Bag, Beaded, Pouch, Dave Chavarria, Artisan, 1014

A COLORFUL CONTEMPORARY CREATION FROM CHAVARRIA. This little beaded pouch is a beauty. Handmade by the talented Santa Clara Pueblo craftsman, Dave Chavarria, it’s a traditional-style pouch crafted from brain-tanned leather and adorned with geometric patterns of vibrant seed beads and small silver fluted drops. The bag is trimmed with contrasting leather fringe and affixed to a thin leather strap. Very pretty and unique! Dave Chavarria is a beading and flint knapping artist from the Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico. As a young boy, Dave would hunt arrowheads outside his family home in Santa Clara. He always wanted to learn how to make them, but no one in the village knew how — it was, in many ways, a lost art in his community. Years later, Dave struck up a conversation with someone at work while waiting in line in the cafeteria one day. The conversation evolved to the two men talking about flint knapping, which eventually led to Dave finally learning the craft. Today, Dave hand carv