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November, 2009
Dear Friends, Collectors, and Scholars;
It is with
great pleasure that we are able to announce the availability for purchase of
three wonderful Denise and Samuel Wallace “Storytelling” belts. The belts are
extremely important masterpieces of Native American Art from the 20th
century which chronicle a way of life that is rapidly vanishing. Only once
before has one of these amazing belts been sold by an original collector—and
that was in the year 2000, to an esteemed museum in California. The last full
belt was created in 1997 and the Wallaces have no plans to make another. The
Wallace’s belts have been the inspiration for most of their body of work with
segments being reproduced as limited edition pins, pendants, earrings and belt
buckles, which many of you will find familiar.
Just as the belts created by the husband
and wife team of Denise and Samuel represent the best of the vintage Wallace
jewelry, our fourth belt offered here represents the future - this one was
designed and created by Dawn Wallace-Gadd and her brother, David Wallace. It's
easy to see where this whole thing is going!
Below are
quick views and comments on the available belts; please use the links for more
photographs and more detailed information on each belt. Prices are available by request to
Grant or Betsy Turner at 877-909-8794 or 802-362-3435.
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Name:
King Island Dancer Belt
Date: 1989
What's notable about this piece: Always in a private,
professionally-curated collection, this belt remains brand-new (after twenty
years). It has been featured in advertising, used as an illustration for
cultural anthropology and was a key part of the museum exhibit "Arctic
Transformation: The Jewelry of Denise and Samuel Wallace."
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Name:
Seal Hunting Belt
Date: 1986
What's notable about this piece: This belt was created in the period
just after Denise and Wally began exploring the new idea of using a belt as
a collection of separate pieces depicting Native Alaskan Life - it is an
explosion of artistic creativity, and with all these new ideas fleshed out it
is perhaps the most appealing belt to many of Denise's admirers.
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Name:
Originally
”Alaska, The Land and Spirit of
My People”
Date: November, 1984
What's notable about this piece: This is
"The Missing Link" in Denise
Wallace Jewelry. Secreted away by the private owner since new in late
1984, this is belt is the bridge between the Wallace's early use of
geometric designs and their subsequent decision to depict Denise's
Alaskan heritage in their jewelry. There is only one other belt with
work on two sides of each segment.
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Name:
UNDER THE SEA
Date: Summer, 2008
What's notable about this piece: This was designed and created
by Dawn Wallace-Gadd, with all the lapidary work done by her brother,
David Wallace. It is a complicated, complex piece that is, in fact,
thirty-one separate pieces of jewelry!
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Long Ago & Far Away Gallery *
Green Mountain Village Shops * 4963 Historic Main Street
P.O. Box 809 * Manchester Center, Vermont, U.S.A. * 05255-0809
www.LongAgoAndFarAway.com
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877-909-8794 * Phone 802-362-3435 * Fax 802-362-4956
CURRENT ITEMS • Denise Wallace MAIN PAGE • BELTS by Denise and Samuel Wallace • HOME
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