Antique American Indian Art, llc
​Specializing in Fine Antique American Indian Art & Artifacts
A Gallery of the Greater Seattle, Washington Region
​Gallery / Museum in Oak Harbor, Whidbey Island, WA

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Matt Wood's
Antique American Indian Art, LLC

Website last updated 10-7-2024
SHIPPING NOTE: WE MAY HAVE DELAYS OF UP TO 10 DAYS DUE TO OUR TRAVEL SCHEDULE. 
I have just learned that Duane Pasco passed away a few days ago at age 92. Although non-indigenous, Duane was a very important figure in the revival of Northwest Coast Native Art. The following was posted on Facebook by the JayHawk Institute account:


"My good friend Duane Pasco passed away this week. Duane was the most remarkable person I have ever known, and leaves as a legacy not just a huge body of impressive works of art but an entire generation of artists that learned their craft from him. Since the late 60's Duane spent what amounted to years of his life teaching what had become lost arts to communities up and down the Pacific Northwest from Washington to Alaska—communities where once rich and vibrant traditions had been stomped out by oppressive government actions and policies that ended knowledge that had been handed down through generations of artists for millennia. 

The MKL Collection History

A significant basket, pottery, jewelry and Inuit collection was recently purchased from the Margaret Kung-Ting Liu estate. 

Through inquisitiveness and scholarship in academic archives and museums around the world Duane learned and became a master of the lost arts, and then spent as much time teaching them as he did creating new works. Duane continued to work past the age of 90, taking commissions and passing knowledge to apprentices. He worked right into cancer treatments and went until the pain made it impossible.

"I am in the middle of making a film about Duane's life, I look forward to sharing it with you when it is finally complete so that more people can know this remarkable man.

"Duane is survived by his children and his wife, Suquamish artist Betty Pasco."
The Oscar Brousse Jacobson Collection
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My Grandparents were Oscar Brousse Jacobson and Sophie Jacobson. 
As founder and first Director of the School of Art oat the University of Oklahoma, Oscar Jacobson devoted significant time and energy in support of Native American arts and Artists. He taught, nurtured and developed the group of young Native American artists known as the Kiowa Six, amoung many others. In honor of these efforts nationwide and internationally, the Kiowas honored Jacobson by making him honorary chief of the Kiowa Tribe on July 26th 1928. The tribe presented him with Regalia made for him for that ceremoney. Be he died, my grandfather gifted that Regalia to me.  In addtion to that regalia, both of the Jacobsons collected a variety of Native American items. Some of these items were given to me directly by each of them, some I inherited upon the death of each of them, and the reminder I inherited from my mother Yolande Jacobson Sheppard upon her death.  All of the items have been in the possission of the Jacobson and Sheppard families continuously. 
Sim C. Sheppard, January 2024
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The Collection will be loaded onto the website in the coming weeks. ​

OUR  Mailing / Shipping  and Street ADDRESSES

We have moved into our new Gallery  and Museum in Oak Harbor, WA and are currently open by appointment only.

Antique American Indian Art, llc - AAIA
​Whidbey Island Native Arts Museum - WINAM

​Primary Mail:
AAIA, llc
P.O. Box 901 
Oak Harbor, WA 98277-9998 
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All Box Shipments:  
AAIA, llc
50 NE Midway Blvd.
Oak Harbor, WA 98277
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No SALES TAX for non-Washington State Customers

We have been picking up lots of New Acquisitions.   ​Bookmark our page and come back frequently!

View Our Art and Artifact Shop 
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 galleries by appointment only

Using This Site

1. Available Art and Artifacts are under the THE ARTIFACT COLLECTION GALLERY CATALOG Button (top left, under Home)
2. Learn About the Art pages are still being populated although there is a lot there right now to read.
3. Free Appraisals are limited to 1 per person and we do not include stone artifacts or fine art.
4. Additional appraisals, Stone items and Fine Art are only $15 per artifact or artifact group evaluated as 1 lot
5. We offer paid Formal Letterhead Appraisals for insurance and estate purposes at a reasonable cost.
6. We offer Restoration and Cleaning of most Indian art and artifacts. See link above left.
7. Satisfaction is Always Guaranteed with a full money back policy.
8. Shipping is Free for most items. We exclude oversize and international.

Tuesday Talk with Matt Wood

Come visit our new online lecture discussions on various topics surrounding collecting Antique American Indian Art

Meet Owners Matt and Len Wood
Family Business For Over 50 Years

Of Special Note:
The Pottery of Maria Martinez

Maria Martinez Pottery plate avanyu

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!
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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