nounced in early May that it has hired John “Mark” Clark, a recognized expert in that field, to head a new department dedicated to this interesting material. Under Clark’s supervision, Morphy’s plans to conduct two Prehistoric American Artifacts specialty auctions per year starting this fall. The events will be produced under the “premier” banner, meaning they will be major events with hardbound, full-color catalogs and extensive marketing campaigns. Each sale will include 300–600 lots of arrowheads; Mississippian effigy pottery; and other prehistoric art from the Paleo, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian time periods. Clark notes, “Only a few auction houses guarantee the authenticity of what they sell, and Morphy’s is one of them.” We wish them well with their new endeavor. SUMMER IN SANTA FE Santa Fe—One of the oldest continuously produced tribal art shows in the world, the Whitehawk Antique Shows will return to the Santa Fe Community Convention Center again this year. The 30th Annual Antique Ethnographic Art Show will be held August 8–10, 2013, and will be followed immediately by the 35th Annual Invitational Antique Indian Art Show on August 11–13. More than 150 dealers will participate in these two shows, bringing an eclectic mix of artworks from around the world and across time. A few blocks away in the Railyard, El Museo Cultural, the Santa Fe Show: Objects of Art will have its doors open from August 10–13. This is a more general antiques show that has a strong tribal art component and a wide variety of fine dealers. Santa Fe’s gorgeous landscape, fine restaurants, many museums, and scores of art galleries are always good reasons to visit the City Different, but these three shows with their more than two hundred dealers makes August a particularly rich time there for tribal art enthusiasts. ABOVE: Lost Lake arrowhead. Found in Hart County, Kentucky. Early Archaic period, 7,000– 9,000 BP. Patinated Indiana hornstone. Photo: Morphy Auctions. TOP RIGHT: Copena Cache. Woodland period, Found in Hardin County, Tennessee. 1,500–2,000 BP. Heat-treated Beech Creek chert. Photo: Morphy Auctions. RIGHT: “Hunchback” bottle. Mississippian period. Found near the Hiwassee River in Meigs County, Tennessee. AD 900–1600. Mussel shell tempered clay. Photo: Morphy Auctions. BELOW: Maya Incensario and Quimbaya gold objects offered at the Whitehawk show in Santa Fe. Photos courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art (left) and Arte Primitivo (right).
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