LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Autry National Center’s lobby now features an exquisite installation highlighting notable objects from the Southwest Museum of the American Indian Collection, representing Indigenous cultures from Alaska to Brazil. Some of the items displayed were made by prominent artists, such as Maria Martinez, who is credited with creating the innovative blackware ceramic style. Other items, such as a tobacco pipe given by Sitting Bull to Buffalo Bill, belonged to known historical figures. The thirty-one objects range from an ancient basket dating back to 500 BC to a contemporary ceramic from 2007. “The Southwest Museum of the American Indian Collection is one of America’s premier collections of Native American art and artifacts. It has long been our goal to display