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TREASURES OF THE IACB: JERELDINE REDCORN, CADDO HEAD JAR (1998)

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The Caddo were masters working with clay.  The beauty and artistic quality of Caddo ceramics has long been recognized by artists and archeologists.  This skill was lost for over a century.  In reviving this lost clay art, I felt an innate artistic inspiration as a Caddo.  Each time I hold clay to begin shaping a vessel, I thank my ancestors for this precious gift.

 - Jereldine Redcorn, 2020

 

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TREASURES OF THE IACB: BILL PROKOPIOF, GALLUP THROW (1982)

 

TREASURES OF THE IACB

 

With today's popular Indian art moving into the fine arts market, I am thankful for my ancestry from which I draw my inspiration.  There's a rush to explore yesterday's line with today's media; therefore I extend myself in many varied directions.  It is my responsibility to keep art, talent and salability in their proper perspective.                                                      

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TREASURES OF THE IACB: WESTERN APACHE TYPE BASKET, CA. 1910

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The Western Apache ‒ Cibecue, San Carlos, White Mountain, and Northern and Southern Tonto ‒ produced various types of baskets, but the largest variety was called an olla. Olla baskets were handcrafted in antiquity for water storage and containers for seed and corn.  Liquid bearing baskets, for water and native beer (tiswin), were coated in piñon pitch to seal the interior and exterior surfaces (Roberts 1929).

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"Song of the Sea: Carvings of St. Lawrence Island" Lecture, December 4, 2020

For thousands of years, Alaska Native carvers utilized Pacific walrus, fossil mammoth, and mastodon ivory to produce a large variety of tools to help them survive the difficult and often hostile Arctic environment. In the late 19th century, a marketplace for ivory objects and art emerged, and over time it became an important economic resource for local artists. However, efforts to curb the trade of illegally harvested elephant ivory have negatively affected Alaska Native communities that rely on sales of walrus ivory carving to sustain their local economies and culture.

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