Theft Alerts Blog
Two rugs were stolen from inventory at Toadlena Trading Post, Newcomb, NM sometime at the end of last year or beginning of this year.
This two Two Grey Hills Rug, approximately 4′ x 7′ each, was stolen from the Toadlena Trading Post inventory late in 2006 or early in 2007. Anyone who has information on this rug should contact Mark Winter at the Toadlena Trading Post, toadlena@hotmail.com .
During the night of December 18-19, 2006, a home was burglarized in Eagar, AZ. Several Navajo rugs, an Acoma seed jar, four Hopi pots and numerous non-Indian items were taken.
Stolen Wide Ruins Rug, Burntwater Rug, Yei Rug, Hans Finsterwalder Wooden Ollas,
Hans F. Wooden Jar, Cerno Acoma Seed Jar, Other Indian Pottery
Anyone with information on the stolen items should contact the Eagar Police Department, Troy Czarnyszka, phone: 1-928-333-4127, ext 235 or Mshelunchik@att.net.
In December, 2006, two Iroquois false faces (masks) circa 1830 went missing in transit to an Alexandria Bay, NY, home for transfer to the Iroquois tribe. Please contact the owner, Frank Bergevin, at e-mail frank.bergevin@verizon.net if you have any information about the missing items.
The Stolen Item Descriptions are as Follows:
Please contact the gallery by phone at (480) 251-6383 or e-mail frankhilltribal@earthlink.net if you have any information about these items.
We received the following message and sketch from Chris Bobrick:
A customer of ours recently had his back pack stolen out of his car, probably the first week of September, 2006 in Denver Colorado. He had a belt buckle in it that was made for his father with the family brand Lazy V Bar Bar. He drew a picture of it for us since he did not have a photo. If you could post it as stolen it might show up somewhere. Please contact Lew Bobrick if you see it. 303-744-9203
Thanks
Chris & Lew Bobrick
A seven-stone Navajo bracelet bracelet by Mark Chee was stolen from the Whitehawk show approximately August 17, 2006. See photo of bracelet and its signature below:
If you have any information about this piece please contact John Krena at 541-554-2025, e-mail johnk@fourwindsgallery.com.
Eighteen lots of American Indian and Tribal Jewelry were stolen from the Whitehawk show approximately August 16, 2006. There are no photos. The owner has provided the following descriptions and sketches. If you click to obtain an enlarged image, each enlarged page will print on an 8-1/2″ x 11″ piece of paper.
If you have any information about this case please contact the Santa Fe Police Department at 2515 Camino Entrada, Santa Fe, N. M. 87505. The police report number is 06-014703, the officer’s name is Herman and his phone 505-428-3710. You may also contact Heidi Becker at 541-554-2025.
Items Stolen from Nambe, NM Home
If you have any information about these items, please contact Frances Barkmann, 48 County Road 84G, Santa Fe, NM 87506, phone 505-455-2512 or e-mail fran.barkmann@worldnet.att.net.
William C. Temple, Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for the State of Arkansas, is requesting the public’s assistance in locating and recovering 26 pieces of historically significant Caddo Indian artifacts that date back to 600 A.D. These 26 pieces of ancient Caddo Indian Nation pottery were reported missing in August 2006 from the Arkansas Archeological Survey Research Station located on the campus of Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, Arkansas. It is suspected the pottery artifacts were likely stolen sometime during a three month period between May 2006 and August 2006.
Samples of Caddoan Pottery
The following two photos are of a circa 1970s Navajo Silver Necklace and Silver Naja. The Silver Necklace has three rows of silver beads with squash blossoms densely packed (15 blossoms per side) & attached to the third row. The Silver Naja has several Turquoise Nuggets of unusual placement.
“A former tenant (including tenant’s husband and male associate) had access to owner’s property and may be connected to the disappearance of this jewelry. Tenant and associate also had connections to the Santa Fe Opera where the jewelry may have been hidden (per overheard conversation)” .
If you have any information, please contact Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office, Case # 0206007130, Detective Wm. Pacheco, 505-986-2490, or 1-800-742-1144. You may also contact the jewelry’s owner, Melanie Deason at 505-438-7708, at 4763 Morning Street, Santa Fe, NM 87507, e-mail melaniesantafe@netzero.net . Thank you for your help. The jewelry once belonged to my elderly mother, who recently passed away.
Three Washoe baskets were stolen from a Las Vegas, NV, Storage Facility in May, 2006.
These baskets are all in the range of 9-1/2″ to 11″ in diameter. If you have any information about this case please contact the Las Vegas, NV police department. The LV Metro Police crime # is 0605152084, the detective handling the case is Robert Hagberg. You may also contact Jim at jdsantini1@verizon.net
The following images are photos of two baskets that were apparently stolen by a UPS employee in April 2006 during transit (it appears likely that this happened at the Santa Fe, N. M., UPS facility). The UPS shipping label and the Kania-Ferrin Gallery label (which does not include the word “gallery” ) were cut off our box and taped onto a large box of toilet paper rolls which the client in Chicago received.
