The Goddess Coatlicue
Author: Aztec
Date: c. 1500
Place: Mexico
Now presented: Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico City
Medium: Carved stone
This depiction of the Goddess Coatlicue shows the mother of all gods who gave birth to the moon, stars, sun, and god of war, a heavy task for a woman.
Date: c. 1500
Place: Mexico
Now presented: Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico City
Medium: Carved stone
This depiction of the Goddess Coatlicue shows the mother of all gods who gave birth to the moon, stars, sun, and god of war, a heavy task for a woman.
Feathered Bowl
Author: Poma woman
Date: 1877
Place: California
Now presented: Philbrook Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Medium: Willow, bulrush, fern, feather, shells, glass beads height 5 1/2", diameter 12"
The intricate beading and clay coils presented here are done by a native woman. According to Pomo people the Earth was dark until their ancestral hero stole the sun and brought it to Earth in a basket. He hung the basket first just over the horizon, but, dissatisfied with the light it gave, he kept suspending it in different placed across the dome of the sky for east to west. Such baskets were treasured posessions, cremated with their owners at death.
Date: 1877
Place: California
Now presented: Philbrook Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Medium: Willow, bulrush, fern, feather, shells, glass beads height 5 1/2", diameter 12"
The intricate beading and clay coils presented here are done by a native woman. According to Pomo people the Earth was dark until their ancestral hero stole the sun and brought it to Earth in a basket. He hung the basket first just over the horizon, but, dissatisfied with the light it gave, he kept suspending it in different placed across the dome of the sky for east to west. Such baskets were treasured posessions, cremated with their owners at death.
Two Grey Hills Tapestry Weaving
Author: Julia Jumbo
Date: 2003
Place: New Mexico
Now presented: Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, new Mexico
Medium: Handspun wool, 36 x 24 1/4
A modern day example of Native craft and art created by a contemporary woman
Date: 2003
Place: New Mexico
Now presented: Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, new Mexico
Medium: Handspun wool, 36 x 24 1/4
A modern day example of Native craft and art created by a contemporary woman
Cover photo: Machu Picchu, Peru