The Navajo’s silver-smithing is famous internationally; and most of them are recognized in the United States’ art culture. It dated back to 1853 with the arrival of Mexican silver-smithing. Navajos are believed to have learned the art of smith from the Mexicans and were only practicing smithing with silver (Sonneborn 2007:142). The art of silversmith is still being practiced and is one of the major sources of income for the Navajo people (Wunder et al 2009:23). Other than silver-smithing, weaving is also a major part of their traditional customs. The art of weaving is kept in the Navajo nation where national arts and craft are also stored (Sonneborn 2007:65). These two forms of artwork are highly praised by the Americans, creating an image of Navajos as artists. …show more content…
The best kind of art celebrated by Navajo people are the colored rugs made by women. Presently, Navajo people have established commercial studios for the purpose of painting (Iverson and Roessel 2002:43).
The arts practiced by the Hmong people are normally very colorful with similar pattern to the Aymara tribe in South America. To the Vietnamese, the arts created by Hmong people are beautiful and show some level of civilization of the Hmong people. Major works of art for the Hmong people include needlework, embroidery, and love songs (Wunder 2009:32). There are strikingly similarities the embroidery clothing items made by the Hmongs and the traditional embroidery and weaving by the Aymara