social commentary through their art. Condition is good. Size: 12 inches long by 11 3/4 inches high by
7 inches wide (front to back). Price: $325.
*Please note, we are not able to ship this item due to its fragility. We will arrange a pick-up meeting with buyers in CA, AZ, and NM only.
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DM-5: Mexican vintage pottery and ceramics, a beautiful petatillo (background of fine cross-hatching resembling a straw mat, or
petate) water jar with the cup, Tonala or San Pedro Tlaquepaque, c. 1940's. The very fine artwork decorations feature wonderful donkeys amidst beautiful succulents and plants, Pathways are confetti-colored, and the effect is spectular! Condition is very good. Size: 9 3/4 inches high, including the cup, by 7 inches wide, at the widest part of the jar. Price: $425.
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DM-6: Native American Indian vintage sterling silver jewelry, and Navajo vintage sterling silver jewelry, a beautiful silver bracelet with a wonderful turquoise stone decorating the front, Arizona or New Mexico, c. 1950's. The lovely turquoise stone is very possibly Bisbee, and it is surrounded by lovely silver spheres and fine stamping on a twined sterling silver band. The bracelet is very clean and elegant! Condition is very good. Size: the turquoise stone is 3/4 inches square. The bracelet is 1/2 inches high by 2 1/4 inches wide. The opening for the wrist is 1 1/2 inches. Price: $275.
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