toric And Primitive Art).
             Native Americans primarily used buffalo skins for clothing, containers,
             tepee covers and shield. Triangular and quadrangular shaped designs were
             often imprinted with beads and porcupine quills. In the Southwest regions,
             art of the Americans was based upon strong, graphic, geometric designs
             Before the coming of the Europeans, Native American art consisted of
             art that was utilitarian in function and was adorned with symbolic elements
             that were used in their daily lives.
             In other instances minute differences in design motifs on clothing or
             structures served as differentiating mechanisms, rendering the
             immediately apparent to knowledgeable outsiders. Standards of beauty,
             that they were considered at all, were based on traditional notions,
             or experimentation away from the cultural norm (The Effects Of
             European Contact). After the coming of the Europeans, Native American
             art suffered greatly. Their artifices were sold to museums and private
             collections. Their art was often considered different and was hardly stolen
             as a result they were sold at bargain rates. This greatly provoked
             conflicts between the Native Americans and the early Europeans. During the
             early years of the European invasion, the abject poverty of the Native
             Americans stimulated a great number of artists. Soon a cottage industry of
             art bloomed. It attracted numerous tourist markets and hypercri
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