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American Southwest Native crafts descend through more
than a thousand years of use and tradition. Baskets, pottery
and leather articles were made for storage, cooking and
ceremonial purposes. Carvings of wood and stone were used
for instruction of children, sacred rituals and in hunting.
Today, metal and plastic containers serve for everyday
purposes, replacing clay, hides, grasses and stone. But
even now, on the tops of mesas and at the ends of washboard
roads, artisans create things much as they did a millennium
ago. Over the years, we have built relationships with craftsmen
as we try to encourage and preserve their ancient artforms.
We also buy from traders, each serving a part of the huge
reservation lands. |
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