Coral Ring art-code-PEPE 3-14YM-14Y European authorities at first refused

European authorities at first refused to believe that primitive hands could have rendered such artistry

Acrylic 48”x 72” by local Durango artist Phyllis Stapler

She is dressed in traditional attire for daily work: a handwoven dress designed to leave the shoulder bare (by 1900 many Hopi women were being encouraged by the government and missionaries to wear a calico slip under the dress so that their arms and shoulders were covered)

a Chickasaw/Choctaw woman who was an actress in the first half of the 20th century

Coral Ring art-code-PEPE 3-14YM-14Y European authorities at first refusedSterling Silver with coral, 7 8 x 1 2, size 5 1 2