About Tanner Trading
Tanner Trading is first and foremost a Native American jewelry and art company.
We specialize in authentic Native American jewelry, Navajo rugs and weavings, pottery, paintings, sculpture, and other traditional and contemporary Native-made art from throughout the Southwest.
Behind Tanner Trading is a family history in the Southwest trading tradition that reaches back six generations to 1872. That history has shaped how we approach the business today, but what matters most to us is continuing the relationships, knowledge, and responsibility that come with representing this work.
The Art Comes First
Native American art is the foundation of what we do.
Our collection begins with the artists — the silversmiths, jewelers, weavers, potters, painters, sculptors, and craftspeople whose work we have the privilege of representing.
We work directly with Native American artists throughout the Southwest, particularly through our family's trading operation in Farmington, New Mexico. Those day-to-day relationships allow us to continually discover new work, support established and emerging artists, and create a year-round market for what they make.
Our collection includes everything from accessible handmade pieces to important one-of-a-kind works by highly collected artists.
Whatever the piece, we believe it deserves to be represented with knowledge and respect.
Native American Jewelry
Jewelry has always been at the heart of our business.
We carry an extensive and constantly changing collection of Native American turquoise, sterling silver, and gold jewelry, including cuffs and bracelets, necklaces, rings, earrings, buckles, squash blossom necklaces, and exceptional one-of-a-kind pieces.
Much of our jewelry comes to us through direct relationships with the artists who make it.
That connection matters.
It allows us to better understand the artist, materials, techniques, and story behind a piece — and to share that knowledge with the person who eventually takes it home.
Native American Art
Our collection extends well beyond jewelry.
We represent artists working in Navajo weaving, pottery, painting, sculpture, basketry, sandpainting, folk art, and other traditional and contemporary Native American art forms.
Many pieces are one of a kind. Some continue artistic traditions passed through generations, while others represent new ideas and contemporary expressions from today's Native American artists.
We believe both belong in the story.
The tradition is alive because artists continue to create.
More Than What You See Online
One of the things that makes Tanner Trading different is that our collection is constantly changing.
Our Farmington trading operation works directly with artists throughout the year, and new pieces regularly come through our doors. As a result, our physical stores contain considerably more than we can ever put online.
If you are searching for a particular artist, turquoise mine, style of jewelry, Navajo weaving, piece of pottery, or other type of Native American art, talk to us.
Knowing the work and helping people find the right piece is part of what traders have done for generations.
Our Stores
Our two locations represent different expressions of the same tradition.
Fifth Generation Trading Co. in Farmington, New Mexico is at the heart of our day-to-day trading operation. It is where we work closely with artists, purchase much of our inventory, and maintain relationships throughout the Four Corners and Southwest.
Tanner Trading on historic Main Street in Park City, Utah brings that collection to another audience, presenting Native American jewelry and art alongside furniture, antiques, textiles, hats, clothing, and other carefully selected pieces that complement the aesthetic of the gallery.
In both stores, Native American jewelry and art remain at the center of what we do.
Experience the Tradition
For years, our family has used the phrase “Experience the Tradition.”
To us, that means more than looking backward.
Tradition lives in the hands of the artists creating today. It lives in techniques passed from one generation to another, in relationships built over years, and in the continued evolution of Native American art.
Our responsibility is to know the work we represent, maintain genuine relationships with artists, help provide a dependable market for what they create, and share that work with people who appreciate its craftsmanship and significance.
The Tanner family's involvement in the Southwest trading tradition began six generations ago.
The next chapter is being written today.
Experience the Tradition.
