Native American Art

Native American Culture Regions

Pacific Northwest Plateau Great Basin

Southwest Plains Eastern WoodlandsSoutheast Alaska

Then

Now

What kinds of art do Native American’s make?

Hopi (Zuni) Navajo (Dine)

Tlingit

Anasazi

Pacific Northwest

Plateau

Great Basin

Southwest

Plains

Eastern Woodlands

Southeast

Alaska

Mesquakie (fox)

Blackfoot

Pomo

Pomo Basket weaving

woven basket

kachina dolls

Hopi Kachina Dolls

Navajo rug and blanket weaving

Navajo sand painting

Anasazi pottery

Blackfoot Plains Buffalo Robe

Mesquakie

Tlingit

Tlingit

Tlingit totem poles

Tlingit totem poles

Yupik

masks

woven basket

kachina

Spirits that interact with humans

a spirit being…a revered ancestoran element a location a qualitya natural phenomenona concept

Hopi Kachina Dolls are effigies made of cottonwood that embody the characteristics of the ceremonial Kachina, the masked spirits of the Hopi Native American tribe. According to the Hopi, Kachina dolls are objects meant to be treasured and studied, and are not to be considered idols of worship or children’s toys.

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/northamerica/hopi.html

http://twograces.blogspot.com/2010/10/shopping-at-two-graces-vol-5-vintage.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kachina

kachina dancers masked members of the tribe who dress up as kachinas for religious ceremonies

1. Which of these is the Navajo rug? ___________2.Which of these is the coiled basket ___________3.Which of these is the Tlingit mask ___________4.Which of these is the Hopi Kachina doll ___________5.Which of these is the sand painting ____________6.Which of these is the buffalo painting ___________7.Which of these is the Anasazi bowl ___________