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Matt Wood's Antique American Indian Art, LLC

Dealer in Antique American Indian Art (Native American art & artifacts) since '85. Family business spanning 3 generations. We buy, sell, restore, appraise.

Matt Wood's Antique American Indian Art, Inc. (AAIA, Inc.) specializes in Native American art and artifacts from all time periods, with an emphasis on artifacts crafted in the 19th and early 20th century. In business for over 45 years, owners Len Wood and Matt Wood have been leaders in the American Indian Art industry, with galleries located in California (Laguna Beach, Aliso Viejo) and now in Was

hington state (Bothell). Matt Wood's AAIA, Inc. is the latest extension of this family business, now run by three generations of the Wood family. maintains an extensive library on Native American artifacts and values research & education in the field. Public & private lectures and consultations are hosted regularly by Matt Wood, and AAIA's online appraisal service educates hundreds of people monthly on their own Indian artifacts. provides professional cleaning and restoration services for Navajo rugs, Pueblo pottery, Indian jewelry, beadwork, and Kachina doll carvings. AAIA's new website hosts an ever-growing Online Catalog, with high-quality photographs and detailed descriptions of current inventory available for purchase. Always buying, consigning, appraising, restoring, and selling American Indian art, Matt Wood's AAIA, Inc. is at your service.

31/12/2022

A variety of Northern Plains Moccasins, available on our website.
Wishing you a Happy New Year!

26/07/2022

Hopi Jar by Old Lady Nampeyo & Fannie Nampeyo Jar, ca. 1920-1930 ; 8"h x 8.5" d; corrugated neck.
The design is a classic Nampeyo of the Paluluka or feathered serpent. She usually reserved the design for large storage jars since it needs space to expand on. This jar, likely made in about 1920-1930 by Nampeyo and likely painted by Fannie, has the misspelling of Nampeyo, which has been noted on other Nampeyo pottery where Fannie assisted her mother.
Nampeyo of Hano was a widely influential potter who lived and worked on the Hopi Reservation in Arizona. Nampeyo is regarded today as one of the finest Hopi Potters and one of the most important figures in Native American Pottery.

20/01/2022

Plateau Contour Beaded bag, late 19th century with beautiful floral motif

Late 19th century
With handle and with satin trim. This beautiful bag had been worn and was restored to original condition. Bag face is 7" x 6" plus trim and handle. Excellent Condition.

17/01/2022

Large Vintage Navajo Inlay Cuff Bracelet with Blue Jay by Leo Harvey

on silver oval; Leo Harvey(d.2010), Navajo (Dine') Silversmith. Hallmarks. Saw-tooth LH. 5 1/4" length + 1 1/8" gap x 3" wide with open silver work, petite-point turquoise setting and inlay.

17/01/2022

Beautiful Navajo Link Bracelet

Navajo Multi-stone inlay link bracelet: 1/4" x 6 3/4" length with safety chain; Inlay of Spondylus shell, Black Onyx, Natural Turquoise, Sugilite, in Sterling Silver.

14/01/2022

Navajo Indian Belt Buckle - Turquoise in Sterling Silver

Navajo 15-Turquoise stone belt buckle
Sterling Silver and Turquoise
Circa 1990
With high-grade natural turquoise set in a heavy Sterling Silver setting.
2" x 3"
Accommodates a 1 1/2" wide belt.

29/11/2021

Large Antique Nez Perce Cornhusk bag

late 19th century; 22 1/2" x 15 1/2"

A beautiful bag with strong colors and with only very minor wear as pictured.
Overall in Excellent Condition

03/09/2021

Geometric Black-on-Black Pottery Jar by Maria Martinez, Signed Maria and Santana

Grade 8-9

6 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches

Hand-coiled clay pottery
Signed on base. Native clay, hand built, native fired.

25/08/2021

Curtis - The Rush Gatherers - Orotone / Goldtone with old labels on back.

15 1/2 x 18 1/2 frame Goldtone
10 3/4" x 13 1/2" image

The Rush Gatherer

A Kutenai Woman in an old type of canoe used by that tribe. In structure it was a light frame of wood with a covering of elk skin. This picturesque type canoe occurred nowhere else among the North American Indians.

Mr. Curtis is making his monumental collection of Indian pictures has attempted to visit and picture all important tribes of the United Sates, British Columbia and Alaska. The ..... purpose of this collection of pictures is their use as illustrations for "The North American Indian", a work of twenty volumes and twenty supplementary portfolios of pictures. The task of making these pictures has been underway for more than twenty years. This subject is selected from the great collection made as a permanent record of the North American Indian. Edward S. Curtis The Curis Studio, Seattle, Wash.

20/08/2021

Late Classic Period Navajo Serape woven of Saxony Wool Trade Yarns

62" x 38 1/2"

c.. 1850-1860

A rare serape, primarily of 3-ply Saxony; with indigo, light green vegetable and cochineal dye. There is some ravelled bayetta along with the plied saxony wool yarns. The indigo dyed yarns is hand spun. Excellent Condition.

Of exceptional beauty, this shoulder blanket has the division of space and density of pattern which provides the powerful nature of the classic period of Navajo weaving.

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Mid-19th century Navajo rugs often used a three-ply yarn called Saxony, which refers to high-quality, naturally dyed, silky yarns that were imported from Europe. Red tones in Navajo rugs of this period come either from Saxony or from a raveled cloth known in Spanish as bayeta, which was a woolen manufactured in England and again, imported into the US. In this blanket, there is both Saxony and Bayetta yarns. Saxony blankets are extremely rare, and are noted for their exceptional quality of wool and fineness of the yarn which produced some of the most delicate and artistic Navajo blankets ever woven. In this blanket, the weaver spun her hand spun for the white and indigo dyed blue yarns as fine as the rare commercial trade yarns.
Later, with the arrival of the railroad in the early 1880s, another machine-produced yarn came into use in Navajo weaving: four-ply aniline dyed yarn known as Germantown because the yarn was manufactured in Pennsylvania.

11/08/2021

Antique Pomo Treasure Basket

ca. 1900
5 1/4" x 10"
A beautiful basket, finely coiled with shell adornment; Excellent Condition. Available under New Acquisitions on our website. Link in bio.

16/07/2021

Zuni Bobcat Fe**sh by artists Leland Boone and Daphne Quam. 1 7/8" h x 2 3/8" l

This is a beautiful Bobcat fe**sh carved from orange calcite.

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