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Art History Animalia · @art_history_animalia

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For #TextileTuesday, here's a fun find while gathering up examples of #frogs in Pacific NW Coast art for an upcoming presentation:
Fringed white leather bag w/ double drawstring closure & beadwork
#Tlingit, Haines, Alaska
Yale Peabody Museum YPM ANT 209513:
https://collections.peabody.yale.edu/search/Record/YPM-ANT-209513
#IndigenousArt #FirstNationsArt #NativeAmericanArt

#textiletuesday #frogs #tlingit #indigenousart #firstnationsart #nativeamericanart

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Art History Animalia · @art_history_animalia

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Kwak'Wanigaml (#Heron Headdress), c. 1890
Herbert Johnson - (Gayusdisa'las) Kwakwaka'wakw, Kwikwasutinexw, Kingcome, d. 1953
Red cedar, nails, paint, 26 x 13 1/2 x 17 in.
Seattle Art Museum 91.1.31: https://art.seattleartmuseum.org/objects/5317/kwakwanigaml-heron-headdress
#IndigenousArt #NativeAmericanArt #FirstNationsArt #BirdsInArt

#heron #indigenousart #nativeamericanart #firstnationsart #birdsinart

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Art History Animalia · @art_history_animalia

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For when #OwlAwarenessDay falls on #FrogFriday (and #FabricFriday):
Button blanket with #owls & #frogs
c. late 19th - early 20th c.
Gitxsan culture (British Columbia, Canada)
wool, cotton, shell, graphite
130 cm x 188.5 cm
UBC Museum of Anthropology 3051/7: http://collection-online.moa.ubc.ca/search/item?keywords=Gitxsan+button+blanket&row=0

#IndigenousArt #FirstNationsArt #NativeAmericanArt

#owlawarenessday #frogfriday #fabricfriday #owls #frogs #indigenousart #firstnationsart #nativeamericanart

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Art History Animalia · @art_history_animalia

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#Woodensday:
#Beaver-Shaped Bowl, c. 1890–1920
Native North America, NW Coast, Alaska, Tlingit?
Wood, 11.3 x 27 x 18.7 cm (4 7/16 x 10 5/8 x 7 3/8 in.)
Cleveland Museum of Art 2009.434: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2009.434
#NativeAmericanArt #FirstNationsArt #IndigenousArt

#woodensday #beaver #nativeamericanart #firstnationsart #indigenousart

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Art History Animalia · @art_history_animalia

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For #WorldOrcaDay here are 2 examples of #orca (aka killer whale) headdresses from the Northwest Coast that the dancer could animate with moving parts:
1 Haida - “dancer could roll its eyes or move lower jaw”
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
2 Kwakiutl - “dancer pulled strings to make the pectoral fins, tail flukes & jaw move”
Field Museum
#IndigenousArt #NativeAmericanArt #FirstNationsArt

#worldorcaday #orca #indigenousart #nativeamericanart #firstnationsart

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Art History Animalia · @art_history_animalia

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For #Woodensday:
Kwakwaka'wakw artist
Baleen #Whale Mask, 19th c.
Alert Bay, Cormorant Island, BC, Canada
Cedarwood, pigment, hide, cotton cord, metal nails
From Brooklyn Museum’s “Climate in Crisis: Environmental Change in the Indigenous Americas” exhibition
#IndigenousArt #FirstNationsArt

#woodensday #whale #indigenousart #firstnationsart

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Art History Animalia · @art_history_animalia

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For #WorldCaribouDay:
8 Captivating #Caribou Creations in #Inuit Art
Via Inuit Art Foundation
https://www.inuitartfoundation.org/iaq-online/8-captivating-caribou-creations-in-inuit-art
#IndigenousArt #FirstNationsArt #NativeAmericanArt

#worldcaribouday #caribou #inuit #indigenousart #firstnationsart #nativeamericanart

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Art History Animalia · @art_history_animalia

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For #WorldOtterDay + #Woodensday:
Top: wooden sea #otter effigy feast bowl, #Kwakiutl culture
Bottom: wooden bowl w/ sea otter at one end & human at other, #Haida culture
Both collected in 1897, now on display at the Field Museum in Chicago.
#IndigenousArt #FirstNationsArt #NativeAmericanArt

#worldotterday #woodensday #otter #kwakiutl #haida #indigenousart #firstnationsart #nativeamericanart

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Art History Animalia · @art_history_animalia

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For #Woodensday:
Mask, Yup'ik artist, Alaska, c. 1900
wood, pigment, vegetal fiber
@metmuseum
“Its bentwood hoop represents the border of the universe and encloses images of a humanoid spirit face, a #seal, a #fish, and a #loon - all within the grasp of a large human hand.”
#IndigenousArt #FirstNationsArt #NativeAmericanArt

#woodensday #seal #fish #loon #indigenousart #firstnationsart #nativeamericanart

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Art History Animalia · @art_history_animalia

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#TurtleTuesday: “Sky Woman (she/her)” by Karen Ann Hoffman (Oneida)
Wood, velvet, glass beads, Czechoslovakian crystals, cotton thread, sterling silver beads
“Adopted from the artist and living with the @FieldMuseum in 2018”
from the Native Truths: Our Stories, Our Voices exhibition
#NativeAmericanArt #FirstNationsArt #IndigenousArt #beadwork #turtle

#turtletuesday #nativeamericanart #firstnationsart #indigenousart #beadwork #turtle

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BC Info Bot · @bcinfo

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Global News BC: Should non-Indigenous people buy, wear Indigenous art? Creators say it depends https://globalnews.ca/news/9638698/appropriation-appreciation-indigenous-art-beadwork/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #AuthenticIndigenousart #firstnationsart #appropriation #IndigenousArt #Perspectives #appreciation #AuthenticArt #CopyrightAct #CopyrightLaw #FirstNations #beadwork #Artists #Canada

#globalnews #BritishColumbia #news #authenticindigenousart #firstnationsart #appropriation #Indigenousart #perspectives #appreciation #authenticart #copyrightact #copyrightlaw #firstnations #beadwork #artists #Canada

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Art History Animalia · @art_history_animalia

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For #InternationalBeaverDay here are two wooden #beaver effigies spotted at the #Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian:
1. Beaver figure, Kwakwaka’wakw (#Kwakiutl), #BritishColumbia, c. 1900
2. Beaver bowl, #Tlingit, Klukwan, #Alaska, c.1850

#NativeAmericanArt #FirstNationsArt #IndigenousArt

#internationalbeaverday #beaver #smithsonian #kwakiutl #britishcolumbia #tlingit #alaska #nativeamericanart #firstnationsart #indigenousart

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PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh

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CBC - Gitxsan artist blends Indigenous culture and heritage with traditional playing card designs

For years, #Gitxsan #artist #MichelleStoney has #created #art inspired by her #culture & #heritage , including jewelry, drums, graphic design, paintings and murals.
Now, she's #released a #DeckOfCards featuring Gitxsan imagery.