Chapter 30 North America Southwest Anasazi built Pueblo

Chapter 30

North America • Southwest- Anasazi- built Pueblo Bonito and Cliff Palace • “Pueblo Indians” • -descendants of nomadic hunters who arrived from northwestern canada between 1200 & 1500

Navajo Rituals • • • Sand painting ( aka Dry paintings) Created to accompany prayers and chants Also created to cure diseases Shamans- medicine men (made the images) Painting style, rigid, simple curves, straight lines, serial repetition • Nightway: whirling logs (30 -8) Franc J. Newcomb (not a shaman but had permission from a shaman to create the image) • Mid 17 th century-navajo learned how to weave from Hopi and Pueblo neighbors

Hopi Kachinas • Kachina doll- kachine (benevolent supernatural spirits that personify natural elements) • Masked dancers impersonate kachinas • Dedicated festivals to rain, fertility, and good hunting • Otto pentewa-kachina doll (30 -9)

Pueblo Pottery • Utilitarian forms • Worked without potter wheel • Maria martinez- 1900’s. revived tecniques of these native artists

Masks for Transformation Rites • Northwest coast • Masks, totem poles, rattles, chests, etc. • Rich oral tradition displayed by the art created

An intimidating war helmet • • (30 -11) kwakiutl mask Dramatic style Wood used for masks Tlinit helmet- representational of dead spirits

Clan History on Haida Poles • Frontal poles • Totemic emblems- interest in prestige and family history • (30 -13) reconstructed haida village- bill reed • Right to own and display crests-jealously guarded

Alaskan Ceremonial Blankets • Chilkat Blanket (30 -14)- tlinlit village • -made of mountain goats wool • -northwest coastal art is regarded as one of the sophisticated high points of native american artwork

Eskimo • The north wings mask- Yupik Eskimowood and feathers • (30 -15) • -paired human hands on the mask represent the shamans power to attract animals to hunt

Great Plains • The europeans introduced the horse to north america, creating mobilized native americans • Artists began to paint tipis, tipi linings, and buffalo skin robes with stiff figural designs • The naturalistic scenes were introduced, usually of war exploits inspired by european visiting artists

Costume As Art • (30 -16) Karl Bodmer- Hidatsa Warrior Pehriska-Ruhpa (Two Ravens) • Plains people were nomadic • Aesthetic was focused on clothing and bodies and portable objects • The items in focus in this painting are the buffalo rove, bear claw necklace, and feather decorations

Paintings in Ledger Books • Plain arts flourished during the reservation period • Women did beadwork and men painted in ledger books • (30 -17) Kiowa Artists depicts a tipi scene, in which native americans are celebrating. • This piece shows the typical décor of the men and women in the native american tribes. • -this particular drawing depicts a powwow