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
Beaded items are part of a long tradition in Native American art. By the late eighteenth century, the Iroquois had begun creating traditionally beaded items for the tourist market. Although such tourist items were not present in the traditional Native world, Iroquois artists quickly adapted traditional beading methods and techniques to create objects specifically for sale to … [Read more...] about Iroquois Beaded Pincushion: Researched, Conserved, and Reconstructed by Vinita Williams