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Native Dolls and Doll-like Figures of the Americas by Vanessa Lockhart and Hannah DipotoNative Dolls and Doll-like Figures of the Americas by Vanessa Lockhart and Hannah Dipoto

January, 2023 by Alyssa L. Cartier

  These two unusual wooden figures are from Colombia, and they are identifiable because of their traditional clothing to be depictions of people of the Kamentsá cultures from the Putumayo region of southern Colombia. The male figure wears a striped poncho over a dark undergarment, and he wears a necklace composed of multiple strands of beads. The female figure … [Read more...] about Native Dolls and Doll-like Figures of the Americas by Vanessa Lockhart and Hannah DipotoNative Dolls and Doll-like Figures of the Americas by Vanessa Lockhart and Hannah Dipoto

Filed Under: 2020 Fall, ART 487: Art of the Americas Tagged With: chancay culture, chancay doll, colombia, Great Plains Cultures, hopi culture, Kachina, kamentsa culture, Navajo/Diné culture, peru, seed beads, seminole culture, tarahumara culture

Native North American Beadwork by Alexa Langelier

January, 2023 by Alyssa L. Cartier

These colorful earrings are made with light green, dark green, blue, and red seed beads. The almond shape of the transparent green beaded loops suggests that they may represent leaves, or more likely, feathers that are tied along a string.  Feathers were commonly worn as status symbols among Great Plains cultures, as they were presented as symbols of recognition for different … [Read more...] about Native North American Beadwork by Alexa Langelier

Filed Under: 2020 Fall, ART 487: Art of the Americas Tagged With: 20th century, baby carrier pin, beadwork, Earrings, glass beads, Great Plains Cultures, lakota culture, quilled earrings, Rosette, seed beads, tarahumara culture

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

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  • 2014 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts
  • 2014 Spring, ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica
  • 2015 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts
  • 2016 Fall, ART 385: Art of the Americas
  • 2017 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts
  • 2017 Spring, ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica
  • 2018 Fall, ART 385: Art of the Americas
  • 2019 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts
  • 2019 Spring, ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica
  • 2020 Fall, ART 487: Art of the Americas
  • 2021 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts
  • 2021 Spring, ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica
  • 2022 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts
  • Art History Virtual Exhibit

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