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#IndigenousArt

Art History Animalia
5 days ago

#WorldCoatiDay: #Coati effigy vessel, #Inca style, Acomayo (Department of Cuzco, Peru) c. 1400-1532.
Clay & pigment, h18 x w8.50 x d32.50 cm.
Museo de América No. 08570: https://www.culturaydeporte.gob.es/museodeamerica/coleccion/america-prehispanica/coat-.html
#IndigenousArt

official museum photo of the object, side profile on white background
Art History Animalia
5 days ago

#WorldCoatiDay: #coati effigy whistling vessel (vasija silbadora)
#Maya, Kaminaljuyu, Guatemala
Preclassic, c. 1000 BCE - 250 CE
H 16 x W 30.5 cm
Museo Nazionale di Archeologia e Etnologia, Guatemala
#IndigenousArt

official museum photo of the effigy vessel, side profile

guard dog ⛓️ (december's sticker club design!)

#MastoArt #IndigenousArt

a formline design of a dog's head, facing forward. a chain-link collar surrounds the face, and spikes jut out underneath. the dog's teeth and tongue are sticking out of its muzzle; its eyes are four-point stars. the design is coloured in with red, orange, indigo, and yellow.
Danilynn Jiibay
1 week ago

Two-Spirit based art I made recently. I call these 'True form Two-Spirit male" and "True form Agokwe".

#Art #NativeArt #IndigenousArt #Indigenous #TwoSpirit #LGBTQIA (#NSFW)

Back-to-back framed art of naked indigenous trans male and female representing the beauty and appreciation of the trans form ala two-spirit.
"True Form Two Spirit Male"

Represents and appreciates the trans male form.

Body design is made of birch bark. The white circle respresents part of the two spirit feather logo. The flower and stem represent top surgery
"True Form Agokwe"

Represents the beauty and appreciation of the trans female form. Body is made of birch bark. The white circle represents the feather two spirit design. Nipples are in the shape of raspberries to represent our medicine to become feminine.

since brown is just orange with context (and my brain sucks at colour differentiation) it makes it really hard to make a fist with the philly pride plus trans pride colours

would love y'alls opinions, especially if you can see colour well 😅

--😈
#vectorArt #fediArt #IndigenousArt #BIPOC #pride

screenie from Inkscape of a very stylized clench fist with yellow, green, blue, and purple fingers, red thumb, orange left-side-of-the-palm, black and brown write, plus blue and white palm and pink wrist
Danilynn Jiibay
2 weeks ago

[Before framing]. I call this one "The Snake of Mackinac"

#art #nativeart #indigenousart #indigenous #mackinac #mixedmedia

Mixed media piece by me. It's a reference to Line 5 re: Enbridge situation around the Mackinac area in Michigan. The snake is part  of an indigenous mythos that's supposed to symbolize a catastrophe that could happen, hence the oil mixed in the water resulted from the snake in question.
Art History Animalia
2 weeks ago

#TwoForTuesday:
Joined #Frogs
Mexico, Colima, 200 BCE–500 CE
Slip-painted ceramic with incised decoration
6 x 3 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (15.24 x 9.53 x 13.97 cm)
LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art M.86.296.166: https://collections.lacma.org/node/253662
#IndigenousArt

official museum photo of object is side profile on gradient gray background Ceramic effigy figure of two frogs, one on top of the other
Melissa
3 weeks ago

[Executive Traveller] Qantas reveals its most Instagrammable plane ever
By David Flynn

"Around 100 painters were involved in completing the livery, working with 130 stencils to replicate a detailed design by Pitjantjatjara artist Maringka Baker which tells the Dreaming story of two sisters who traverse remote Australia together, covering vast distances to find their way home."
...
"In the tradition of the Qantas Flying Art series, the aircraft itself is named for the artwork Minyma Kutjara Tjukurpa (literally ‘the two sisters creation story’), although all subsequent A220s will be named after native Australian wildlife."

I like and appreciate this way more than Condor's fugly jail stripes. Sorrynotsorry. UnpopularOpinion.

#Qantas #airline #livery #Airbus #A220 #aviation #avgeek #avgeeksofmastodon #planespotting #mirabel #indigenousart #indigenousartist

https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/qantas-a220-flying-art-livery

Ameel Khan
1 month ago

Scar trees that are part of the Scar Project artwork installation in Enterprize Park, which is on the banks of the Yarra River in Melbourne.

