Mission Del Rey Blog

Try painted drums if you are looking for a great rustic decorating idea. You can use decorative drums, made by Native American Indians to give your home true, southwestern style. I was recently looking for an easy and inexpensive way to redecorate my living room and give it a rustic, western flare, and started buying great southwestern accessories for rustic home decor. I ended up purchasing two beautiful painted drums that added the perfect rustic touch to my home and gave it that authentic, …

Painting drums with Indian art is a fascinating activity. As you can see from our website we offer a variety of painted drums that reflect many different images from Native American life and nature. We are often asked how to paint a drum by those in Native American circles. While selecting a personal drum that is painted is easiest for most people, it can also be very fulfilling to customize a drum yourself. Get creative and express yourself, letting your drum painting p …

Native American artists Freddie & Diana Panana are outstanding Navajo artists from Northern Arizona's second Mesa area. Working with their hands is something they enjoy and sharing their work is a part of their lives that includes their children and grandchildren. Freddie and Diana work together to create and paint high quality Indian artifacts such as gourd rattles and medicine bags. Their pieces reflect the traditional Navajo designs and techniques that they have learned. Made with great c …

Have you ever wondered how exactly pow wow drums are used? I had, but never really knew they played such an important role in the Native American culture until I had the opportunity to attend one of these events, and started talking to the American Indian singers about the important part the pow wow drum plays in the ceremony. Native drum groups understand the importance and significant role of this type of drum in their culture, but most people I come across have only a vague idea of how the na …

Baskets serve many functions in a traditional Tarahumara household. A basket may be used to store corn, beans or a number of other things. As the floors of most Tarahumara homes are dirt, baskets help keep personal items organized and clean. There are generally two types of baskets; The first and most common being of yucca or sotol. These are used constantly in everyday life. The second type of basket is fashioned from pine needles and is most common in the higher elevations where pine trees are …