Collection: Robert Rivera
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Vendor:Robert Rivera
Papoose Lady
Regular price $ 3,300.00Regular priceUnit price per -
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Turtle Warrior Panel
Regular price $ 4,400.00Regular priceUnit price per -
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Large Sun Kachina Mask
Regular price $ 4,400.00Regular priceUnit price per -
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Moche Indian Effigy
Regular price $ 5,500.00Regular priceUnit price per -
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Anasazi Cliff Dwelling
Regular price $ 4,400.00Regular priceUnit price per -
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Anasazi Cliff Dwelling
Regular price $ 4,400.00Regular priceUnit price per -
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White Stick Lady
Regular price $ 2,700.00Regular priceUnit price per -
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Large Black Hopi Lady
Regular price $ 5,800.00Regular priceUnit price per -
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Moche Indian Effigy
Regular price $ 5,500.00Regular priceUnit price per -
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Moche Indian Effigy
Regular price $ 5,500.00Regular priceUnit price per -
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1/2 Kachina Mask
Regular price $ 900.00Regular priceUnit price per -
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1/2 Kachina Mask
Regular price $ 900.00Regular priceUnit price per -
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1/2 Kachina Mask w/ Pottery
Regular price $ 2,000.00Regular priceUnit price per -
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1/2 Kachina Mask
Regular price $ 900.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Vendor:Robert Rivera
Sandblasted Black Bear Gourd
Regular price $ 2,200.00Regular priceUnit price per -
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Squat Mudhead
Regular price $ 900.00Regular priceUnit price per -
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Squat Mudhead
Regular price $ 900.00Regular priceUnit price per -
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Basket Kachina
Regular price $ 1,600.00Regular priceUnit price per -
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Basket Kachina
Regular price $ 1,600.00Regular priceUnit price per -
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Large Painted Basket
Regular price $ 5,500.00Regular priceUnit price per -
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Large Painted Basket
Regular price $ 5,500.00Regular priceUnit price per -
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Deer Antler Mask
Regular price $ 6,600.00Regular priceUnit price per -
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Buffalo Mask
Regular price $ 6,600.00Regular priceUnit price per -
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Green Buffalo Bowl
Regular price $ 1,320.00Regular priceUnit price per -
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Small Butterfly Maiden
Regular price $ 1,550.00Regular priceUnit price per -
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Medium Butterfly Maiden
Regular price $ 1,800.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Vendor:Robert Rivera
Large Fetish Bear Bowl
Regular price $ 2,200.00Regular priceUnit price per
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“I am not the first person to recognize the beauty of gourds. I get a lot of inspiration from the Native American people.” - Robert Rivera
Rivera transforms the humble gourd into an object of beauty, power, and symbolism. As such, they become highly collectible fine art objects. With a limitless supply of ideas and designs, Rivera sees every gourd differently, often instantly discerning its possibilities and how to transform it into art. He loves the old designs prevalent in Native American culture, especially the Anasazi, Hohokam and Mimbres bird and animal designs which he incorporates into his gourd pots and rattles.
Possibly the first to use gourds as a fine art medium in a contemporary southwestern fashion, Rivera has created medicine men chanters, Navajo warriors, Hopi butterfly maidens, Navajo drummers, turtle storytellers and masks of every size and description. The gourds are stitched, etched, cut, broken, scorched, sandblasted, dyed and wrapped. They are adorned with yucca fiber, suede, buckskin, raffia, African beads, shells, heishi from the Santo Domingo Pueblo, inlaid turquoise, willow sticks, horsehair, turkey feathers, cloth, snakeskin, and Tablita headdresses.



Robert Rivera
