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The pottery of #Acoma artisans is widely recognized for its fluted rims, delicate walls and beautiful geometric designs.
Jar by Acoma potter Kathy Victorino.
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#Malachite is said to give the wearer courage and sturdiness for their goals, duties, and focus.
Ring by #Navajo silversmith Walter Vandever.
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Did You Know...? The Apaches associate #turquoise with rain at the end of the rainbow.
Golden Hills turquoise ring is #Navajo made, artist unknown.
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A traditional avanyu serpent winds its way around the body of this delicate red polished bowl by San Ildefonso potter Erik Fender (Than Tsideh).
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Although the #Zuni do have their own language, and it is currently spoken by about 6000 people, almost all of the tribe members also speak English.
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The #Hopi people believe Kachina spirits enable them to live in harmony with nature, ensuring rain, crops, fertility, and good hunting.
Scavenger Kachina doll by late Hopi carver Jocelyn Vote.
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Today #Navajo potters make a wide variety of styles, but their traditional pottery features unpainted clay ranging in shade from red to rich brown to black depending on the completeness of the reduction during firing.
Jar by Navajo potter Alice Cling.
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#PotteryTerm: WHITEHARD - A stage in the drying of a piece of pottery where it is fully dry and has very little moisture. At this point it is ready to be fired in the kiln.
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#Turquoise is deposited by typically acidic descending surface waters, which percolate through seams in the bedrock during the weathering and oxidation of pre-existing minerals.
Cuff bracelet by #Navajo silversmith Will Denetdale.
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Two delicate pieces of pink conch dot an impressive sterling silver dragonfly in this lovely pin/pendant by #Navajo silversmith Lee Charley.
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"You can’t wake a person who is pretending to be asleep." -Navajo #NativeAmerican Proverb
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Wedding vases differ from other pottery in that they have two openings at the top of the vessel, along with a handle that joins the two spouts.
Wedding vase by Jemez potter Geraldine Sandia.
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The #Zuni people believe that it is the spirit from within a carved stone fetish that is of value, not necessarily the object itself.
Buffalo fetish by Zuni carver Tony Mackel.
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In many #NativeAmerican cultures, is believed that the thunderbird's enormous wings cause thunder, wind, and sounds of warning. The Thunderbird also represents power for those who see it.
Cuff bracelet by #Navajo silversmith Harrison Bitsue.
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Did You Know...? Charoite is found only one place in the world: between the Chara and Tokko Rivers in the Siberia region of Russia.
Earrings are #Navajo made, artist unknown.
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The Pima, or Akimel O’odham, “River People” of southern Arizona associated #turquoise with strength and healing.
Cuff bracelet by #Navajo silversmith Will Denetdale.
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Turquoise accents dot an adorable turtle in this fun and impressive polychrome handmade turtle figurine by #Jemez potter Scott Small.
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