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ART OF THE
NATIVE AMERICANS
The Arctic cultural area encompasses 5,000 miles along the shoreline of northern
Alaska, Canada, and Greenland. Beyond the northern tree line is a land of rolling
tundra with several mountain peaks. Winters are long and severe, and the subsoil
remains frozen even during the short summers. The western Sub-Arctic includes both
the tundra and the northern evergreen forest. It is a land of freshwater lakes, bogs,
and rivers. Even today, people depend on fishing and hunting for sustenance.

ARCTIC AND SUB-ARCTIC REGION
Art of the Native Americans
Art of the Native Americans
Yup’ik, Arctic Region, Nepcetat Mask, c. 1840–
60, wood, swan feathers, duck feathers, snowy
owl feathers, fox teeth, sealskin thong, reed,
blood, pigment, ocher, charcoal (feathers and
teeth replaced): Fenimore Art Museum, The
Thaw collection
Yup’ik, Arctic Region, Dance Fans, c. 1870, wood, snowy
  owl feathers, caribou fur, green and white pigments,
 pebbles, duck tail feathers (feathers, fur, and pebbles
 replaced): Fenimore Art Museum, The Thaw collection
Inuit, Arctic Region, Figures, late 19th century, ivory,
    pigment, string: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Yup’ik, Arctic Region, Mask, 19th–20th century, wood,
   feathers, pigment: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
The neighboring Great Basin and California regions could not be more different from each
other. The Great Basin is a harsh desert expanse encompassing Nevada, Utah, eastern
California, and northern Arizona and New Mexico. The California cultural area, lush with
vegetation and teeming with wildlife, spans the present-day state of California and the
northern area of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula. While Native peoples have lived in the Great Basin
region for millennia, life in that hard climate has always depended upon an intimate
understanding of natural rhythms. Survival in the California region, with its ample fruits, nuts,
fish, and game, was much easier—so easy that farming did not develop in California until after
European contact. The region has been home to the densest Native population on the
continent, speaking over 100 languages.

CALIFORNIA & GREAT BASIN REGION
Art of the Native Americans
Art of the Native Americans
Scees, Bryant Possock (1858–1918),
Washoe, Great Basin Region, The
Ferns, c. 1904, willow, western
redbud, bracken fern root: Fenimore
Art Museum, The Thaw collection
The Northwest Coast region, which stretches along the Pacific
Ocean from the Alaskan Panhandle to northern California, is one of
the world’s richest natural environments. More than 500,000
Native people reside in this region of dense forests, majestic
snow- capped mountains, and rocky ocean inlets punctuated with
islands. While the cultures of this region have much in common,
there is an astonishing diversity of dialects, some as unlike each
other as English and Chinese. These language groups are
represented by tribes such as the Haida, Tlingit, Chinook,
Tsimshian, Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwakiutl), and Aqokúlo (Chimakum).

NORTHWEST COAST REGION
Art of the Native Americans
Art of the Native Americans
Bella Coola (Nuxalk), Northwest Coast Region,
Frontlet, c. 1850, wood, pigments, abalone shell,
copper, ermine pelts, cotton, plant fibers, wool,
buttons, sea lion whiskers: Minneapolis Institute of
Arts
Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwakiutl), Northwest Coast
Region, Mask, c. 1870, red-cedar wood and
bark, pigment, leather straps, iron nails:
Fenimore Art Museum, The Thaw Collection
Richard Hunt, born 1951, Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwakiutl),
Northwest Coast Region, Transformation Mask, 1993, Cedar,
 pigment, cloth, string, wood: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
The Plains, Prairie, and Plateau region is an area of more than one million
square miles. It is defined by the Mississippi Valley to the east, the Rocky
Mountains to the west, Manitoba and Saskatchewan to the north, and the
Mexican border of Texas to the south. The Plains are vast grasslands with
occasional hills and forested enclaves in the river valleys.

GREAT PLAINS & PLATEAU REGION
Art of the Native Americans
Art of the Native Americans
Dakota Plains, Region Cradle Cover, c. 1880,
Animal hide, quills, beads, ribbon, sequins, cloth:
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Ida (?) Claymore (date unknown), probably Minneconjou
Lakota, Plains Region, Suitcase, 1880–1910, beads,
hide, metal, oilcloth, thread: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Gaigwa (Kiowa), Plains Region, Cradle, c.
1880–1900, hide, glass beads, wood, German
silver tacks, woolen cloth, cotton: Fenimore Art
Museum, The Thaw collection
The Southwest cultural region incorporates the
lower parts of Utah and Colorado, all of Arizona
and New Mexico, and the northern deserts of
Mexico. The land is a semi-arid mix of deserts,
canyons, mesas, and mountains.

