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May Collection & Gallery

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The David W. May American Indian Collection

These are items that have been added to the original collection, and were either purchased or donated.

 

Handwoven Huari textile fragment; Peru; A.D. 900.

            

 

 

                                                                      

   

Hopi/Keres pottery turtle canteen, made by Chabon Dawavendewa, 2001.

 

 

 
   

Acoma/Keres pottery snake canteen, made by Ethel Shields,

Acoma Pueblo, NM, 2004.

 
   
   

Navajo Teec Nos Pos rug; probably ca. 1940.

 
   

San Felipe/Keres pottery bowl, made by Candelaria Montana,

San Felipe Pueblo, NM, ca. 1930s.

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Cree pottery tulip jar, made by Glen Nipshank,

Santa Fe, NM, 2004.

 
   

Zuni pottery jar, made by Alan E. Lasiloo, Zuni Pueblo, NM, 2008.

 
   

Shuswap/Stlitlimx hand carved Wolf Puppet,

made by Ed Archie Noisecat, Santa Fe, NM; 2008.

 

 

Peruvian Indian four-stake loom with textile;

southern area of Cuzco, Peru; contemporary.