SELLING CAPS AND THE COMMERCIAL MARKET

Brizard concludes, "We trust that this little catalogue will be found of some interest and that through it we and our Indians will be brought into a closer relationship with the lovers of Indian Art throughout the United States, among whom are its most learned, refined and artistic people." The attitudes and language of Brizard are typical of the period and while reflecting a genuine appreciation of Indian art they reveal no awareness of the individual weavers.
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