#melbourne #naarm #PublicArt #artwork #IndigenousArt #photography #fujifilm

Photo of the Scar Project artwork installation in Enterprize Park in Melbourne. The installation consists of 24 vertical timber poles, somewhat like trees, that have artwork on them by eight Indigenous Australian artists. This photo is taken from inside a brick archway that's next to the installation.
Karen Wyld 🍉
1 month ago

In addition to writing my next novel, I'm co-facilitating two exciting projects at the moment, and can't wait for them all to be published.

One is an anthology of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander poetry and short stories, to be published by Wakefield Press.

And the other is a poetry and nonfiction collection of Aboriginal writers responding to works exhibited/performed as part of Tarnanthi 2023.

(annual festival of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art
Program here > https://www.agsa.sa.gov.au/whats-on/tarnanthi/tarnanthi-2023/across-city-state/

#Indigenous #IndigenousArt @indigenousauthors

Daveography
1 month ago

I bought an art.

Moose in the City
Linda Wright
Acrylic on Canvas

#PHT #ArtShow #IndigenousArt #yeg #Treaty6 #art #painting

A painting of Edmonton's Walterdale Bridge arch at night. A silhouette of the city skyline passes under the arch, with streaks of trees rising behind and above. A white outline of a moose is overlaid on the city and trees.
Daveography
1 month ago

A smattering of traditional dance by Bear Forest Dancers and Mountain Cree Drummers.

(Please forgive the less than descriptive alt texts, the regalia is very detailed and in my whiteness I couldn't do justice describing it let alone ensure I'm using the right terminology)

#PHT #ArtShow #IndigenousArt #IndigenousDance #yeg #Treaty6

A performer in a red cloak holding a feather fan performing a Woman's dance
Several women in traditional Cree regalia performing a women's fancy dance
A young man in traditional Cree regalia performing a warrior dance
An elder man in colourful traditional Cree regalia performing a warrior dance
Daveography
1 month ago

These two pieces stood out for me because of course they do.

Both are by Bernadette Newmann.

#PHT #IndigenousArt #ArtShow #bird #birds #BirdArt #chickadee

A painting of a side profile of a chickadee looking to the left.
A painting of a chickadee sitting on a branch with its head turned to the right.
Daveography
1 month ago

Privileged to have been invited to Peace Hills Trust's 40th annual Indigenous Art Show here in #yeg / #Treaty6.

Amazing talent on display, and a great opportunity for the artists to not just showcase but also sell their art.

My budget is pretty modest but there's a couple of smaller pieces I have my eye on.

#IndigenousArt #PHT #art #ArtShow #Edmonton #amiskwacîwâskahikan

A photo of the podium with the three winning paintings on display, with a Peace Hills Trust flag and pair of ceremonial staffs.
A couple of the art pieces on display, one of an indigenous man, another a more stylized representation of a family under a dynamic prairie sky.
A photo of a mixed media art piece of a pair of Inuit ice fishers under an aurora.
A photo of a set of art pieces on display at the art show, showcasing a variety of styles from different artists.
Art History Animalia
2 months ago

#MosaicMonday:
#Frog shell effigy decorated w/ turquoise & shell mosaic
Hohokam Culture (300 BCE-1450 CE)
House mound (IV). XIV (Los Muertos, AZ, USA), collected 1892
5x4.7x2.3cm (1 15/16 x 1 7/8 x 7/8 in)
Harvard Peabody Museum:
https://collections.peabody.harvard.edu/objects/details/1946
#NativeAmericanArt #IndigenousArt

Organic, shell effigy of frog, shell covered with turquoise red and tar mosaic. Top down front profile view
Top down side profile view
top down underside view (showing bare shell)
Danilynn Jiibay
2 months ago

Artwork I made for the giveaway for our local two spirit talking circle later tonight.

