Transcript Photo Album

Indian Artifact
Cards
by Robin Highberg
Jaguar Jar.
La Paz, Bolivia, South America.
canoes
eagle claw necklace
feather
headdress
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moccasins
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Chief's daughter Skokomish, Northwest
Coast.
Cowichan warrior.
Quillwork quiver.
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Hawkman,1986 by
Arthur Nicolaye of
Kyuquot, B.C.
Pulling a Sled, Sarah Joe
Qinuajua, Inuit Art Foundation.
Totem poles, Northwest
Coast.
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Red Cloud's delegation,
Oglala Sioux, 1868
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Kayaker, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver.
Powhatan basket, Rappahannock
Northeast
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Red Dog Clan hat,
Tlingit, Alaska
Northern & Plains Cree, beadwork,
beads obtained through trading.
Late 1800’s.
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Potlatch Family hat, Alaska. Rings signify
number of Potlatches attended. Sperm
whale teeth on the bottom.
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Appliqué Beaded
Vest, Cree. 1890’s.
Iroquois beadwork.
Northeast.
Child’s vest with quillwork. Sioux.
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Moccasins with French influences. 1890’s.
Halibut mask.
Northwest Coast.
Yellow Rock - I'kaubut
S'shensh, [1907].
Great Plains.
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Lacrosse stick and snowshoes.
Iroquois Seneca.
Iroquois dolls.
Northeast.
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Iroquois doll.
Northeast.
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Curious Bear, Inuit.
Gallery of
Vancouver.
Eagle and Whale,
Jimmy Joseph,
Kwakiutl artist,
Northwest Coast.
Iroquois warrior,
18th century.
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Fiesta of San Estevan, Acoma.
Pueblo. 1925.
Native drawings of
Santo Domingo
masks. Pueblo.
Tsi'yone, "Flying".
Pueblo. 1925.
Picuris Harvest Dance. Pueblo.
1925.
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Key to Artifacts:
The Cultural Source
• Eastern Woodlands
(Iroquois)
– Lacrosse sticks and
snowshoes
– Dolls
– Canoes
– Eagle claw necklace
– Powhatan basket
– Beadwork
– Warrior
– Moccasins
• Great Plains (Sioux)
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Quillwork vest
Canoes
Feather headdress
Moccasins
Quiver
Red Cloud delegation
Yellow Rock
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Key to Artifacts:
The Cultural Source
• Southwest (Pueblo)
– Jaguar jar
– Picuris Harvest dance
– Native Drawings of
masks
– Fiesta of San Estevan
– Tsi’vone (woman with
pot)
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Key to Artifacts:
The Cultural Source
• Northwest Coast
(Kwakiutl)
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• Arctic (Inuit)
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Halibut mask
Skokomish
Eagle and Whale
Cowichan warrior
Hawkman
Totem Poles
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Cree beaded vest
Cree beadwork
Curious bear
Pulling Sled
Kayaker
Red Dog Clan hat
Potlatch Family hat
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Bibliography
• Photographs throughout taken by Robin Highberg at
the following locations:
– Natural History Museum, Washington, DC.
April, 2004.
– National Museum of the American Indian,
Cultural Resource Center, Suitland, MD.
February, 2005.
• Photographs on Slide #11 from:
– Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's 'The North
American Indian': the Photographic Images, 2001.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
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