AAIA, LLC
Specializing in Fine Antique American Indian Art & Artifacts
A Gallery of the Greater Seattle, Washington Region
Website last updated 5-22-2019
NOTE
WE ARE IN VACATION MODE AND WILL RETURN ON 5/31 TO SHIP ANY PURCHASES MADE THROUGH OUR WEBSITE ON OUR RETURN!
We:
- Specialize in North American Indian art and artifacts from the 19th and 20th centuries
- Primarily acquired from private estate collections.
- Serve the Greater Seattle, Washington area with our gallery by appointment only
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NEW ACQUISITION 6 Foot Totem Pole
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Featured Artifact
Transformation Mask by Richard Hunt
c. 1994
With photos of this mask being carved showing different stages and with original notes. Also, with photos of Richard wearing the mask.
"The outer figure of the mask represents the Kulus, which is an immature Thunderbird and is Richard Hunt's main crest in the dance, Hamatsa. The inner mask is the Sisiutl or two-headed serpent. The Sisiutl was the main crest of Richard's mother, Helen Hunt. The face in the center of the mask represents the man the sisiutl has eaten.
A quality that makes this mask unique is that it has no hinges holding it together. Instead, the two pieces are fit together, the way Hunt's ancestors would have done.
The mask would be used in the peace dance, Klasala."
Interestingly, this mask is very similar to the mask from which the Seattle Seahawk logo was inspired from.
With photos of this mask being carved showing different stages and with original notes. Also, with photos of Richard wearing the mask.
"The outer figure of the mask represents the Kulus, which is an immature Thunderbird and is Richard Hunt's main crest in the dance, Hamatsa. The inner mask is the Sisiutl or two-headed serpent. The Sisiutl was the main crest of Richard's mother, Helen Hunt. The face in the center of the mask represents the man the sisiutl has eaten.
A quality that makes this mask unique is that it has no hinges holding it together. Instead, the two pieces are fit together, the way Hunt's ancestors would have done.
The mask would be used in the peace dance, Klasala."
Interestingly, this mask is very similar to the mask from which the Seattle Seahawk logo was inspired from.
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Tuesday Talk with Matt Wood
Come visit our new online lecture discussions on various topics surrounding collecting Antique American Indian Art
Announcing:
The Museum of the First People
Opening Fall 2019
A new museum dedicated to the arts and artifacts of Native North America.
The Museum will be located with the AAIA gallery location in the Bothell Business Park, WA.
More detail to come!
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Of Special Note:
The Pottery of Maria Martinez
With the largest collection of Maria Martinez pottery available today, we specialize in all forms and signatures of Maria's works.
Click Here to See The Collection!
IF you don't see it on our website, email us your wish list!
We may have it in stock but not yet online.
Call Direct 949-813-7202 if you have questions.
- Always Buying and Consigning:
- Northwest Coast Wood Carvings, Masks and Totem Poles and related items
- Navajo Rugs and Navajo Blankets, Serapes, Chief Blankets, Regional Rugs, Ganado, Two Gray Hills, Crystal, Toadlena, Raised Outline, Teec Nos Pos, Shiprock Yei, Pictorials
- Southwest, California and Northwest Basketry : Alaskan Eskimo Apache Attu Chemehuevi Chumash Columbia River Gabrielino Hopi Hupa-Karok-Yurok Kawaiisu Klamath Maidu Makah Mission Modoc Mono-Miwok-Paiute Nootka Northwest Papago Panamint Pima Pit River Plateau Pomo Siletz Tlingit Tubatulabal
- Pueblo Pottery - Prehistoric, Historic, Early Contemporary and Contemporary; Acoma, Cochiti, Isleta, Jemez, Laguna, Nambe, Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan), Pojoaque, Sandia, San Felipe, San Ildephonso, Santa Ana, Santa Clara, Santo Domingo, Taos, Tesuque, Zia, Zuni
- Hopi Kachinas Dolls
- Silver and Turquoise jewelry, Old Pawn through Contemporary: Hopi, Navajo and Zuni
- Plains and Plateau Beaded Items and Artifacts
- Weapons: Bow and Arrows, Clubs, Knives, Spears
- Fine Art - Paintings, Photographs including Edward Curtis, Lithographs
- Early Man Artifacts