Southwest Gifts & Collectibles
Sharon Tomlinson, Owner
1060 S. Oliver • 687-5043

Welcome to the southwest! After five years at Towne East Square, Southwest Gifts & Collectibles has relocated to Parklane Shopping Center. The store is now located at the southwest corner of the mall - just look for the Indian.

The idea for Southwest Gifts & Collectibles began in Albuquerque, NM where Sharon Tomlinson, owner, lived for 23 years. During that time she worked in the Indian Arts and Crafts wholesale business for 9 years, allowing her to visit many Indian reservations throughout the southwest and develop a one-on-one relationship with several of the artists featured in the store.

In 1994, Sharon opened Southwest Gifts & Collectibles in Branson, MO. She stayed there until 1997 when she moved to Wichita. Sharon enjoys sharing her knowledge and appreciation for fine Indian Arts & Crafts. Her store features many Indian hand-made goods including sterling silver, turquoise, onyx, opal, malachite, and Zuni inlay jewelry, Navajo, Zuni and Hopi kachinas/dancers, Cochiti drums, one piece flutes with an instructional CD and book, rugs and blankets, paintings by Cherokee artists Bill and Traci Rabbit and Navajo artist Toni Redbird, and fetishes. Also featured are limited edition prints and posters, southwest style home decor including lamps, water fountains, wind chimes, wall art, kitchen and bath decor, hand assembled kiln-dried Insigne pine furniture inlaid with select pieces of Quisco cactus wood from the Andean hillsides of northern Chile, and decor made by local Kansas artists.

Southwest Gifts & Collectibles is enjoying their spacious new location and invite you to come in and bask in the relaxing native American music and soothing sounds of the waterfalls while you shop.

Just look for the Indian.