I took my friend Dianna to The Heard Museum on Friday March 22, 2013.
I wanted to introduce her to some of the Southwest Indian culture we have here in Arizona.
This monument in the courtyard of the museum is dedicated to the Indians that served in the World Wars.
Dianna is sanding in the courtyard of the Heard Museum.
The Indian art is interesting to look at.
I am standing near the front entrance of the Heard Museum.
We enjoyed looking at all the art pieces together.
This was an interesting exhibit at the museum.
This exhibit showed how the Native Indians used corn.
Chili is another food that they liked to eat .
Familiar foods that originated in the Americas.
Some Indian art on display at the Heard Museum.
America's First People.
The American Indian tribes and where they are located.
Mural around the wall in this room at the Heard Museum.
Explanation of the mural.
We enjoyed looking at all the interesting exhibits at the Heard Museum.
Apache Indian Display.
Baskets made by the Apache Indians.
This shows how the rugs are made.
We saw some beautiful rugs.
A story is woven into this rug.
This rug has lots of birds.
This is an interesting rug.
This rug shows the life of an Indian on the Apache Indian Reservation.
In another area they showed "Attitudes of Prayer".
I like this sculpture showing a mother and child praying.
Yauqui Homeland. - Another tribe of Indians in Arizona.
The Indians weave beautiful baskets.
We enjoyed looking at all of the baskets.
An Indian Pow Wow.
More beautiful Navajo rugs.
Navajo Indian Culture.
They make beautiful turquoise jewelry.
More Navajo art work.
Kachina dolls.
Senator Barry Goldwater gave his collection of kachina dolls to the Museum.
He had over 400 kachina dolls in his collection.
Each one is unique and beautiful.
This display showed the culture of the Hopi Indians. This shows samples of their weaving.
They make beautiful clay pots.
Each pot is beautifully decorated.
Hopi Jewelry.
Zuni Jewelry
Headdresses that they wear during their ceremonies.
Another interesting exhibit at the museum.
Dianna and I enjoyed the time spent at the Heard museum.
As we walked back to the car we saw these interesting trees.
The vegetation around Arizona is very unique.
Dianna likes all the palm trees. The Heard Museum showing the culture of the Indians is unique. We enjoyed our time there.
