indian artifact cards by robin highberg jaguar jar. la paz, bolivia, south america
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Indian Artifact Cards
by Robin Highberg
Jaguar Jar.
La Paz, Bolivia, South America.
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canoes
eagle claw necklace
feather headdress moccasins
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Quillwork quiver.
Cowichan warrior.
Chief's daughter - Skokomish, Northwest
Coast.
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Hawkman,1986 by Arthur Nicolaye of
Kyuquot, B.C.
Totem poles, Northwest Coast.
Pulling a Sled, Sarah Joe Qinuajua, Inuit Art Foundation.
Red Cloud's delegation, Oglala Sioux, 1868
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Kayaker, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver.
Powhatan basket, RappahannockNortheast
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Red Dog Clan hat, Tlingit, Alaska
Potlatch Family hat, Alaska. Rings signify number of Potlatches attended. Sperm
whale teeth on the bottom.
Northern & Plains Cree, beadwork, beads obtained through trading.
Late 1800’s.
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Appliqué Beaded Vest, Cree. 1890’s.
Child’s vest with quillwork. Sioux. Iroquois beadwork. Northeast.
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Halibut mask. Northwest Coast.
Moccasins with French influences. 1890’s.
Yellow Rock - I'kaubut S'shensh, [1907].
Great Plains.
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Northeast.Iroquois dolls.
Northeast.
Lacrosse stick and snowshoes. Iroquois Seneca.
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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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Tsi'yone, "Flying".
Pueblo. 1925.
Fiesta of San Estevan, Acoma. Pueblo. 1925. Native drawings of
Santo Domingo masks. Pueblo.
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)– 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)– Halibut mask– Skokomish– Eagle and Whale– Cowichan warrior– Hawkman– Totem Poles
• Arctic (Inuit)– 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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