This entertaining little coloring book introduces youngsters to traditional designs created by natives of the American Southwest.nbsp;Eight authentic, easy-to-color images depict fanciful images of birds, a lizard, turtle, flute player and dancer, thunderbird, spider, fish, and deer. Place completed artwork near a source of bright light for striking effects.

Sixteen contemporary images based on authentic tribal designsStained glass designer Carol Krez has captured the beauty of Native American arts and crafts in this unique coloring book. With sixteen full-page designs, she re-creates stunning patterns found in Southwestern tribal artifacts such as sand paintings, textiles, and pottery, some dating back a thousand years. Motifs depict geometric and abstract designs, images of animals, human figures, and more. Color them with a variety of media, then place them in a window to simulate a glowing stained glass effect. Pages are perforated for easy removal.

40 detailed illustrations: Navajo medicine man and braves, Apache chiefs, Hopi pottery makers, Pueblo flute player, drum makers of the Taos pueblo, Zuni turquoise driller, more. Captions.

Clearly rendered illustrations on 30 pages display authentic designs taken from rugs, masks, sandpaintings, pottery, jewelry, baskets, and other artifacts created by southwestern Native Americans. Geometrical designs on a Navajo woven saddlebag, a Chumash rock painting of mythical creatures, a Hopi kachina doll, an Apache "crown headdress," and more.

Sixteen dramatic images associated with North American tribes depict masks, totem poles, sand paintings, shields, warriors, kachina dolls, and more. Color and place near light for exciting effects.

8 distinctive figures and objects: Hopi dancer, Navaho sand painting of a woman, Blackfoot Indian in headdress, Plains Indian teepee, Pueblo pottery jar, three others.

39 illustrations depict ancient burial platforms, Natchez warriors of 1758, a modern Mikasuki Seminole alligator wrestler, and more.