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Ancient Isthmian Metalwork in Reproduction: Researched by Trevor Heitz

January, 2021 by Sarah Teel

Contrary to popular misconceptions, metalwork dates back to very ancient times in the Americas, with copperworking in the Great Lakes Region of North America starting as early as 5,000 BCE.  By the first millennium BCE, the Andean cultures of South America had developed metalwork processes, and these practices spread up into the Isthmian region of lower Central America by the … [Read more...] about Ancient Isthmian Metalwork in Reproduction: Researched by Trevor Heitz

Filed Under: 2018 Fall, ART 385: Art of the Americas Tagged With: 20th century art, colombia, colombian mestizo cultures, gran chiriquí, Gran Chiriquí culture, isthmian metalwork, metalwork, panama, panamanian mestizo cultures, quimbaya culture, quimbaya female shaman, reproductions, tairona cacique, tairona culture, tolima culture, tolima pendant

Masks and Headdresses from Around the Americas: Researched by Kari Mishler, Josh Barry, and Nicole Manhart

January, 2021 by Sarah Teel

  The Iroquois cornhusk mask, also known as the Husk Face mask or Bushy Head mask, represents a mythological, human-like people who grow enormous quantities of crops in their  supernatural valley on the other side of the world, where the seasons are reversed.  The Husk Face people taught the Iroquois how to cultivate crops and to live a thriving sedentary life, and … [Read more...] about Masks and Headdresses from Around the Americas: Researched by Kari Mishler, Josh Barry, and Nicole Manhart

Filed Under: 2018 Fall, ART 385: Art of the Americas Tagged With: 20th century art, bill bouchard, braided mask, bushy head cornhusk mask, cordage mask, cornhusk mask, feathered headdress, husk face cornhusk mask, iroquois culture, Navajo/Diné culture, portrait mask, tawa sun kachina mask, tikuna culture, tsimshian culture, tururi cloth painted mask, txukahamei culture

Native Ceramic Vessels from Around the Americas: Researched by Whitney Mosley and Sarah Teel

January, 2021 by Sarah Teel

Among the indigenous artists of the Americas, ceramists have developed signature pottery forms that are based on traditional cooking and storage vessels.  These artists often also developed elaborate, decorative forms of pottery to serve for important civic or ritual occasions, as well as to cater to and satisfy high-status patrons.  Some forms, motifs, and designs on these … [Read more...] about Native Ceramic Vessels from Around the Americas: Researched by Whitney Mosley and Sarah Teel

Filed Under: 2018 Fall, ART 385: Art of the Americas Tagged With: 19th century art, 20th century art, casas grandes, casas grandes style vessels, ceramics, conté polychrome-style, geometric designs, isleta pueblo culture, lakota culture, mata ortiz, mestizo cultures, native ceramic vessels, paha sapa design, pueblo cultures, ramona, tinamou motifs, uru-chipaya culture, wedding vase

Basketry from Throughout the Americas: Researched by Abbey Waterworth

October, 2020 by Sarah Teel

This basket is a good example of the exchange of ideas and techniques among Native American peoples, as it was made by a woman of Native American ancestry from eastern Canada, but who learned to make baskets in the Southeast Woodlands, which is a region of the Southeastern United States.  Cultures from the Southeast region, including the Cherokee, Choctaw, and Coushatta, have … [Read more...] about Basketry from Throughout the Americas: Researched by Abbey Waterworth

Filed Under: 2018 Fall, ART 385: Art of the Americas Tagged With: 20th century art, baskets, cherokee culture style, Emberá-Wounaan culture, florida pine needle basket, lucille, miniature basket, olla-style basket, tarahumara culture, ye'kuana culture

Physician’s Medical Bag: Researched and Conserved by Sarah Teel

September, 2020 by Sarah Teel

The portable medical kit is not a recent invention, as ancient Egyptian and Greek physicians used medical chests to hold their tools and medicines, and Hippocrates even wrote about a medical bag in detail. Medical kits have also been found in shipwrecks dating back to 1000 BCE. Early European physicians used boxes and chests to store their medical supplies, but the medical bag … [Read more...] about Physician’s Medical Bag: Researched and Conserved by Sarah Teel

Filed Under: 2019 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts Tagged With: 20th century, 20th century art, conservation, North American Culture, Physician's Medical Bag

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