The Shop is Open Tuesday - Thursday 10am - 3pm and by scheduled visitsvia emailing to IndianCraftShop@guestservices.comNote: There is currently a larger selection than on the web of jewelry and fetish carvings in the Shop - email requests for images of particular interests. For Curbside or Instore PICKUP: Use the Shop address as the SHIP TO address for appropriate tax. Shipping charges will be refunded at time of pickup.The Indian Craft Shop is under historic preservation.Representing American Indian arts and crafts since 1938.
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This book represents this diverse art form of painting designs on containers of folded or sewn rawhide. Published in conjunction with an exhibit at the Des Moines Art Center, the author introduces the reader to the origin and history of parfleche production. He further reveals the diversity and high quality of this art by devoting sections to materials, construction and painting techniques, forms and functions, characteristics and regional and tribal styles.
University of Washington Press, 1994Hardback, 272 pages