Balsas River - Arts and Crafts

Arts and Crafts

During the Tarascan period, the people of the valley created many items of red-slipped buff-colored pottery, painted in white, cream or red and made many ceramic pipes and tools using bronze alloys. The Mexican Indians inhabiting the Balsas river valley are noted for their bark paintings, often depicting flowers and wildlife.

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