ART in motion 26 some of the best textiles that were the fruit of a decades-long collaboration between dealer and collector. Balandrán Ponchos from the Giles Mead Collection was on display July 25–August 26 and a catalog documenting the collection is available from the gallery. For details, see williamsiegal.com/publications. NEW LOCATION FOR SHERWOODS Santa Fe—Sherwoods Spirit of America is one of Santa Fe’s premier galleries specializing in Native American artifacts and historic Americana. A passionate collector himself, owner Michael D. Kokin offers eclectic and diverse art objects and artifacts from every corner of America, from the Northwest Coast to the Eastern Woodlands and the Great Basin to the Great Plains, with a particular emphasis on quality. The gallery recently moved from its previous spot off Canyon Road to a new location at 128 W. Palace Avenue, just a block from the Plaza. We wish them all the best in their new location. AYMARA Santa Fe—The weavings of the Aymara people in Bolivia include many different styles and types. Although ponchos had been used by Andean peoples for thousands of years, it was in Jesuit workshops that large Balandrán-style ponchos were first mass-produced for export to Spain and for local use in the seventeenth century. These ponchos became a symbol of status worn by mestizos who could not afford expensive European cloth. Later, the style was adopted by the Aymara after many of their traditional garments were outlawed by the Spanish following native uprisings at the end of the eighteenth century. Two hundred years later a chance meeting in 1974 brought Giles Mead and William Siegal together. Mead, who passed away in 2003, was the director of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and Siegal was an avid traveler and textile dealer. Within a month of their first conversation, Mead became Siegal’s principal client for the weavings of the Aymara. Driven by a mutual passion for great weaving and a shared understanding of the historical significance of these otherwise undiscovered woven masterworks, they set out to collect, document, and preserve as many of the oldest and finest examples as they could find. Four decades later, William Siegal Gallery in Santa Fe held a summer exhibition highlighting ABOVE LEFT: Poncho. Aymara, Bolivia. 17th–18th century. Cotton. 177.8 x 132.1 cm. Giles Mead Collection. Image courtesy of William Siegal Gallery, Santa Fe. ABOVE: Poncho. Aymara, Bolivia. 17th–18th century. Alpaca. 218.4 x 162.6 cm. Giles Mead Collection. Image courtesy of William Siegal Gallery, Santa Fe. ABOVE RIGHT (detail): Poncho. Aymara, Bolivia. 17th–18th century. Alpaca. 195.6 x 152.4 cm. Giles Mead Collection. Image courtesy of William Siegal Gallery, Santa Fe.
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