Ceremonial begins
Best of Show art unique

Jill Pulgar and Laveda Buser sort jewelry entries to be put into cases after judging had been completed for the Gallup Inter-Tribal Ceremonial juried Art Show on Monday afternoon. State senators and representatives were in town to took a tour of entries in the Gallup Inter-Tribal Ceremonial Art Show.— © 2009 Gallup Independent / Brian Leddy

Copyright © 2009
Gallup Independent
By Bill Donovan
Independent correspondent

GALLUP — Everyone who saw the piece that won best of show at this year’s Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial said they had seen nothing like it before.

It was a Navajo weaving in red and blue but instead of using wool, the weaver, Julian Upshaw, used 100 percent silk.

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