Actual artifacts are relatively rare because of the organic materials used. They deteriorate and become dust in the wind over time.
Now, if those ‘copies’ were made by actual Native Americans that are still alive, is it any different that they weren’t made by someone whose been dead for a couple of centuries?
Making ‘artifacts’ for museum displays used to be a business that tribal nations ran................
They are NOT artifacts. The program was in 1939-1941...so any makers would be about 100 years old. doubt if any makers are living.
65. It is WHO and how an artifact was made that is important as it shows man’s development of ceramics, woodworking and metallurgy over millions of years. This is also important in tracing man’s mental capacities development over time.