The black wool strands alternate with creme-colored fibers. The black stripes represent obstacles in life in this unfinished little boy's Hopi ceremonial blanket. Tinessia Poleahla, 21, sits on a ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. One year ago, Auri Poseyesva (Hopi) started learning the art of basket weaving so she could preserve and carry ...

On the surface, they’re just baskets. Take a second look, and the hand-woven works of art become insightful symbols of an ancient culture full of mystique. The Arizona State Museum is hosting the ...

Hopi weaver Ramona Saki-estewa has been weaving one-of-a- kind fine art tapestries since the early 1980s. Now Sakiestewa has designed a series of six collectible Indian trade blankets. She calls the ...

Photo Lot 24 SPC Sw Hopi BAE 50-73 02107100, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects Photographs of Native Americans and Other ...

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