#art #nativeart #indigenousart #indigenous #native #twospirit #anishinaabe

Some mixed media artwork I made for an event. Left is a thunderbird, middle is an eagle's head, and the right is a rabbit in traditional attire.
Art History Animalia
2 months ago

More from Virginia Museum of Fine Arts visit:
1. Stirrup Vessel in the Form of a #Llama
Chavin (Peru), 500 BCE - 100 CE
Terracotta w/ polychrome slips
2. Stirrup Vessel in the Form of a #Duck
Moche (Peru), 200-500 CE
Terracotta w/ polychrome slips
#IndigenousArt #SouthAmericanArt #PeruvianArt

Chavin llama effigy vessel with stirrup spout on display at museum
Moche duck effigy vessel with stirrup spout on display at museum
Krazy Thee Alaskan
2 months ago

I dont remember if i shared with yall my new skis! Crystal Worl designed them for Weston skis.
Im pretty stinking excited to get them on the mtn next month! #IndigenousArt #GotSnow #IndigenousPeoplesDay

Art History Animalia
2 months ago

It's #OCTOber #OctopusDay🐙and I'm awestruck by this incredible #octopus platter! Traditional #Haida carved argillite, late 19th c., from Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands, BC, Canada). 3 x 20 x 29.6 cm. Anchorage Museum 1977.008.001: http://onlinecollections.anchoragemuseum.org/uploaded_files/1977-008-001-2.jpg
#IndigenousArt #FirstNationsArt #NativeAmericanArt #PacificNWCoastArt

official museum photo of the octopus platter, top-down view: "Oval-shaped dish featuring a raised octopus in the interior and a rope border."
Art History Animalia
2 months ago

#FrogFriday: tadpole bowls!
Sikyatki Ware bowls w/tadpole motifs
Ancestral Pueblo, Arizona, 1400-1625CE
The Met
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/626783
Penn Museum
https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/150569

While #frog iconography can be found in many world cultures, the Southwest Culture Area is one of the few I've found where tadpoles also regularly appear. I'll be featuring these pieces in my presentation on frog iconography in the Pacific NW & American SW at SECAC next week!
#IndigenousArt #NativeAmericanArt #FirstNationsArt

Title: Bowl, Tadpole Motifs
Date: 1400–1625 CE
Geography: United States, Arizona
Culture: Ancestral Pueblo (Sikyatki)
Medium: Ceramic, pigment
Dimensions: H. 3 1/2 × W. 9 5/8 × D. 9 3/4 in. (8.9 × 24.4 × 24.8 cm)
(photographed on display at the Met in 2019; not currently on display)
Bowl
Southwest Culture Area, Protohistoric Hopi, Arizona
Date Made: 1400-1625 CE (date collected: 1901)
Materials: Clay
Technique: Sikyatki Bichrome
Height: 11 cm
Outside Diameter: 25.2 cm
Description:	
Sikyatki Bichrome Black-on-Yellow Ware Bowl, curved sides, rounded base, slightly everted rim. Exterior decorated with cross-hatching elements, interior decorated with tadpole elements.
(official museum photo of object; not currently on display)
Art History Animalia
2 months ago

#Woodensday:
#frog dish
Heiltsuk (NW Coast, BC, Canada)
collected 1927
painted wood 10.2x15.2x24.1cm
http://collection-online.moa.ubc.ca/search/item?keywords=Wood+frog&row=43
Frogs are commonly encountered in NW Coast art. Can symbolize transformation, rebirth & renewal, communication & sharing of knowledge, stability, abundance, and prosperity & good luck; also important spirit helpers to shamans because of their ability to traverse between two worlds.
#IndigenousArt #FirstNationsArt

Official museum photo view 1 quarter turn profile “Dish in the form of a frog with another small frog grasping onto a slightly domed round lid that fits into the back of the large frog. The large frog is painted black with red lips, and the small frog is painted with a thin coat of black all over except for the whites of the eyes and the feet.”
view 2 right facing side profile
view 3 left facing top down profile
Art History Animalia
2 months ago

October is #BatAppreciationMonth! 🦇
Mace head representing a #bat
Nicoya, Costa Rica
attributed to Guanacaste-Nicoya culture, c. 1-500 CE
carved & drilled stone, 13 x 9 x 7 cm
Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian 22/9577: https://americanindian.si.edu/collections-search/objects/NMAI_244301

#IndigenousArt #CentralAmericanArt

official museum photo of the object, quarter turn side profile view on light grey background
stone mace head in the form of a bat head
Boardda Mihkkal
2 months ago

Could -and should- #Indigenous art be a tool in a process of #reconcilliation? With whom, and how?

I have been honored to lead an episode of the Dáiddadállu #podcast starring #Sámi politician and activist Aili Keskitalo, #Inuit artist Aqqalu Berthelsen, and Sámi activist and artist Petra Laiti - on #indigenousart and reconcilliation.

