Southwest Crossroads— Search for "keyword: designs"

DocumentsImages

Results Found: 16
Matching Keywords: designs		[ ? ] Search Help
See 40 Image Results

	Content Information
1	Title: Zuni Pottery Designs Source(s): The Pueblo Potter: A Study of Creative Imagination in Primitive Art Author(s): Ruth Bunzel (Author) Zuni pottery designs. The Deer’s House (nawe awan kyakwenne) Use: On the body of water jars or the interior of bowls. “We paint the deer so that our husbands can have good luck hunting. Deerskins are so expensive we cannot buy them anymore, and so we like to have ... Show Keywords:
2	Title: The Pueblo Potter: A Study of Creative Imagination in Primitive Art Author(s): Ruth Bunzel (Author) A Pueblo potter explains how to teach a girl to make a pot. When a girl starts to make a jar, I should tell her to take a handful of clay about the size of a cup, and to work it in her hands, using two fingers, until it is like a cup. Then she should put it in a mold and roll strips of clay about as thick as ... Show Keywords:
3	Title: Zuni Silver Author(s): Southwest Crossroads Spotlight Introduction of silversmithing to the Southwest and Zunis. The introduction of silver and silversmithing among the Indians in the Southwest dates from the middle of the 1800s. Mexican traders first introduced the Navajo to silver. Like pottery, migrations and trade among peoples spread jewelry-making designs... Show Keywords:
4	Title: Lanyade Source(s): The Navajo and Pueblo Silversmiths Author(s): John Adair (Author) The first Zuni silversmith was a man named Lanyade. He tells this story at the age of 95. When I was a young man about thirty years old [1872], a Navajo came to Zuni who knew how to make silver. This mans Navajo name was Atsidi Chon. I had traveled through the Navajo country a good many times, on my way to the Hopi villages, and I knew ... Show Keywords:
5	Title: The Journey of Fray Marcos de Niza Source(s): The Journey of Fray Marcos de Niza Author(s): Fray Marcos de Niza (Author); Cleve Hallenbeck (Editor) What happens when Fray Marcos de Niza sends Estevan the Spanish Moor as advance scout in search of the golden Cities of Cibola in 1539. On another route I sent Estevan de Dorantes, the black, whom I instructed to follow to the north for fifty or sixty leagues, to see if by that route he would be able to learn of any great thing such as we sought; and I agreed with him that if he rece... Show Keywords:
6	Title: Hopi Author(s): Southwest Crossroads Spotlight An introduction to and overview of the Hopi material in Southwest Crossroads. The villages of Hopi are the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in North America. Oraibi, the oldest village, dates back to about 1125 A.D. Present-day Hopis live in thirteen villages on and around three mesas in northern Arizona. For hundr... Show Keywords:
7	Title: Hopi Silver Author(s): Southwest Crossroads Spotlight How the Hopis came to be silversmiths. Silversmithing in the American Southwest tells a story of creative encounters among peoples. The Navajos probably learned the art of silversmithing from Mexican artisans. Oral tradition recalls that a Navajo taught silversmithing to a Zuni man named ... Show Keywords:
8	Title: Awat’ovi Kiva Murals Author(s): Southwest Crossroads Spotlight Discussion of the kiva murals found at Awat'ovi Pueblo. The Hopis lived in the village of Awat’ovi on Antelope Mesa from about 1200 AD until its destruction in 1700. Between 1300 and 1600 AD Hopi artisans painted dozens of large murals in the village kiva, one on top of another. Between 1935 and 1939... Show Keywords:
9	Title: Acoma Pottery Author(s): Southwest Crossroads Spotlight Acoma pottery in the past and today. From earliest times, Pueblo Indian potters have made ceramic pots for practical daily use. Pueblo people carried, cooked, and stored water and food in pottery. They also used it for ceremonial purposes. The exceptional quality of Acoma pottery made i... Show Keywords:
10	Title: Acoma Pottery Design Motifs Author(s): Southwest Crossroads Spotlight The development of bread bowls and an explanation of common design motifs. Bread Bowls When the Spaniards introduced wheat and various fruits and vegetables to the Southwest, the Acomas and Lagunas began to need new sizes and shapes of vessels for food preparation and storage. One of these was the large dough bowl, up to 1... Show Keywords:

Results Found: 16

1 2 Next