Original
High Plains
Regional Rendezvous
Not Affiliated
with the NMLRA
Trade Rules
Unacceptable Trade Items
This is a list of items we do not wish to see at Rendezvous.
It is not all-inclusive. Some items will be judged on a case-by-case basis.
Please remember this is a Fur-Trade Era, 1650-1840, event.
- African Bead Work- Jewelry, crosses, art, etc
- Antler Art- Chandeliers, candleholders, non-period carvings, exotic carved, etc
- Art/Paintings- thing Non-Period, open display of framed art, scenes painted on skulls, rocks, saw blades, buckskin
- Artificial Sinew- Is accepted as a thread, not a decoration
- Audio Tapes- Not openly displayed (period books are ok)
- Australian Goods- Musical instruments, cloths
- Badges- Law enforcement, etc
- Ballpoint Pens
- Bead Work- Taiwan, doll necklaces, miniature beaded moccasins, plastic, Fima, no imported finished beadwork, etc
- Beaded Earrings- Beaded earrings were never made by Indians during the Fur Trade Era or even Reservation Era. They are modern Pow-Wow jewelry. They are sometimes considered rendezvous acceptable if they are not made with modern colors, styles of beads, and animal patterns
- Belt Buckles- Any modern design
- Belts- Anything modern
- Bird Houses- decorated or painted, gourd, etc
- Candles- Anything modern, scented, colored
- Cap Guns
- Cedar Tourist Boxes- Discretionary item, no modern closures, snaps, sythetic material
- Ceramics- Modern vases, cups, pots, masks, etc
- Cigarette Lighter Cases or Covers
- Civil War Era Goods
- Claws and Teeth- Any illegal animal or animal not in keeping with the spirit of the rendezvous
- Clothing- Non-period zippers, plastic buttons, nylon, etc
- Copper- Bracelets or other jewelry stamped with tipi or thunderbirds, etc
- Cork (Pop) Guns
- Cowboy Era Goods- Clothing, riveted jeans, etc
- Crafts- Non-period
- Crystal Ball- Necklaces, earrings (claw, hand, wizard, etc)
- Dolls- Modern porcelain, rubber, Kachina, plastic parts, etc except "period-correct"
- Dream Catchers- Wall display, earrings, necklaces, etc
- Enamel Ware- Is not period, but is considered rendezvous acceptable
- Fart Spoons
- Fasteners- Snaps, Velcro, zippers, etc
- Feathers- Unnatural colors, illegal birds of prey, etc (feathers dyed natural colors are ok)
- Fima- Beads and jewelry
- Fish Assholes- (Spaghetti O's relabeled)
- Flutes- No bamboo or cane
- Food Items- Excluding small food items
- Furs- Fake, dyed bright colors, fake coonskin caps
- Glasses- "John Lennon" sunglasses with plastic ear or nose pieces
- God's Eyes- Or other glass objects of a modern decorative nature
- Guns- Non-period revolvers (cap lock rifles, Patterson ok)
- Hangers- Modern, wire (wood with metal hooks ok)
- Hat tacks, Pins,- No modern design
- Hats- Non-period hatpins, tacks, fake fur hatbands
- Honey Sticks- Plastic
- Horns- Exotic carved or raw, horns that are not native to North America
- Horse Shoe Puzzles
- Imported Beadwork- ANY
- Incense/Scented- Oil In modern containers
- Key Chains- Any
- Knives- "NON-PERIOD, folding fishing knives, plastic handles, multi-colored handles, snap sheathes, Pakistan-type with unnatural handles, boot knives, Malaysian-style kriss knives (wavy blades), Stainless SteelKnives will not be sold to anyone under 16 years of age unless accompanied by an adult."
- Lanterns- Pakistan-type (brass with etched glass), kerosene lanterns
- Magazines, Books- Not openly displayed (period books are ok)
- Mandellas
- Masks- Any modern design
- Mexican Blankets- Pastel and fluorescent colors (old colors like Rio Grand are ok)
- Modern Jewelry- Rings, necklaces, earrings (excluding wedding rings)
- Money Clips- Any modern design
- Noise Makers- Any modern design, bamboo flutes, hand drums with two twisting beads (tin flutes, harmonicas, and jews harps are ok)
- Novelty Items- Road Kill items, rubber animals that jump out of a box, rattle snake eggs
- Nylon Rope- Or products made from it
- Oval Conchos- Oval Conchos are a later period than the Fur Trade
- Pencil Sharpeners- No modern metal
- Pendants- No modern metal
- Photo Booths- Non-period
- Plastic- Beads, bags, claws, elk teeth, talons, fingers, skulls, hatbands, charms, canteens, buttons, harmonicas, hairpipe, etc
- PLASTIC, ANY
- Quilts- Discretionary item
- Rain Sticks
- Reconstituted- Antler, ivory, and bone items
- Road Kill/Joke Items- (Does not mean fox, coyote, badger, and other assorted critters found on the highway)
- Rubber- Rubber band guns, Native American items, insects or animals
- Screws- Wooden products with visible screws (philips, Chromium, etc)
- Shirts- Indian Wars/Ribbon shirts
- Soaps- Other than those found at that time
- Stones- Polished stone jewelry, modern cut stones, onyx jewelry, Hematite, Zingers, onyx fetishes
- Taxidermy Animals
- Turquoise and Coral- Jewelry - modern cut or production
- Utensils- Cheap chrome items with or without antler handles (ice cream scoops, etc)
- Velcro Items
- Welded Items- Unless you can grind out visible welds (camp stoves, braziers, folding grills?)
- Wind Chimes
- Zippers
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