In a Nutshell: Familiar Spirits
By: Edward Readicker-Henderson The bobcat knows secrets. The crow is the keeper of sacred law. The frog brings rain. The Zuni knew these things and made carvings, called fetishes, to help them access...
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By: Dana Micucci In two widely separated spots on the globe—Central America and Southeast Asia—two ancient civilizations created vast temple complexes that express a strikingly similar sense of man’s...
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By: Joseph Jacobs It was with good reason that the Portuguese, who in 1471 began trading with the Akan-speaking people of West Africa, gave the name “the Gold Coast” to the region today known as Ghana....
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By: Kevin Conru Serendipity is the word that comes to mind when I think of my pattern of collecting. I grew up in Indiana, in an environment that wasn’t particularly artistic, and I spent my first...
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Ethnographic Art: The Afterlife of Objects
Ethnographic specimens, windows on the soul, or harbingers of modern art—tribal artworks have appeared in many ways to Western eyes, as seen in two current museum shows. Featured Images: (Click to...
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Native American Art: Blanket Statements
The essentials of Navajo culture are woven into every textile they made, even though most were intended for the Anglo market. Second-phase blanket, circa 1860s, made of raveled red cochineal, indigo...
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Forming and Transforming
Native American art from the Pacific Northwest Coast is millennia-old but still vital and ever-changing. Bill Reid, Eagle Frog Bracelet, 1967, 22k gold. Featured Images:(Click to Enlarge) It starts...
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Wolfgang Paalen: The Painter of the Possible
Wolfgang Paalen, artist, art theorist, and expert on tribal art, looked to the ancient past while charting a course for the future. Wolfgang Paalen, Espace libre, 1941, oil on canvas, 114 x 145 cm....
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