Foto di Casacca maschile, 1880 circa (Ojibway)

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Titolo dell'opera:

Tunic

Acquisizione:

Collezione Missioni Cattoliche Americane 1893

Author/ School/ Dating:

Tunic

Epoca:

XIX - 1890 - 1890

Inventario:

C.A.336

Provenienza (nazione):

Canada

Technique and Dimensions:

Cloth, glass (covered-stitch embroidery), woven, leather

Utilizzo:

Protezione/estetico-ornamentale. Cerimonie.

Descrizione:
Tunic made from four rectangular pieces of black cloth sewn together only at the shoulders and around the sleeve and fastened at the sides and under the sleeves by knotted cotton ribbons. The front and back are each decorated with three discoidal leather appliqués, the central one with a pinwheel motif and the two side ones with concentric circles, made of white, yellow, blue, red, green and blue glass beads. The neckline, both on the front and back, is decorated with two shaped applications made of black cloth with geometric and floral motifs in white, green, red, pink, yellow and azure glass beads bordered by a band of alternating white, azure, pink and yellow glass beads. Along each sleeve is sewn a rectangular blue cloth appliqué bordered by a red ribbon and decorated on the shoulder with a disc in concentric circles and on the arm with a floral motif in white, yellow, red, light and dark green, light blue, silver, pink and blue conteries. On the wrist of each sleeve is sewn a rectangular red cloth appliqué decorated in bands with geometric motifs in green, yellow, white, blue and pink glass beads. Four rectangles of black and brown velvet are sewn in pairs horizontally on the lower part of the sleeve and vertically on the shoulders. The tunic was part of men's clothing and was originally made of two pieces of tanned deer skin sewn sideways to form a kind of poncho. In a later period, as a result of contact and subsequent trade with whites, the traditional pattern was influenced by the clothing of Europeans and the leather was replaced by fabric. Decorations could be made with fringes, painting, porcupine quills, and glass beads. Decorations varied according to tribe: more sober in the southern plains and richer in the north. This type of floral decoration was of French derivation.
Foto di Casacca maschile, 1870 – 1880 circa (Ojibway, probabilmente oggetto di scambio con i Dakota)

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Author/ School/ Dating:

Male tunic, 1870 - 1880 circa (Ojibway, probably object of exchange with the Dakota)

Technique and Dimensions:

Tanned cervid leather, glass (covered stitch embroidery), fabric, wooden buttons

Descrizione:

Male tunic with floral embroidery (French-style), with fringes (typical of Dakota)

Foto di Ornamento per il capo, fine ‘800 (Indiani delle Pianure)

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Author/ School/ Dating:

Ornament for the head, end of 800 (Plains Indians)

Technique and Dimensions:

Feathers (in 3 overlapping layers: hawk, eagle and owl), "false silver" - German silver, porcupine tail, porcupine spines (flattened by teeth or nails, dyed and sewn)

Descrizione:

Ornament for the head (it was applied to the hair on the nape of the most valiant warriors)

Foto di Corna di bisonte, 1865 – 1875 circa (Dakota dell’Ovest, Brulee)

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Author/ School/ Dating:

Buffalo horns, 1865 - 1875 circa (West Dakota, Brulee)

Technique and Dimensions:

Buffalo horn, fabric, wool, metal, wood

Descrizione:

Buffalo horns (terminal ceremonial staff, used in the dances preceding the buffalo hunt)

Foto di Copricapo maschile, 1880 circa (Ojibway)

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Author/ School/ Dating:

Male headdress, circa 1880 (Ojibway)

Technique and Dimensions:

Braided vegetable fiber, Great Lakes goose feathers, fabric

Foto di Mazza cerimoniale, fine ‘800 (Dakota dell’Est, Yankton)

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Author/ School/ Dating:

Ceremonial mace, end of 800 (East Dakota, Yankton)

Technique and Dimensions:

Leather, stone, decorticated, sanded, carved and painted wood, cotton and metal thread

Descrizione:

Ceremonial club, symbol of status, flaunted on convivial occasions (like the Pow - Wow)

Foto di Collana maschile, 1880 circa (Indiani delle Pianure del sud)

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Author/ School/ Dating:

Men’s necklace, circa 1880 (Indians of the Southern Plains) and)

Technique and Dimensions:

Tanned leather, metal (American coins of ten cents fused and transformed into grains)

Foto di Collana per bambina, fine ‘800 (fattura Kiova o Comanche)

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Author/ School/ Dating:

Necklace for girl, end of 800 (Kiova or Comanche invoice)

Technique and Dimensions:

Shell, hard stones, cotton thread

Descrizione:

Necklace for girl; probably the result of commercial exchanges between the Pueblo of Taos and the Indians of the Plains of the South. 
The turquoise near the Pueblo had protective function for the little girls

Foto di Faretra, frecce, arco, astuccio per arco, mazza e amuleto, fine ‘800 (Indiani delle Pianure)

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Author/ School/ Dating:

Quiver, arrows, bow, case for bow, mace and amulet, end of 800 (Plains Indians)

Technique and Dimensions:

Vedi descrizione

Descrizione:

Quiver, arrows, bow, case for bow, mace (symbol of value and courage), amulet (represents the spirit of the favorite horse)
Quiver: tanned leather, hard stones, glass countries (point "lazy")
Arrows: decorticated, polished and engraved wooden rod, pens, iron, animal fiber
Arco: dehusked, polished and curved wood, animal fibre, tanned and dyed leather
Bow case: tanned and dyed leather
Mace: dehusked wood, tanned leather, stone, glass countries
Amulet: decorticated, polished and painted wood, horsehair

Foto di Fornello di pipa, 1880 – 1890 circa (motivo tipico dei Dakota dell’Est, Yankton, materiale Ojibway)

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Acquisizione:

Collezione Missioni Cattoliche Americane 1893

Author/ School/ Dating:

Pipe cooker, 1880 - 1890 circa (typical East Dakota motif, Yankton, Ojibway material)

Inventario:

C.A.342

Provenienza (nazione):

Ohio (U.S.A.)

Tecnica:

La steatite è stata scolpita, levigata e incisa con attrezzi metallici.

Utilizzo:

Cerimoniale. Incontri intertribali con accordi da sancire.

Descrizione:

Bird-shaped pipe cooker with lateral engravings in concentric circles (symbolizing the circles of life)

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