SOUTHWEST REGION
Art of the Native Americans
Art of the Native Americans
Sikyatki, Southwest Region, Jar, c.
1450–1500, clay, pigment: Fenimore
Art museum, The Thaw collection
Nampeyo (c. 1860–1942), Hopituh Shi-nu-mu (Hopi)-
 Tewa Hano, First Mesa Southwest Region, Jar, c. 1905,
clay, pigment: Fenimore Art Museum, The Thaw collection
Elva Nampeyo (1926–1985), Hopituh Shi-nu-mu (Hopi)-
 Tewa, Southwest Region, Vessel, 20th century, clay and
         pigment: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Dextra Quotskuyva, Hopituh Shi-nu-mu (Hopi)-Tewa,
 Southwest Region, Awatovi Birds, 1990, ceramic,
       pigment: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
The Woodlands cultural area stretches along the
Atlantic seaboard, from the polar coast of Canada in
the north to the tropical swamps of Florida in the
south, and sprawls westward through the Great
Lakes region to the Mississippi Valley. The great
deciduous forests of eastern North America have
long inspired the exceptional creations of the
Woodlands people, both in the materials they
provided and the imagery they suggested.

WOODLANDS REGION
Art of the Native Americans
Art of the Native Americans
Mississippian, Mississippi Valley Region, Birdstone,
c. 2500 b.c.e., slate: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Spiro, Mississippi Valley Region, Pair of Gorgets,
c. 1200–1350, shell: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Caddoan, Mississippi Valley Region, Gorget, c.
1200–1350, busycon whelk shell: Fenimore
Art Museum, The Thaw collection
Wendat (Huron), Woodlands Region, Moccasins, 1838–
1853, black-dyed hide, moose hair, silk, cotton thread:
     Fenimore Art Museum, The Thaw collection
Stan Hill (1921–2003), Mohawk
(Turtle Clan), Haudenosaunee
(Iroquois), Woodlands Region, Bear
Hair Comb, 1988, Antler: Fenimore
Art Museum, The Thaw collection