Spotify link: https://spotify.link/yis94b5HvDb

Ansley Simpson
2 months ago

So happy this is finally out! Beautiful short documentary made by Lisa Jackson and Conor McNally featuring Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's version of the iconic #WillieDunn's #IPitytheCountry
It's been a few years since Leanne, Nick Ferrio and I recorded this song after playing it at #NativeNorthAmericanGathering in Ottawa. Miigwech for watching!

#NationalDayOfTruthAndReconciliation #NDTR2023 #IndigenousFilm #IndigenousMusic #IndigenousArt #Indigenous

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VBrdurpSMc

Art History Animalia
2 months ago

#ToucanTuesday:
Handle Spout Vessel in Form of a #Toucan 
#Moche culture, North Coast Peru, 100 BCE–500 CE
Ceramic & pigment
22.9 × 17.2 cm (9 × 6 3/4 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago 1957.406: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/6326/handle-spout-vessel-in-form-of-a-toucan
#BirdsInArt #IndigenousArt #PeruvianArt

official museum photo of object: Moche single spout polychrome toucan effigy vessel, quarter turn side profile on gradient grey background
Art History Animalia
2 months ago

#ToucanTuesday:
Bird Pendant (#Toucan)
Costa Rica, Central Region, 4th–7th c.
Jadeite
H. 2 5/8 x W. 3/4 x D. 1 7/8 in. (6.7 x 1.9 x 4.7 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1979.206.1138: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/313330
#IndigenousArt #BirdsInArt

"Tropical Costa Rica is the habitat of an enormous number of bird species, many of which acquired symbolic dimensions in depictions in stone. This pendant, made of a jadeite of great clarity, features a toucan. Yet its upright stance and folded arms indicate that the figure is anthropomorphic, implying perhaps that it is a masked or transformation figure. Adding to the complexity of the image is a trophy head where the figure's feet should be. Disembodied heads are frequent in Precolumbian Costa Rican art. This pendant is said to be from the Atlantic Watershed region, one of the two primary areas of jade use in ancient times. The other is the northwestern province of Guanacaste. Each area is generally associated with characteristic stylistic features in jade and other antiquities."
Art History Animalia
2 months ago

For #WorldCassowaryDay:
#Cassowary Dance Costume, 20th c.
Iatmul people, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Rattan, raffia, shells, string, cassowary feathers, pigment
26.5 x 18.25 x 75.5 in (67.3 x 46.4 x 191.8 cm)
Harn Museum of Art S85-SPNG-G233: https://harn.emuseum.com/objects/8186/cassowary-dance-costume
#IndigenousArt

"Finely woven rattan body costume with hanging fiber. Wings and head made from plaited string. Long neck. Design painted on predominately black body. Shell eye. Cassowary feathers extend down sides and ridge of back. Dangling twine from circular disc ears."
closeup of the head and neck
Art History Animalia
2 months ago

It's #NationalLobsterDay so I get to share one of my favorite #Nazca ceramics! 🦞
#Lobster Effigy Vessel, Nazca (Peru), 300-600 CE (Early Intermediate Phases IIII-IV), earthenware, slip paint
Walters Art Museum: https://art.thewalters.org/detail/80210/lobster-effigy-vessel/
#IndigenousArt #PeruvianArt

lobster effigy vessel side profile view
lobster effigy vessel front face view
Art History Animalia
3 months ago

For a belated #NationalFoxDay: 🦊
#Fox Runner Effigy Vessel
Moche, North Coast region, Peru, c.400-700
Ceramic, pigment
Brooklyn Museum display
#PeruvianArt #IndigenousArt

“The anthropomorphic fox on this effigy vessel wears a large disc headdress associated with the Ritual Runners, figures shown racing through the desert landscape in many examples of Moche art. Similar discs in gold and copper have been found in elite burials, suggesting that the Ritual Runners were a high-ranking group of adult males, possibly priests, who participated in special ceremonies throughout the Moche territory. Scholars believe that Moche priests consumed the hallucinogenic San Pedro cactus (Echinopsis pachanoi) to transform themselves into animal spirit helpers such as the fox.”
Greg Fiske
3 months ago

Admiring the nexus of #IndigenousArt and #mapsinthewild this week.
Dena’ina land

Yehuda TurtleIsland.social
3 months ago

Please boost!

#Native & #Indigenous people need Art Sales & Mutual Aid to survive.

Check the #IndigenousCreatives #IndigenousMutualAid #SettlerSaturday hashtags

Buy #Beadwork
Buy #IndigenousArt
Subscribe to Patreon and Ko-fi
Send $ to CashApp & Venmo & PayPal

You are really helping!

