Shiprock Santa Fe is one of those stops listed in every tourist guidebook. Yes, you should go when visiting Santa Fe. Just BYO managed expectations: Unless you’re a celebrity, a CEO, a trustafarian, or newly cashed out of your Facebook stock, you probably won’t be buying much.

The gallery has been kicking around for two decades, run by local art dealer Jed Foutz. It specializes in historic and contemporary Native American artwork, pottery, furniture, jewelry, and rugs. If you’re into the Southwestern look, the multi-room gallery is ocular heroin, artfully decorated with graphic Acoma Pueblo pottery, intricate beadwork by artists like Ken Williams Jr., Navajo sand-painting textiles, cochineal saddle blankets, baskets handwoven by Hopi artists, kachinas dating back to the 1890s, plus collectible furniture by Eames and Nakashima.

The photo up top if from the shop’s famed Rug Room, where many pieces are “price upon request.” (Translation: If you have to ask, you can’t afford it.) Many of the rugs run in the four and five digits, and in some cases cost as much as an SUV. The least astronomically priced textiles—typically falling in the $250-$500 range—are the Navajo pillows made of hand-spun wool and leather. Elsewhere, display cases brim with stamped silver belt buckles, turquoise jewelry, and antique bolo ties. Although there is a modest selection of pieces under $250, most showstoppers fall in the ring-a-bling-bling category. A pair of Zuni Pueblo turquoise chandelier earrings from the 1960s are $750; 18-carat gold earrings with Nevada turquoise designed by artist Sonwai Verma Nequatewa cost a cool $10,500.

Our advice: Think of Shiprock Santa Fe as a museum, not a store. Look but don’t touch, dream but don’t buy, and come back after the IPO.

53 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, NM; 505-982-8478.