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Simulated opal block is an economical alternative to genuine opal.
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"The Hunch-backed Flute Player" - A very popular figure found at Petroglyph sites throughout the Southwest. His frequent and widespread appearance suggests he was well traveled and universally recognized deity of considerable potency.
Turquoise gets its color from heavy metals in the ground where it forms. Blue turquoise forms where iron is present, the case with most Nevada turquoises. White turquoise forms where there are no heavy metals present, which turns out to be a very rare occurrence. To date, no other vein of white turquoise has been discovered anywhere else and when this current vein runs out, that will be the last of it. Because white turquoise is as rare as a white buffalo, the Indians call it "White Buffalo" turquoise.
The Shoshone Indians are not known for jewelry work and as a consequence, the Shoshones sell or trade the white turquoise to the Navajos in Arizona, who then work it into jewelry.
Gemstones are measured for hardness on a scale of 0.0 to 10.0, with diamonds being the hardest. Turquoise comes in varying degrees of hardness, ranging anywhere from very soft to relatively hard. Turquoise that measures 7.0 on the hardness scale is considered to be "gem: quality. All of the white turquoise measures 7.0.
Hopi deity carries a sack of deerskin to barter for brides or a burden of babies which he leaves with the young women. Played flute to announce arrival in village.
ORGANIZATION
Deity of fertility
God of harvest and plenty. Hump was believed to be made
of clouds filled with seeds or rainbows.
wandering minstrel with a sack of songs on his back.
Rain Priest able to make it rain at wil
The Great Seal of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community is an ancient pattern. The pattern figured for untold years in Pima baskets and represents the MAZE, or house of "Se-en-ha."
The time-honored Indian Pueblo pottery tradition of working with clay and telling stories has merged into a modern art form of "STORYTELLER" pottery dolls.
The art of making clay effigies is as ancient as the Anasazi people who inhabited the deserts of New Mexico many centuries ago. In recent history, it is the Cochiti Pueblo potters who are known for clay effigies depicting many different aspects of their every day life. Yet, it was not until 1964 that Helen Cordero of Cochiti Pueblo created her first "STORYTELLER" figure. Cordero's storyteller model was her grandfather who gathered his grandchildren around him to play the drum, sing them songs and tell stories of their Indian heritage and traditions.
It is estimated that ther are well over 200 Pueblo potters now creating storyteller, and of these, quite a large number are Cochiti. Every potter has their own special clay, technique, tools and colors.
Other popular storytellers are of other than human forms, such as a variety of animals, corn, moccasins, etc. Indian potters also create an Indian "Nacimiento" (Nativity Scene) depicting what their version of the birth of the Christ Child must have appeared to them.
Prices of storytellers may vary from a few dollars to several thousand dollars, dependiNg on the populariTy, fame and awards the maker has won in art show, galleries and fairs.
This is a healing dance which originated from a young Chippewa woman's story of healing.
When these "original" kachinas left the pueblos, they imported their gifts to the people who still carry on their traditions. At the time a pueblo dancer assumes the masks and costumes of those "ancestral beings," he imbues the power and characteristics of the particular kachina but he is not looked upon as a god, but merely as a symbol of one of the original kachinas.
Each kachina therefore has a specific function and is believed to be the spirit of an animal, bird, plant, object, place or person. Originally, the kachina doll was devised as a teaching tool gived to ones children as part of their cultural and religious training. It is estimated that there are more than 250 different kachinas with several new additions added periodically.
Kachinas have a rich and varied history beyond the fact that they are just wooden carved dolls for sale at Indian stores. The "original" kachinas were supernatural spirits and beings. These mostly benevolent entities once lived among the Indian people and taught them basic living skills for well-being.
These skills included: how to hunt and make tools and other artifacts;
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When discovered in the Dry Creek Mine on the Shoshone Indian Reservation near Battle Mountain, Nevada in 1993, they were not sure what it was.
