[art] National Museum of the American Indian

The reception for the conference I was attending last week in DC was held at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. It was a great museum. There were so many artifact and textiles to see.

Beaded belts made from wampum shells:



A more modern beaded piece:



A woven pouch:



A knit hat (I love all the vibrant colors and the scalloped edge):



The gift shop had a basket of colorful handknit sheep (I think there are pigs and roosters in there, too):



Lots of textiles to be inspired by. I've love to make a knock-off version of the bobble sheep- they would make the cutest ornaments.