In years the only time I have seen scams it was non-Natives or non-Native orgs acting like they were Native or associated with Native Nations or reservations. It was never Native Indigenous people scamming.

Mia Q.
3 months ago

For the latest episode of my podcast for @Flipboard, I interviewed Philbrook Assistant Curator of Native Art Kalyn Fay Barnoski.

Kalyn opines about #art, #creativity and #curation from an #Indigenous perspective, including so many wonderful artists to check out.

This Storyboard has the episode plus links to everything and everyone Kalyn recommended.

https://flipboard.com/@artofcuration/holding-space-for-native-art-and-community-with-curator-kalyn-fay-barnoski-naomko38p5416sei

#indigenousart #nativeamerican

Side profile of native person with short, wispy hair and beaded earrings
Yehuda TurtleIsland.social
3 months ago

The best possible #IndigenousMutualAid you can practice is to buy genuine Native/Indigenous Beadwork, Art, Jewelry, Books etc. direct from the artist/creative regularly.

Not only are you helping people survive immediately, but you are helping their future and getting great creative works!

#Beadwork #IndigenousCreatives #NativeArt #IndigenousArt #Jewelry #Bookstodon #Native #Indigenous #NDN #LandBack #InstanceBack #TurtleIslandSocial #TurtleIslandArt #TurtleIslandBlog

Hannu Ikonen, MD
3 months ago

My wife and I recently read Firekeeper's Daughter & Warrior Girl Unearthed by Indigenous author Angelline Boulley and loved the learning & listening process through the novels.

We were wondering : anyone have any recommendations for other Indigenous-authored novels?

#books #literature #mastobookclub #novels #Indigenousart

Art History Animalia
4 months ago

#FrogFriday:
2 beaded #frog figure pendants by Emma Marks, #Tlingit culture (Juneau, Alaska, USA)
collected 1973-4
glass beads, thread, felt backing, suede backing & strap
8.2 x 6.7 x 0.5 cm (3 1/4 x 2 5/8 x 3/16 in.)
6.8 x 8.8 x 0.7 cm (2 11/16 x 3 7/16 x 1/4 in.)
Harvard Peabody Museum 974-12-10/52237A, 974-12-10/52237C
https://collections.peabody.harvard.edu/objects/details/580711
https://collections.peabody.harvard.edu/objects/details/433066
#FirstNationsArt #NativeAmericanArt #IndigenousArt

museum photo of beaded frog pendant #1
dark green, light green, brown, red, black, white, yellow, with yellow strap
museum photo of beaded frog pendant #2
green, light blue, red, white, black, white, orange, yellow, with dark brown strap
Art History Animalia
4 months ago

Here's a funky friend for #FrogFriday:
#Frog #kachina, c.1960-80
Ted Puhuyesua, Diné (Navajo)
Hoatvela (Hotevilla),Third Mesa, Hopi Reservation; Navajo County, AZ, USA
carved & painted wood w/ feathers, 17.5 x 7 x 5 cm
@SmithsonianNMAI
NMAI_270961: https://si.edu/object/frog-kachina%3ANMAI_270961
#NativeAmericanArt #IndigenousArt

kachina doll in the form of a frog, wooden figure painted with bright green, red, brown, white, and black colors, topped with white feather on head
Art History Animalia
4 months ago

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

"Button blanket. Rectangular, dark blue blanket with two vertical black stripes as background for images of 11 small frogs surrounding two large front facing owls, wings slightly spread, all cut out of red fabric and sewn to the blanket. The eyes of each creature are white shell buttons and faces have been drawn in graphite(?). The same red fabric lines the top and edges of the blanket, with two rows of white buttons decorating the top corners. The top centre edge is covered with tan and red fabric, with two cloth ties attached to each side. The back of the blanket is undecorated."
Art History Animalia
4 months ago

#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

official museum photo of the the beaver bowl on grey background, view 1
official museum photo of the the beaver bowl on grey background, view 2
official museum photo of the the beaver bowl on grey background, view 3
Art History Animalia
4 months ago

#TwoForTuesday:

Ceramic stirrup-spout bottles in the form of a #duck and a #feline (ID’d here as a puma)
c. 1100-1400 CE
Chimú culture, North coast of Peru
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian display

This type of grey-black ceramic was a signature Chimú style.

