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Desert Floral Silk Scarf

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  3. Desert Floral Silk Scarf

Desert Floral Silk Scarf

  • $65.00

Spend any time in Indian Country and you’re sure to have seen a “kokum” or “grandma” scarf. Typically made out of cotton and decorated with brightly-colored flowers, these scarves are Russian in origin, through the long history of trade and commerce between Russian missionaries and Indigenous communities.

In this modern twist, Inspired Natives® Collaborator Jared Yazzie (Diné/Navajo) has decolonized the design. Though the artist has kept the traditional floral element, he has replaced the primary color palette with subtle desert hues and incorporated Indigenous plants and iconography from Navajo Country. 

A note on the fabric: these 100% silk scarves are plain weave and the design is printed on one side. (Silk is the fiber; plain weave is the weave structure.) These scarves have a smooth texture and are the typical "slipperiness" many people associate with silk. Our silk scarves have the lightness and coolness you expect from silk, with a fluid drape.

  • 100% silk 
  • 35 in x 35 in / 88.9 cm x 88.9 cm
  • Dry clean only
  • Imported

Thank you for supporting Inspired Natives®, not "Native-inspired."

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about the artist

Ya'at'eeh, my name is Jared Yazzie and I am a Diné artist, designer, and entrepreneur from Holbrook, Arizona. I am the founder of OXDX Clothing, a fashion label that specializes in bold, graphic style and strong statements, with the hopes to carry on a cultural tradition of visual storytelling. I am a self taught graphic artist and screen printer and got my start selling T-shirts out the truck of my car and from my dorm room at the University of Arizona. I currently run a storefront and workspace in Tempe, Arizona. Since its inception in 2009, OXDX has been featured in articles written by CNN, The Wall Street Journal, Refinery 29, the Huffington Post, and High Snobiety, as well as featured in curated exhibits at the Peabody Essex Museum, Philbrook Art Museum, Portland Art Museum, and the Smithsonian Institution.

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