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The Little Bull is a combination of fine art gallery and contemporary trading post carrying a wide selection of handmade Native jewelry from New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado, as well as local jewelry from Maine and the Northeast. Below you'll find information on some of the Navive American artists whose works are available at The Little Bull.
Lance Many Crows
Tribal Affiliation: Apache
Art: Lance is an extremely talented painter and wood carver. His canvases can be anything from medicine and storage bags, drums, hides, boxes, dance and talking sticks, to lodge markers. Some of his most unique work is done on real animal skulls such as horse, fox, bear, bison and even wolf. Lance also paints and assembles jewelry made of bone and antique beads.
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Hilda Barnes
Tribal Affiliation: Akwesasne Mohawk Reserve
Art: Hilda is most know for her porcupine quill and bead work. Each quill is skillfully cut so that they lie seamlessly next to and within the tiny colorful beads. The patterns and pictures they make are so defined they seem to be drawn on. Many of her pieces are bordered with tight sweetgrass braids and backed with soft leather.
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David Sannipass
Tribal Affiliation: Mic Mac (Maine)
Art:
David is a traditional flute maker. From found wood he creates a flute using all manual tools and traditional techniques. He then decorates each with intricate carvings. David is also a story teller. The stories he tells have been passed down orally for generations. It is a great gift to hear him speak and share his peoples history and views of the world we live with.
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Lee Guerro
Tribal Affiliation: Navajo (Massachusetts)
Art:
Lee is a silversmith. He creates his pieces using all raw materials, non are cast. This makes every one absolutely unique. His finished product could be considered crude at first glance but given closer inspection you can see beautiful details of a highly skilled craftsman. He incorporates many different stones from the traditional turquoise to opal, jasper, slag (glass), and the local quahog clam shell known as wampum when shaped and polished.
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