Events
EVENT
- TITLE:
- Smoki Museum Winter Rug Auction
- WHEN:
- Saturday Mar. 13
- WHERE:
- Smoki Museum - Prescott
- Category:
- Art Auction
DESCRIPTION
The Smoki Museum of American Indian Art & Culture's annual Winter Rug Auction is free and open to the public. A preview of the rugs is open from 10:00 am to noon.
Navajo Rugs from all over the Southwest will be up for auction at this unique event. Navajo Rug styles such as Ganado Red, Teec Nos Pos, Storm Pattern, Two Grey Hills, and more will be auctioned in the afternoon beginning at 1:00 p.m. Bruce Burnham from the R.B. Burnham & Co Trading Post in Sanders, Arizona, will be the auctioneer. Both the Burnham family and the Smoki Museum Staff will be on hand to assist beginners on how to bid.
Enjoy delicious Native American food, Fry Bread, and Indian Tacos! Complimentary beer and wine will be provided. For more information, call 928-445-1230 or visit their website.
VENUE
- Venue:
- Smoki Museum - WEBSITE
- STREET:
- 147 N. Arizona St.
- ZIP:
- 86301
- CITY:
- Prescott
- STATE:
- AZ
- COUNTRY:
-
DESCRIPTION
The ethnographic collections include clothing, ornaments and ceremonial paraphernalia from the Sioux, Apache and Woodland Indians. The extensive collection of baskets on display are from the local Yavapai, Apache, Pima, Tohono O'odham and Seri tribes and various California tribes.
The Museum's art collection includes oil and watercolor paintings, charcoal drawings and hundreds of Hopi photographs by Kate Cory. Ms. Cory decorated the Museum walls with several incredible kachina paintings.
The Smoki Museum library contains some 600 volumes, mostly on Native American prehistory and ethnography. In the library, you will find periodicals from Museum News and Pottery Southwest, among others.
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