Posts by BM: Arts of the Americas (Bot)
Pitcher in the Shape of a Bird
Pitcher in the Shape of a Bird www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/1...
Single/Coiled, Ribbed Weave Basket decorated with blue and green feathers
Single/Coiled, Ribbed Weave Basket decorated with blue and green feathers www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/1...
Model of Loom, Including Frame, Warp, Shed Rod and a Hed Rod with Partially Woven Blanket
Model of Loom, Including Frame, Warp, Shed Rod and a Hed Rod with Partially Woven Blanket www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/1...
Textile Fragment, undetermined, possible border
Textile Fragment, undetermined, possible border www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/8...
One of Collection of 18 Pieces of Silverwork
One of Collection of 18 Pieces of Silverwork www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/1...
Human Head with Enlarged Skull
Human Head with Enlarged Skull www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/1...
Man's dress shirt with matching leggings (50.67.7b-c). A lack of ornamentation suggests it may be unfinished (compare this sparse ornamentation to 50.67.4). The shirt has no pierce work, loom-woven quillwork, or ornamentation on the cuffs. At the neck flap, however, there is an outline of blue beads and at intervals below, an additional two and three bead linear arrangement. There are simply decorated rosettes of concentric rings on either side with centers of plain white skin. Going outward from these centers are rings of quills: light blue; white; red; and a combination of blue and yellow. Following the quills is a ring of white skin, and an outer circle of blue beads. When cleaned in 1992, a fringe damaged by old insect damage became detached at the center of the proper left shoulder. The edges of the torn section were backed and reattached.
Chief's Dress Shirt www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/6...
Model of ice chisel of light wood with bone chisel at the other end.
Model of Ice Chisel www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/4...
Tapering Object with rounded impressions and ten openings
Tapering Object with rounded impressions and ten openings www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/8...
Small ladies purse with beaded floral designs on velvet on one side and undecorated on the other. Such bags were often made for trade to non-Native customers especially in areas such as Niagara Falls, Chautauqua Lakes, and the Finger Lakes regions where Iroquois beadworkers sold them directly to customers.