Travel theme: Handmade

Pottery on display at Acoma Pueblo

Pottery owl -- Haakkume Dyunni at Acoma Pueblo

Haakkume Dyunni — Painted Pottery of Acoma Pueblo

on exhibit from August 31, 2013 to September 7, 2014

Pueblo of Acoma: Sky City Cultural Museum and Haak’u Museum

approximately one hour from Albuquerque, New Mexico

http://www.acomaskycity.org/

For more handmade items in Ailsa’s challenge on Where’s My Backpack this week — Travel theme: Handmade — click here.

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Met at University of Tennessee, been married for 47 years, and still passionate about travel whether we're volunteering with Habitat Global Village, combining work at Discovery with pleasure, or just seeing the world. Hope you'll join us as we try to see it all while we can!
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9 Responses to Travel theme: Handmade

  1. Amy says:

    Very special handmade items. Beautiful!

    • Oh, the Places We See says:

      Thanks so much, Amy. It’s fun looking through old pictures to find something for the themes.

  2. Linda Arthur Tejera says:

    Gorgeous! I love that owl! :)

    • Oh, the Places We See says:

      I do, too, Linda! So much detail in all this pottery, but those fine lines are quite remarkable.

  3. Forestwoodfolkart says:

    Yes indeed they are wonderful pieces. Is the owl symbolic of something in particular in Mexican folk art traditions?

    • Oh, the Places We See says:

      Thanks so much for taking a look and commenting. I don’t exactly know how to answer your question about the owl. I “Googled” Mexican folk art owl and several sites came up, but nothing much on why the owl is part of the folk art. If you find something, let me know.

      • Forestwoodfolkart says:

        The Chinese believe the owl to be significant of wisdom, so it might be similar? ? Nevertheless it is a quality piece of art

  4. susanissima says:

    Gorgeous work! Thanks for sharing.

    • Oh, the Places We See says:

      Thanks for taking a look. These lovely pots really appealed to me. The patterns are so similar to quilt patterns and even some patterns I saw in Africa. Really liked them!

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