#IndigenousArt #PeruvianArt #AndeanArt

stitched photo of the two bottles and their joint bilingual label on display at museum
closeup of the duck bottle - dark grey
closeup of the feline bottle - dark grey
Art History Animalia
4 months ago

For #SharkWeek 🦈:
Two #Shark Pendants
#Chiriquí culture (Panama / Costa Rica), 11th-16th c.
Cast gold alloy
Metropolitan Museum of Art NY display
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/313247
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/307789
#IndigenousArt #CentralAmericanArt

stitched photo of both pieces on display at museum and their label:  “Two Shark Pendants Panama; Chiriquí 11th-16th century Cast gold alloy Gift of Meredith Howland, 1904 04.34.7 The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979 1979.206.1054  “The subject matter of Isthmian goldwork is mainly figurative: animals and composite creatures, part human and part animal, pre-dominate; purely human figures are rare. Goldsmiths were quite selective, an indication that the subject chosen was linked to specific myths and beliefs. The creatures most commonly depicted are those that are dangerous or predatory - that bite, sting, or kill: crocodiles, birds of prey, jaguars, sharks, and bats among them. Food animals are rarely shown.”
(official museum photo)  Title: Shark Pendant  Date: 11th–16th century  Geography: Costa Rica or Panama, Burica Peninsula  Culture: Chiriqui  Medium: Gold (cast alloy)  Dimensions: H. 3 1/8 × W. 2 1/8 × D. 1 1/8 in. (7.9 × 5.4 × 2.9 cm)  Classification: Metal-Ornaments  Credit Line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979  Accession Number: 1979.206.1054
(official museum photo)  Title: Shark Pendant  Date: 11th–16th century  Geography: Panama  Culture: Chiriqui  Medium: Gold (cast)  Dimensions: H. 2 × W. 3 1/8 × D. 3 3/4 in. (5.1 × 7.9 × 9.5 cm)  Classification: Metal-Ornaments  Credit Line: Gift of Meredith Howland, 1904  Accession Number: 04.34.7
Art History Animalia
5 months ago

#Caturday:
Wari artist, Peru
#Feline Bottle
600-900CE
Ceramic, slip
on display @ the Met
“Coastal artists developed a hybrid style, combining imperial Wari iconography w/ local pottery traditions. This bottle features a modeled feline head, characteristic of the highlands, w/ the colorful slip style developed on the coast by earlier Nasca potters. Painted on the flask-like body of the vessel, the feline's claws grasp another animal, perhaps a reference to imperial reach & power.”
#IndigenousArt

stitched photo of bottle & its label on display “Wari artist(s); Peru Bottle with feline A.D. 600-900 Ceramic, slip Purchase, Arthur M. Bullowa Bequest and Rogers Fund, 1996 (1996.290) Prov.: Pablo Soldi and by descent to his family, Lima, 1950s-69; Anton Rockl, Munich, 1969-96; David Bernstein Fine Art, New York, until 1996 A large portion of what is now Peru was oncE controlled by the Wari, an empire centered in the Andean mountains that conquered a vast region, including the Pacific coast. Coastal artists developed a hybrid style, combining imperial Wari iconography with local pottery traditions. This bottle features a modeled feline head, characteristic of the highlands, with the colorful slip style developed on the coast by earlier Nasca potters. Painted on the flask-like body of the vessel, the feline's claws grasp another animal, perhaps a reference to imperial reach and power.”
Art History Animalia
5 months ago

#Caturday:
Chimú artist(s), Peru
Stirrup-spout bottle with #feline
1100-1470 CE
Ceramic
on display at the Met
“Grey-black ceramics became the signature ware of the Chimú. Even though this stirrup-spout bottle was created some 2,000 years after the earliest Cupisnique vessels, its feline shape attests to the enduring traditions in ancient Peruvian ceramics.”
#IndigenousArt #AndeanArt

stitched photo of the bottle & its label on display “Chimú artist(s), Peru Stirrup-spout bottle with feline A.D. 1100-1470 Ceramic Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Cummings, 1964 (64.228.17) Prov.: Bruno J. Wassermann, Buenos Aires, 1938-54; Nathan Cummings, Chicago, 1954-64 In the centuries after the fall of the Moche civilization, the Chimú kingdom rose and conquered most of the Pacific coast from present-day Ecuador to the modern Peruvian capital of Lima. By this time, potters used molds to produce large quantities of vessels. Grey-black ceramics became the signature ware of the Chimú. Even though this stirrup-spout bottle was created some 2,000 years after the earliest Cupisnique vessels, its feline shape attests to the enduring traditions in ancient Peruvian ceramics.”
Dine 🕷️🕸️
5 months ago

In this mural “Palace of the Peacock: Homage to Wilson Harris” by George Simon, who was a Guyanese Lokono Arawak artist, anthropologist, and archaeologist, the "jaguar references the form that a stalking kanaima shaman takes".

