Crafts Jewelry 180 - What A Collection.

Crafts Jewelry 180, One woman's collection of native American crafts jewelry and pottery will sure educate many in the four corners region. Dorothy Haslam was your typical Salt Lake City housewife, with an interest in all things Native American. From 1940 through 1980, Haslam took to collecting various items from the Navajo, Ute, Apache, Hopi and Zuni tribes’ craftsmen.

It wasn't until Ms. Haslam's passing in 2003 that her children knew the extent to her collection. While selling items at a garage sale with a variety of items available, a University of Utah geology professor asked the family if there were any Native American items available for sale, to which the children replied yes, but informed the man the items were getting appraised.

The items Haslam had collected were so rare and full of Native American History, that her family donated the items to a museum. The Utah Museum paid the family $180,000 for the more than 650 items their mother had collected and stored so carefully. The Utah Museum is using the items for educational purposes.