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Art of the Native Americans

  • 1. ART OF THE NATIVE AMERICANS
  • 2. The Arctic cultural area encompasses 5,000 miles along the shoreline of northern Alaska, Canada, and Greenland. Beyond the northern tree line is a land of rolling tundra with several mountain peaks. Winters are long and severe, and the subsoil remains frozen even during the short summers. The western Sub-Arctic includes both the tundra and the northern evergreen forest. It is a land of freshwater lakes, bogs, and rivers. Even today, people depend on fishing and hunting for sustenance. ARCTIC AND SUB-ARCTIC REGION
  • 5. Yup’ik, Arctic Region, Nepcetat Mask, c. 1840– 60, wood, swan feathers, duck feathers, snowy owl feathers, fox teeth, sealskin thong, reed, blood, pigment, ocher, charcoal (feathers and teeth replaced): Fenimore Art Museum, The Thaw collection
  • 6. Yup’ik, Arctic Region, Dance Fans, c. 1870, wood, snowy owl feathers, caribou fur, green and white pigments, pebbles, duck tail feathers (feathers, fur, and pebbles replaced): Fenimore Art Museum, The Thaw collection
  • 7. Inuit, Arctic Region, Figures, late 19th century, ivory, pigment, string: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
  • 8. Yup’ik, Arctic Region, Mask, 19th–20th century, wood, feathers, pigment: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
  • 9. The neighboring Great Basin and California regions could not be more different from each other. The Great Basin is a harsh desert expanse encompassing Nevada, Utah, eastern California, and northern Arizona and New Mexico. The California cultural area, lush with vegetation and teeming with wildlife, spans the present-day state of California and the northern area of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula. While Native peoples have lived in the Great Basin region for millennia, life in that hard climate has always depended upon an intimate understanding of natural rhythms. Survival in the California region, with its ample fruits, nuts, fish, and game, was much easier—so easy that farming did not develop in California until after European contact. The region has been home to the densest Native population on the continent, speaking over 100 languages. CALIFORNIA & GREAT BASIN REGION
  • 12. Scees, Bryant Possock (1858–1918), Washoe, Great Basin Region, The Ferns, c. 1904, willow, western redbud, bracken fern root: Fenimore Art Museum, The Thaw collection
  • 13. The Northwest Coast region, which stretches along the Pacific Ocean from the Alaskan Panhandle to northern California, is one of the world’s richest natural environments. More than 500,000 Native people reside in this region of dense forests, majestic snow- capped mountains, and rocky ocean inlets punctuated with islands. While the cultures of this region have much in common, there is an astonishing diversity of dialects, some as unlike each other as English and Chinese. These language groups are represented by tribes such as the Haida, Tlingit, Chinook, Tsimshian, Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwakiutl), and Aqokúlo (Chimakum). NORTHWEST COAST REGION
  • 16. Bella Coola (Nuxalk), Northwest Coast Region, Frontlet, c. 1850, wood, pigments, abalone shell, copper, ermine pelts, cotton, plant fibers, wool, buttons, sea lion whiskers: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
  • 17. Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwakiutl), Northwest Coast Region, Mask, c. 1870, red-cedar wood and bark, pigment, leather straps, iron nails: Fenimore Art Museum, The Thaw Collection
  • 18. Richard Hunt, born 1951, Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwakiutl), Northwest Coast Region, Transformation Mask, 1993, Cedar, pigment, cloth, string, wood: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
  • 19. The Plains, Prairie, and Plateau region is an area of more than one million square miles. It is defined by the Mississippi Valley to the east, the Rocky Mountains to the west, Manitoba and Saskatchewan to the north, and the Mexican border of Texas to the south. The Plains are vast grasslands with occasional hills and forested enclaves in the river valleys. GREAT PLAINS & PLATEAU REGION
  • 22. Dakota Plains, Region Cradle Cover, c. 1880, Animal hide, quills, beads, ribbon, sequins, cloth: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
  • 23. Ida (?) Claymore (date unknown), probably Minneconjou Lakota, Plains Region, Suitcase, 1880–1910, beads, hide, metal, oilcloth, thread: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
  • 24. Gaigwa (Kiowa), Plains Region, Cradle, c. 1880–1900, hide, glass beads, wood, German silver tacks, woolen cloth, cotton: Fenimore Art Museum, The Thaw collection
  • 25. The Southwest cultural region incorporates the lower parts of Utah and Colorado, all of Arizona and New Mexico, and the northern deserts of Mexico. The land is a semi-arid mix of deserts, canyons, mesas, and mountains. SOUTHWEST REGION
  • 28. Sikyatki, Southwest Region, Jar, c. 1450–1500, clay, pigment: Fenimore Art museum, The Thaw collection
  • 29. Nampeyo (c. 1860–1942), Hopituh Shi-nu-mu (Hopi)- Tewa Hano, First Mesa Southwest Region, Jar, c. 1905, clay, pigment: Fenimore Art Museum, The Thaw collection
  • 30. Elva Nampeyo (1926–1985), Hopituh Shi-nu-mu (Hopi)- Tewa, Southwest Region, Vessel, 20th century, clay and pigment: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
  • 31. Dextra Quotskuyva, Hopituh Shi-nu-mu (Hopi)-Tewa, Southwest Region, Awatovi Birds, 1990, ceramic, pigment: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
  • 32. The Woodlands cultural area stretches along the Atlantic seaboard, from the polar coast of Canada in the north to the tropical swamps of Florida in the south, and sprawls westward through the Great Lakes region to the Mississippi Valley. The great deciduous forests of eastern North America have long inspired the exceptional creations of the Woodlands people, both in the materials they provided and the imagery they suggested. WOODLANDS REGION
  • 35. Mississippian, Mississippi Valley Region, Birdstone, c. 2500 b.c.e., slate: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
  • 36. Spiro, Mississippi Valley Region, Pair of Gorgets, c. 1200–1350, shell: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
  • 37. Caddoan, Mississippi Valley Region, Gorget, c. 1200–1350, busycon whelk shell: Fenimore Art Museum, The Thaw collection
  • 38. Wendat (Huron), Woodlands Region, Moccasins, 1838– 1853, black-dyed hide, moose hair, silk, cotton thread: Fenimore Art Museum, The Thaw collection
  • 39. Stan Hill (1921–2003), Mohawk (Turtle Clan), Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Woodlands Region, Bear Hair Comb, 1988, Antler: Fenimore Art Museum, The Thaw collection