The first two are are from northwestern California, and probably Hupa,
Yurok, or Karok. It is often difficult to identify the specific tribe,
unless you know who was the individual weaver, since the nearby tribes
tended to use the same forms, techniq...
A kachina is a spiritual figure, found only in the Hopi, Zuni, and a few
related tribes of the Rio Grande Valley, in New Mexico. No other tribe
has kachinas in their religion/culture. Authentic kachina dolls (which
were originally sometimes used as t...
Tried to answer this before, but evidently it didn't go through. The
Yanomami live in the area between Brazil and Venezuela, in the South
American equitorial rainforest. That's half a world away from Borneo. So
it is likely that the item was misident...
Navajo weavings are identified not by the design, but by the way they
are woven. They will never be woven with fringe across both ends. There
are only two types of Navajo rugs that have fringe at all: what's called
a Gallup Throw, which has fringe on...
