Art show looks at Indian culture

Thursday, Oct. 31, 1996 | 11:59 a.m.

Hours for the display and sale of items are 2-10 p.m. Friday, noon to 9 p.m. Saturday, and noon to 7 p.m. Sunday and Monday. Admission is free.

Items include Navajo and Hopi kachinas, Navajo rugs, gold and silver jewelry, pottery from Indian pueblos and sandpaintings. They range from prehistoric periods to contemporary.

Indian crafts from the Southwest include the Anasazi, Hohokam and Sinagua cultures. There are weapons, pottery, tools and other artifacts.

Contemporary items are from Arizona, New Mexico, the Northeast, Plains states, Pacific Northwest coast and Alaska.

The inventory contains more than 3,000 pieces of jewelry ranging from inexpensive earrings ($7 to $9) to collector pieces by award-winning silver and goldsmiths.

The kachinas carved by Hopi and Navajo artists are miniature reproduction of figures seen in ceremonial dances. They are carved from cottonwood root and serve as visual aids as well as collection pieces.

More than 300 American pottery items will be featured, including works by the lengendary Maria Martinez of the San Ildefonso Pueblo.

Navajo rugs, dating back to the 1800s, will be available. An average 3-by-5-foot rug takes at least 160 hours of weaving time to complete.

Show attendees may have a free verbal identification of their Southwestern items. There is a fee for written insurance appraisals.