ʻO kekahi hōʻike kūikawā ma ka Heard Museum i Phoenix, Arizona i mālamaʻia mai ka mahinaʻo Nowemapa 2011 a hiki i ka mahinaʻo Kepakemapa 2012 i kapaʻiaʻo Native American Bolo Ties: Vintage a Contemporary i hoʻohoihoi hou i kēia pono kaulana oʻAmelika.
ʻOiai e hiki i kekahi ke hana i kekahi pāpale bolo mai nā mea'ē aʻe, eʻikeʻoe he nui ka poʻe ma Arizona,ʻo ia hoʻi nā mea i hanaʻia e nā mea hanaʻAmelika American, i hanaʻia mai ke kālā a hoʻohana i kaʻeleʻele e like me ka pōhakuʻonika,ʻo ia mau mea heʻano maoli a nui loa ma Arizona.
E hoʻololi i ke kālā a iʻole ke kumukānāwai i loko o ka'āpana no kahi kaula i hoʻopaʻaʻia me ke kaula kila a me ke kaula keʻokeʻo a aiaʻoe i nā hana o ke kāʻei. Ua hoʻohanaʻia ma lalo o ke kola e like me ka'ā'ī. ʻAʻole pono ka māmā e hoʻopaʻa i ka'ā'ī, akā hoʻohilahi kekahi mau kāne i kēlāʻano.
ʻAe, e like me kāu e manaʻo ai, e loaʻa ana iāʻoe kahi hōʻuluʻulu piha o kā lākou kūʻai aku ma Amazon.com! ʻO kekahi o nāʻano maʻalahi me nā pōhaku, nāʻaeto'ē aʻe, nā leka o ka huapalapala no nā hua mua, nā hōʻailonaʻAmelika, nā manaʻo no nā kauā a me nā pipi, nā hōʻailona hoʻomana, a me nā mea'ē aku. Pākuʻi: mai manaʻoʻoe i kekahi'āpana waiwai no $ 12 no keʻano kiʻekiʻe loa!
Ua hōʻike maikaʻiʻia ka Heard Museum i kēia moʻolelo pokole o ka pila:
ʻO ka piko iʻikeʻia i ka hema o Southwest, a ua laha koke kona kaulana i ka Komohana a me nā wahi'ē aʻe o ka'āina. Ua hoʻonuiʻia ka'ā'ī e nā mea hanaʻAmelikaʻAmelika oʻAmelika i Arizona, aʻo ia ka mea nāna e hana i nā loiloi iʻikeʻia e ka pilikino a me kaʻike.
ʻO Bolo ke kuʻiʻana, e kū ana i keʻano kūlohelohe a me ka liʻiliʻi o ka waena o ke Komohana, ua puka mai heʻano o ka'ā'ī o nā kānaka i ka makahiki 1940. Ua pale pololei lākou i nāʻoihanaʻoihana a me nā kūlana kūpono i paniʻia, a ma kahi o ka hōʻailonaʻana i kahiʻanoʻokoʻa a me kahiʻano'ē aʻe. ʻO keʻano,ʻo nā mea kūʻai kālepaʻAmelika a me nā mea hana kālā kā lākou i lawe mai i kēlā me kēia kanaka a me ka hana hoʻohalike i kēiaʻanoʻoihana, e hāʻawi ana i ka nui o nā koho kūikawā a me nāʻoihana.
ʻO ka wili o Western, e pili ana i ke kāʻei o ka pila, ua hoʻolahaʻia i nā makahiki 1950 a me nā hīmeni. ʻO kekahi mau mea leka uila a me nā kiʻi kiʻiʻoniʻoni i lawe mai i nā kāhili ulaʻula a me nā bolo i loko o ka loina o ka laina e komo pū me Cisco Kid, Hopalong Cassidy a me Roy Rogers. Ua hanaʻia nā pilina o Bolo e nā mea kūʻai kālepaʻAmelika mai ka makahiki 1940 a hoʻomau lākou i ka hana i kēia mau lā.
Ma keʻano o nā makahiki he nui ka heleʻana o ke kākoʻo o ke kāloka no ka loaʻaʻana o ke kūlana o kaʻaʻahu kahiko o Arizona . KoOLʻO ka huila 10 o Bill Close a me nā mea'ē aʻe heʻelima hou i hui i ka makahiki 1966 ma ke Komohana Ho Hotel ma Phoenix. Mai kinohi mai,ʻo ko lākou manaʻo e hana i ka palu i kahi hōʻailona'āina. Ma muli paha o ke kōkuaʻana i ke kumu, ua hoʻolahaʻo Arizona Highways Magazine i nāʻaoʻao o ka pukeʻoʻOkakopa 1966 i nā meaʻoihana o Southwestern, a me nā pilina bolo. Ua kōkua maiʻo Kāpena Jack Williams i ka pule mua o Malaki 1969 e like me "Bolo Tie Week." Ma hope o nā ho'āʻo holomuaʻole, ua hoʻopauʻia ka pālākiʻi e hoʻokomo ana i ka pōʻai i kaʻaʻahu āpau o ka moku'āina i ka lā 22 o Aperila, 1971.ʻO ka pāpale pāpale no nāʻaʻahu kahiko o New Mexico a me Texas,ʻoiaiʻo Arizona ka moku'āina mua e koho ai pēlā.
ʻO wai ka mea e paʻa ana i nā pili bolo? ʻO nā kāne a me nā wāhine, no ka mea hoʻokahi. ʻOiai e nānā ana i kekahi mau kiʻi kaulana,ʻike au i nāʻaʻahu bolo i kāhikoʻia e Dwight D. Eisenhower, David Fienstein, Maria Sharapova, Patrick Swayze, Ansel Adams, Robin Williams, Viggo Mortensen, David Carradine, Val Kilmer, Richard Pryor a me ʻO Johnny Carson.
Aia ka Heard Museum ma mua o 170 mau bolo i nā koina paʻa. Aia ma kahi kokoke i ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Phoenix a hiki keʻikeʻia e METRO Light Rail .