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<p>[QUOTE="iPacific, post: 505963, member: 9337"]Yes, those are nicely made little baskets. When I lived in New Mexico I once remarked it was sometimes hard to tell the Native Americans from the Mexican Americans. This in the 1980s at a time when tribal memberships and provenance was an issue for many pueblos. Then someone pointed out that Mexico is in North America and therefore most have Native American roots. I met a lot of folks of Tarahumara ancestry, and in truth, may have had more pure Native American background than many NA in New Mexico. And the value of NA art from NA in the U.S. is quite a bit higher than NA south of the border. Maybe what I am trying to say is that art from Mexico may not have as much dollar value, but certainly as much worth.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="iPacific, post: 505963, member: 9337"]Yes, those are nicely made little baskets. When I lived in New Mexico I once remarked it was sometimes hard to tell the Native Americans from the Mexican Americans. This in the 1980s at a time when tribal memberships and provenance was an issue for many pueblos. Then someone pointed out that Mexico is in North America and therefore most have Native American roots. I met a lot of folks of Tarahumara ancestry, and in truth, may have had more pure Native American background than many NA in New Mexico. And the value of NA art from NA in the U.S. is quite a bit higher than NA south of the border. Maybe what I am trying to say is that art from Mexico may not have as much dollar value, but certainly as much worth.[/QUOTE]
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