Made by Indigenous craftspeople

Beadwork...

Before glass beads were available, the women who decorated used porcupine quills, fibers, seeds, nuts, pods, and other natural materials.

Woven cradle board, about 1900, Paiute. Willow, glass beads, wool yarn, rawhide leather, cotton string.

Paintings and sculptures of Indigenous Americans

More art from the James Museum of Western Art
 St Petersburg, FL

This caught my eye, having been to Mesa Verde National Park a few months ago, where Canyon del Muerto is (I think.)

Design in motion

And for another view of good design...this time in motion.
Andrew Wannerstedt

Thanks to another blogger for sharing this.

Bronze art

Much of the entrance and first floor of the James Museum in St. Petersburg FL has wonderful bronze statues...mainly of American Indians or old western figures.

Some Native American and Old West Art in Florida

 From the orientation movie...showing St. Petersburg downtown.

One of the beautiful bronze statues outside the James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art in downtown St. Petersburg FL. That's the family of the Raymond James financial planning company, and the Tampa FL football stadium as well.  The collection of one couple of the James family is exhibited in this museum.

I forgot to ask this handsome gentleman his name before leaning on his shoulder...who do you think it is?

 This is my daughter-in-law, Barbara Baker.

My son, Marty Heym, and Barbara were considering where to start on the 2nd floor.

I shared a lot of Native American art while I visited Santa Fe NM last summer. Here is the link to one of the first blogs about the Wheelwright Museum. You can look at a lot more jewelry, sculptures and original art by Native Americans in those posts. But this museum also had more than I expected!

But I also have more to share from the James Mueum.