(Credit: Journal of West Indian Literature)

#Guyana
#GuyaneseArt
#SouthAmerica
#Americas
#IndigenousArt
#Shamanism
#Art
#Artists

The late Guyanese Lokono Arawak artist, anthropologist, and archaeologist George Simon stands in front of his mural “Palace of the Peacock: Homage to Wilson Harris”.
Art History Animalia
5 months ago

#FrogFriday / #FrogsForFriday:
Botanical #Frog
#Moche, 100-800 CE
Ceramic, 27.5x17x21cm
Part of the “Garden Nature in the Medieval World” exhibition at Dumbarton Oaks (PC.B.596)
“This supernatural creature, known as the Botanical Frog, combines frog, feline, and plant attributes.“
#IndigenousArt #AndeanArt

photo of the frog vase, quarter turn side view
photo of the frog vase, front view
p. 56 from exhibition guide: “4 Botanical Frog Moche, 100-800 CE Ceramic PC.B.596 This supernatural creature, known as the Botanical Frog, combines frog, feline, and plant attributes. Frog elements are visible in the animal's face and body, as well as the round spot on its throat, while feline features include the forms of the legs and feet, as well as the horizontal stripes on the limbs. The creature also incorporates details that may represent the manioc or cassava (Manihot esculenta), including tubers that hang from the rear of the frog. The vertical ridges along the upper side of his body evoke the characteristic ridges along the stalk of the manioc plant. In addition, five lima beans suspended from a double-headed serpent function as a collar along his neck. The repeated occurrence of this frog being, also painted in fine-line Moche ceramics, suggest that this creature was an important supernatural figure in the Moche pantheon, perhaps related to agricultural or fertility rituals. The manioc plant had found its way leapfrogging from garden to garden from its origins in southwestern Amazonia to the coastal desert of northern Peru, where it formed a key crop in the fields and gardens of the Moche. -JAM”
Art History Animalia
5 months ago

For #OwlishMonday:
polychrome ceramic #owl pot
Mongollon, Casas Grandes
(Paquimé, Chihuahua, Mexico)
1150-1400 CE
18 cm h., 14 cm. dia.
Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian collection 11/9883
#MesoamericanArt #IndigenousArt

photo of the owl pot on display at museum on blue background
Art History Animalia
5 months ago

#Caturday: Tunic with 4 #felines
Nasca-Wari, 700-850 CE, camelid fiber.
On display at @DumbartonOaks “Clothing for the Afterlife,” an exhibition of burial #textiles from the ancient #Andes.
#IndigenousArt

photo of the tunic hung on display at museum with its label beneath - multicolor design with four large feline shapes. Label text: “Tunic Nasca-Wari, 700-850 CE Camelid fiber PC.B.511 This short, horizontally proportioned tunic - sometimes referred to as a shoulder tunic - was created in the Nasca valley when the region was under Wari influence. Such cultural mixing is reflected in the hybrid features of this textile. Its decoration is from south coast traditions; the broad outlines around the feline figures and the horizontal bands at the bottom of the tunic are unmistakably Nasca. Its construction, however, is based on highland technology. The tunic was made from two panels of interlocking tapestries, a technique that was commonly used by Wari weavers. The major losses have been reconstructed based on the design of the original details.”
Raymond Scott Pert
5 months ago

#Canada’s Indigenous women forcibly sterilized decades after other rich countries stopped | AP News

>A Senate report last year concluded “this horrific practice is not confined to the past, but clearly is continuing today.” In May, a doctor was penalized for forcibly sterilizing an #Indigenous woman in 2019.
https://apnews.com/article/canada-indigenous-women-sterilization-apology-reparations-ebcacc0f27b8d4c12d8690718202531d #nativeamerican #native #firstnations #aboriginal #nativepride #indigenousart #indigenouspeople

MicheleV_AK
7 months ago

I love this so much! Crystal is an amazing artist. 💗
#Alaska #SalmonPeople #IndigenousArt
https://youtu.be/s2wLoebydIw