Basket #1 is a Pima bowl with human figures measuring 7 3/4″ d. by 3 1/2″ h. Basket #2 is a Western Mono toy basketry cradle measuring 19 1/2″ L. by 9 1/2″ Wide and 8″ deep at the sunshade.
If you have any information about this case please contact the SANTA FE POLICE DEPARTMENT at 2515 Camino Entrada, Santa Fe, N. M. 87505. The police report number is 06-007652, officer’s name is Blea and his phone 505-428-3710. You may also contact Kania-Ferrin Gallery, 662 Canyon Rd., Santa Fe, N. M. 87501, contact Joe Ferrin, 505-982-8767,kaniaferrin@aol.com .
A Sioux or Ute beaded blanket strip was stolen from the Tread of Pioneers Museum in Steamboat Springs, CO, sometime between Tuesday, 3/14 and Wednesday, 3/15, 2006. Description: Ute or Sioux beaded blanket strip, c.1890-1900 size is 5 feet long by 4 inches wide, seed beads on brain tanned hide, primary colors are white background, with red and blue circles (rosettes) with green rectangles (all designs are alternating). Police case # is P0602090, Officer Matthew Harmon #327. Phone: 970-879-1144, www.steamboatsprings.net.
You may contact the museum through Candice Lombardo, Executive Director, Tread of Pioneers Museum, Box 772372, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477. Phone: 970-879-2214 or topmuseum@springsips.com. Thank you for your help!
Stolen Late Classic/Transitional Navajo Blanket
If you have any information on these stolen items, please contact Lane Coulter or Jan Brooks at 1-505-983-3232 or email:acme@nets.com
Please contact Matt Wood or Jeff Wood at Len Wood’s Indian Territory any information regarding the theft or whereabouts of any of these three items – Len Wood’s Indian Territory Gallery, 305 North Coast Hwy., #D, Laguna Beach, CA 92651, Phone: (949) 497-5747.
In November, 2005, nine Pima Baskets and a Cochita Pueblo Jar were reported stolen from a Snowmass, Colorado home, The police report number is 05S378 and the contact is Officer Clay Owen at the Snowmass Police Department – Telephone #970-923-5330 ext. 204. The owner, Charles Balbach can be reached at 716-662-2298 or addisonventures@verizon.net . Descriptions of the baskets are as follows:
Stolen 19th Century Navajo Child’s Blanket
Native wool and dye, 48″ x 35″, warp: 10/inch weft: 36/inch, Child’s serape or double-saddle blanket. Red background with series of 5 rows of diamond-edged diamonds in white and pale green, enclosing a white or green zigzag or cross. Little blue in zigzags at one end. Selvage cord, corner tassels. LAPD DR# 73-679056 (Case 10-1/73), contact: LAPD’s Art Theft Detail at 213-485-2524 or by e-mail at ARTCOP@lapd.lacity.org .
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Stolen Navajo Child’s/Saddle Blanket circa 1870-1880
Native wool, 51″ x 31″, warp: 8/inch – white, weft: 46/inch – white, pink, crimson, scarlet, LAPD DR# 73-679056 (Case 10-1/73), contact: LAPD’s Art Theft Detail at 213-485-2524 or by e-mail at ARTCOP@lapd.lacity.org .
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Stolen Navajo Child’s/Saddle Blanket, 19th Century
Native wool, 50″ x 31″, warp: 12/inch weft: 48/inch white background almost covered with stripes of red and blue and pale tan. in center, wide area of red with terraced diamond zigzag lines in blue and blue crosses in center. At ends, diamond motifs in red, white and tan. Intermediate zigzag lines of red and blue. White and blue are native wool. Reworked edges. Red, two shades of tan are non-native, two-ply wool. LAPD DR# 73-679056 (Case 10-1/73), contact: LAPD’s Art Theft Detail at 213-485-2524 or by e-mail at ARTCOP@lapd.lacity.org .
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Stolen Navajo Child’s/Saddle Blanket 19th Century
Native wool 52″ x 35″ warp: 11/inch weft: 42/inch Navaho double saddle blanket, terrace style. Ground natural grey with narrow bands of red and light green and blue stripes. At ends, narrow bands of terrace motifs in blue and green on orange ground. in center, red band with blue terrace diamond motifs. Red is non-native and in places, mixed with white native. Rest of wool is native. Selvage cord. LAPD DR# 73-679056 (Case 10-1/73), contact: LAPD’s Art Theft Detail at 213-485-2524 or by e-mail at ARTCOP@lapd.lacity.org .
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Stolen Navajo Saddle Blanket, 19th Century
Native wool 45″ x 28″, warp: 9/inch weft: 42/inch, background creamy white with bands of red and blue stripes. Number of shades of red ranging from purple to soft rose. Little pale green in end bands, in a beaded stripe. Reds are all non-native wools and pale green in non-native also. Selvage cord, edges have been sewed with silk thread. LAPD DR# 73-679056 (Case 10-1/73), contact: LAPD’s Art Theft Detail at 213-485-2524 or by e-mail at ARTCOP@lapd.lacity.org .
