True
Amer Ind decor, fashion and art CANNOT BE FOUND IN ANY COUNTRY OTHER THAN
the USA and CANADA, well, Latin America...sort of. We can ship these rare
items to EUROPE so aren't we lucky! Because everybody in EUROPE wants those
treasures! Due to HOLLYWOOD movie WESTERNS making AMERICAN INDIANS so FASCINATING,
their fashions/ shoes/ bags/ shirts, beads, pipes and gear are highly desired
by EUROPEANS who by coincidence, have
BIG
FAT EUROS in their wallets.If any EUROPEAN even spots
anything that looks remotely AMERICAN INDIAN in a shop window, they've
got to LUST to possess that INJUN mojo, or cachet and own that thing, especially
the hot-to-trot-18-40 group, the most moneyed marketplace out there. They
can imagine that odd purse on their belt and instantly want it. http://www.horsekeeping.com/jewelry/medicinebags/about-medicinebags.htm
MEDICINE BAGS are hot. Some designs should have two straps that snap over a ladies blue jean belt. So she wears it on her hip. Some might have a long strong strap.
FRINGED DEER SKIN (suede in a pinch) BOOTS
AND SHOES are so hot! That fringe is the design key to their
being So Totally Amerindian. In reality may be from Taiwan but they
look like SIOUX SHOES TO ME!
BEADS, string
'em on buckskin they're more INDIAN that way!
http://reneesdesigns.com/store/page4.html
VESTS http://www.native-american-market.com/image-files/feather_buffalo_vest.jpg
LEATHER ACCESSORIES
PIPES & masks http://www.nativepeoples.com/article/articles/3/1/Indian-Antique-Arts/Page1.html/print/3
I suggest you buy (USED) any of the dollar books ABEBOOKS has titled 'NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS" I found a copy for a dollar online, by Andrew Hunter Whiteford. You can search by AUTHOR's name ---Try both TITLE and AUTHOR separately. Then when you know where the RIGHT INDIANS are, you can use CRAIGS LIST to connect with folks in say...KANSAS near the KIOWA, or in IDAHO near the BLACKFEET, and there are tribes even in Vancouver and Canada. Frankly, I have NOT done my homework as I just have the idea, am not near tribes, and don't drive anyway anymore. I'm old! But I'd gauge that 100 cities across America and Canada are very close to a tribal reservation! THEN you want to get some maps from the AUTO CLUB and find the reservations and go straight to the artisan, not the RESELLER, where possible, choosing a line of UTILITARIAN ITEMS which folks really need: suede beaded vests, beaded suede bags that hang from the belt and suede moccasins and boots, which are worth hundreds in Europe cuz there are no INDIANS over there!
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