Saturday, February 18, 2012

Tarahumara Crafts

The Tarahumara are not well known for their pottery, you will see many pieces incorrectly described on the market due to lack of knowledge. We have seen Tarahumara pieces identified on auction sites as being "Anasazi", "Hohokam", and "Papago". We highly recommend you familiarize yourself with the pottery made by these indigenous peoples of Mexico. Learn more at: http://rarepotteryinfo.siteprotect.net/TarahumaraVirtualMuseum.htm

The Tarahumara make many other crafts such as arrows and carved wooden ladles shown above.They also produce drums, baskets, cloth, an many other handmade items.



Tarahumara Recommended Reading

The Tarahumara - Raramuri

Added photographs of many Tarahumara pottery vessels: http://rarepotteryinfo.siteprotect.net/TarahumaraPottery1.htm