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Smoki Museum Rug Auction

26th July 2008

Smoki Museum Rug Auction

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After the auction, the Spider Rock Girls posed with Bruce Burnham

Today, I was at the Smoki Museum auction in Prescott, AZ.  Although this auction features quite a few vintage rugs, the Spider Rock Girls also consigned some of their recent weavings and sold most of them.  After the auction, I got a nice picture of them with trader and auctioneer Bruce Burnham.  From left in back are Larissa Blake, Kara Whitney, Emily Malone, Laramie Blake and Bruce Burnham.  Seated in front are LaVera Blake and Tara Whitney.

Although the market for Navajo textiles is a little soft in this economy, unique high quality weavings still attact the attention of collectors.  I added five weavings to the group of rugs that go to the weaving classes I coordinate.  I’ll share the pictures of those tomorrow.   There were 310 weavings in the auction, so its been a long day, but a lot of fun.

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    Raymon: I have a blanket simialr to the pink blanket. My dad's family had sheep. Every year they would gather the wool and take it to Utah Woolen mills and make beautiful wool blankets. Similar to Pendleton blankets, in many different colors. Love the turquoise jewlrey. My mom has a big beaded bag of it that I hope I get a few peices of (she's half Native American) She finds it kind of amusing that Native American prints etc. are "in" right now.

    Remigio: Way to go, Navajo Nation! Either cease-and-desist, or collect roiaetyls for the use of your name (only on quality products of which you approve, of course). Same with sports teams that use Native names as mascots. Until recently, the University of North Dakota was paying the Standing Rock Sioux annual roiaetyls to use the name Fighting Sioux , which was a win-win and a source of pride for both parties. Unfortunately for both the Tribe and the university, political correctness put an end to that.

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