Native American Art Forms
Art Form↕ | Peoples↕ | Region↕ | Medium↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Navajo Weaving | Dine (Navajo) | Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico) | Hand-spun wool on upright loom | Two Grey Hills, Ganado Red and Storm Pattern rugs, learned from Pueblo neighbors in 17th century |
Pueblo Pottery | Hopi, Acoma, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso | Southwest | Coiled clay, natural pigments | Maria Martinez's black-on-black pottery, Acoma thin-walled vessels, hand-dug local clays |
Totem Pole Carving | Haida, Tlingit, Kwakwaka'wakw | Pacific Northwest Coast | Red cedar logs | Clan crests stacked vertically, memorial and house posts, raised in potlatch ceremonies |
Lakota Beadwork | Lakota Sioux | Great Plains | Glass seed beads on hide | Geometric lane-stitch patterns on moccasins, cradleboards and pipe bags, replaced porcupine quillwork |
Inuit Stone Carving | Inuit | Arctic Canada and Alaska | Soapstone, whalebone, antler | Sedna, shamans and hunting scenes, Cape Dorset print workshop founded 1959 |
Cherokee Basketry | Cherokee | Southeast | River cane, white oak, honeysuckle | Double-weave baskets with hidden patterns, natural dyes from walnut and bloodroot |
Iroquois False Face Masks | Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) | Northeast Woodlands | Carved living basswood | Healing society masks, carved directly into living trees then removed, sacred and no longer sold |
Hopi Kachina Dolls | Hopi | Arizona | Cottonwood root | Carved representations of kachina spirits, given to children to teach religious tradition |
Plains Ledger Art | Cheyenne, Lakota, Kiowa | Great Plains | Pencil and crayon on ledger books | Late 19th century successor to hide painting, narrative scenes of battles and buffalo hunts |
Apache Basket Weaving | Western Apache | Southwest | Devil's claw, willow, yucca | Burden baskets and tus water jars sealed with pinyon pitch, geometric cross and star designs |
Northwest Coast Button Blankets | Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian | Pacific Northwest | Wool blankets with mother-of-pearl buttons | Clan crest designs appliqued with red felt and buttons, worn during potlatch ceremonies |
Seminole Patchwork | Seminole and Miccosukee | Florida Everglades | Hand-sewn cotton strips | Developed after hand-cranked sewing machines arrived in 1900s, bright geometric bands on clothing |
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