Indigenous Art

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Carved door (wood with iron staples) thought to be by the artist Sakiwa of the Nupe peoples, Nigeria

Yoruba twin statuettes covered with shells.  Artist unknown; 20th century.  Now in theMusée du quai

Ivory armband from the Yoruba city-state of Owo (in present-day Ondo State, Nigeria).  Artist unknow

Zapotec ceramic urn in the form of Cociyo, god of lightning and rain.  Artist unknown; ca. 400-500 C

Extensively decorated with modeled imagery, duct flutes of Veracruz are characterized by one or two

Bird mask of the Tsimshian people, used in initiation ceremonies.  Artist unknown; 19th century.  Co

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Navajo woman’s dress (one panel).  Artist unknown; 1860.  Now in the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Ceremonial wool cape of the Chilkat clan of the Tlingit people, northwest coast of North America, 18

medievalpoc:The Inuit Discovery of Scotland in 1682James Wallace (d. September, 1688), a minister in

Demian DinéYazhi’Naasht’ézhí Tábąąhá Girlstwo-color lithograph22 x 30″edition of 17$600A two-color l

NYC + BK! I’ll be reading this weekend at Printed Matter and will be joined by my favorite NY poets

Olmec jadeite mask.  Artist unknown; 10th-6th cent. BCE.  Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Ph

Mask depicting ritual scarification, of the Ngbaka people, Nord-Ubangi province, Democratic Republic

At 63 feet long, the Great Canoe is completely seaworthy! Well, it was originally. After hanging in

Jeffrey Gibson, an artist of Choctaw and Cherokee descent, incorporates elements of Native American

Headdress worn during naming ceremonies, probably Tembé (Tembe) (attributed said to have been collec

Indigenous Peoples’ Day recognizes Indigenous and Native people as the original inhabitants of the l

Woman’s shirt with Ancestor figure motif (Frog ancestor) Run dialect, Li PeopleBaisha County,

Beaded cuff (rawhide, glass beads, and silk), one of a pair, of the Sioux people of the Great Plains

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Thank you, Minh Nguyen, for the beautiful write-up on Galéé Sin in @artpracticalsf. Such a tender an

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necklace, Kullilla Art

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