Tag Archives: Native Americans

600 BC: Life / Death

Posted on October 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

Tlatilco Mask (1100-600 BC); the Tlatilco culture flourished in the Valley of Mexico between 1250 and 800 BC.

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1914: Kotsuis and Hohhuq

Posted on October 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

Edward S. Curtis: Kotsuis and Hohhuq (Nakoaktok) (1914); “These two masked performers in the winter dance represent huge, mythical birds. The mandibles of these tremendous wooden masks are controlled by strings.” The ‘Nak’waxda’xw (or Nakoaktok) are a nation of Kwak’wala-speaking … Continue reading →

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1400: Rain God

Posted on September 25, 2017 by corvusfugit

This Mixtec figure from the Middle Post Classic Period (1200-1400) represents a person impersonating a deity—a practice whereby the god would have been brought into the world of human experience. The undersized symbolic weapon and shield, as well as the … Continue reading →

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1974: Spirit

Posted on September 6, 2017 by corvusfugit

Karoo Ashevak (Inuit): Untitled (Spirit Figure) (c. 1970-74) (source)

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1980: Raven and the First People

Posted on September 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

To The Haida, Raven was the Bringer of Light and before Raven the world was nothing more than a gigantic flood. Raven was the Maker of Things, as well as the Transformer, Magician and Healer. Raven was bored of the … Continue reading →

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1926: Kingcome

Posted on September 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

Kingcome Village Totem Pole Carvers c. 1926 (source)

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2009: Do You Remember When?

Posted on August 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

For their 2009 piece Do You Remember When?, the indigenous arts collective Postcommodity cut through the floor of the Arizona State University Art Museum, exposing the earth below. A recording of a Pee Posh social dance song played in the … Continue reading →

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2012: Kitkatla Watchman

Posted on August 28, 2017 by corvusfugit

Evan Aster (Gitxaala Nation): Kitkatla Watchman (2012) (source)

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1935: Red Butte

Posted on August 23, 2017 by corvusfugit

Maynard Dixon: Red Butte with Mountain Men (1935)

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1531: Codex

Posted on August 20, 2017 by corvusfugit

The Huexotzinco Codex is an eight-sheet document on amatl, a pre-European paper made in Mesoamerica. It is part of the testimony in a legal case against representatives of the colonial government in Mexico, ten years after the Spanish conquest in … Continue reading →

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