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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