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Stolen Navajo blanket, 19th Century
Native wool, 63″ x 44″, warp: 8/inch weft: 46/inch, blue and black narrow striped background with intervals of red bayeta, white and blue diamond stripes. Center oblique-angled diamond with red center, blue, white and red border. Lightning-shaped zigzags and smaller diamond in center of diamond motif. Bayeta soft rose. LAPD DR# 73-679056 (Case 10-1/73), contact: LAPD’s Art Theft Detail at 213-485-2524 or by e-mail at ARTCOP@lapd.lacity.org.
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Stolen Navajo “Eye Dazzler” Blanket, 19th Century
Native wool 80″ x 50″ warp: 8/inch weft: 32/inch red background with large oblique angle-shaped diamonds across center. in the end areas, a series of large enclosing terrace motifs, the center of which is a white cross. Design in black, white and pale green throughout. Native wool, selvage cord, lazy lines visible. LAPD DR# 73-679056 (Case 10-1/73), contact: LAPD’s Art Theft Detail at 213-485-2524 or by e-mail at ARTCOP@lapd.lacity.org .
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Stolen Navajo Blanket, 19th Century
Native wool and dye, wedge weave 86″ x 54″ warp: 7/inch weft: 22/inch white background with design bands in soft rose with vertical zigzags in black and tan. Six design bands, two of which are together in center of blanket. Native wool and dye. LAPD DR# 73-679056 (Case 10-1/73), contact: LAPD’s Art Theft Detail at 213-485-2524 or by e-mail atARTCOP@lapd.lacity.org.
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Stolen Navajo Blanket/Rug, 1880-1900
62″ x 48″ warp: 10/inch – white cotton weft: 54/inch – black, white & red wool, background is made up by alternating a black and white weft thread. LAPD DR# 73-679056 (Case 10-1/73), contact: LAPD’s Art Theft Detail at 213-485-2524 or by e-mail at ARTCOP@lapd.lacity.org.
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Stolen Navajo Rug, 19th Century
Native wool, aniline dye, 60″ x 44″, warp: 10/inch weft: 32/inch white background with cornstalk in center, two Yei figures on each side of it with hand held up grasping rattles(?) and feathers streaming down from arms. Rainbow encircles three sides of rug, top left open. Colors red, black, orange, green, purple, brown, etc. Native wool, aniline dye. Selvage cords, corner tassels. LAPD DR# 73-679056 (Case 10-1/73), contact: LAPD’s Art Theft Detail at 213-485-2524 or by e-mail atARTCOP@lapd.lacity.org.
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Stolen Saltillo Serape, Early 19th Century
Mexican wool and cotton, 92″ x 51″, warp: 19/inch – cotton weft: 74/inch – wool. Made in two pieces. Head opening in center has been sewed up and the rest of center seam crocheted together. Center lozenge of deep, rich brown with inner lozenges of dark blue, light blue and white. a sprinkling of white dots. Narrow border of dark brown sprinkled with white dots. General field is white with brown and blue dots. Linen warp. Tapestry weave, soft and not too tight. LAPD DR# 05-1423718 (Case 8-1/05), contact: LAPD’s Art Theft Detail at 213-485-2524 or by e-mail at ARTCOP@lapd.lacity.org .
Stolen Tularosa Olla, Historic Mata Ortiz Effigy Jar, Chinese Han Dynasty Statues and Tang Dynasty Horse
In September, 2005, a Canon City, Colorado home was broken into and a lifetime collection of artifacts were stolen. Removed were 8 Navajo weaves, these were not my forte as my interest is mainly in ancient ceramics and flint items, however I know these weaves are all old and were worth a lot to me. the following was also taken- 1- Estruscan effigy pot, about 14 ancient asian pieces, 1- spanish colonial plate from Florida, 6- south american pre-columbian pieces, 14- south western prehistoric pieces, 33 riker mounts of the very best of my projectile points and blades and approximately 12 various early tramp art frames and art. Four images are presented above and more details and images will be forthcoming. The police case # is 05-2285 and the detective handling this case is Sergeant Robert Dodd phone 719-276-2285. The owner is Keith Maloney, phone 719-276-2291, e-mail keith51181@netzero.net. Anyone with information about this case should contact Sergeant Dodd or the owner.
Sketch of Stolen Rainbow Man Necklace
A coin silver sand cast rainbow man necklace was stolen from Jill McKinney of Brookline, Massachusetts in September, 2005. If you have any information about this necklace, please contact the owner at jmckin@us.ibm.com. Reward offered, no questions asked.
On August 17, 2005 a large Teec Nos Pos Navajo rug was stolen from the Shiprock Trading Company in Albuquerque, NM. If you have any information about this rug, please contact the Albuquerque Police Department at (505) 761-8800 (the case number is 050817/0143 and the investigating officer was officer H. I. Padilla badge number 3839), or contact the store at: Shiprock Trading Company, 413 Romero Street NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, (505) 242-4080 Phone, (505) 242-4108 Fax,albq@shiprocktrading.com
