Happy #WorldWalrusDay!
Egevadluq Ragee (Inuit, 1920-1983)
#Walruses at Play, 1964
Stonecut print, 45/50, 21 x 28.5 in
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/WALRUSES-AT-PLAY/4B4F94FDAF7D3A2F
#IndigenousArt #NativeAmericanArt #FirstNationsArt
Happy #WorldWalrusDay!
Egevadluq Ragee (Inuit, 1920-1983)
#Walruses at Play, 1964
Stonecut print, 45/50, 21 x 28.5 in
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/WALRUSES-AT-PLAY/4B4F94FDAF7D3A2F
#IndigenousArt #NativeAmericanArt #FirstNationsArt
For #WorldDolphinDay :
Ben Houstie (Pacific NW Coast, Heiltsuk Nation, b.1960)
#Dolphins, 2000
Acrylic on canvas, 16 x 20 in.
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Dolphins/95D96F364BBB2A28
#FirstNationsArt #NativeAmericanArt #IndigenousArt
For #InternationalWolfDay :
Bill Reid (Haida, Pacific NW Coast, 1920-1998)
Haida #Wolf - Godj, 1979
Colour silkscreen on paper, 16.5 x 17 in.
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Haida-Wolf/B99372782ED72131
#FirstNationsArt #NativeAmericanArt #IndigenousArt
#FishFriday:
Kenojuak Ashevak (Inuit [Cape Dorset/Kinngait], 1927-2013)
Deep Blue Sea, 2003
Lithographed & stenciled print, 113 x 76 cm
Smithsonian NMAI 80607: https://americanindian.si.edu/collections-search/object/NMAI_280607
#FirstNationsArt #NativeAmericanArt #IndigenousArt
#InternationalOwlAwarenessDay :
Kenojuak Ashevak (Inuit [Cape Dorset/Kinngait], 1927-2013)
Hidden Owls, 2006 & Flamboyant Owl,
2006
Serigraphs, each 58 x 56 cm
Smithsonian NMAI 26/7038,40:
https://americanindian.si.edu/collections-search/object/ark:/65665/ws62c58778fef8947d78e6f2860d74c4bb3
https://americanindian.si.edu/collections-search/object/ark:/65665/ws6c2d1317c9d2248349660b4ea79a06c94
#OwlAwarenessDay #BirdsInArt #FirstNationsArt #NativeAmericanArt #IndigenousArt
#FishFriday + #FrogFriday :
Patrick Amos (Nuu-chah-nulth, b.1957)
1. Spawning #Salmon, 1985
silkscreen print, #43/125, 14 3/4 x 21 7/8 in. (37.47 x 55.56 cm.)
2. #Frog, 1985
silkscreen print, #71/299, 15 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (39.37 x 31.12 cm.)
#PacificNWCoastArt #FirstNationsArt #NativeAmericanArt #IndigenousArt
https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/patrick-amos-14-3-4-x-21-7-8-in-37-47-x-55-56-cm--73-c-5b0497993e
https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/patrick-amos-15-1-2-x-12-1-4-in-39-37-x-31-12-cm--543-c-4ff4010bba
#WorldOrcaDay :
Chilkat blanket with #orca design, Tsimshian (Pacific NW Coast)
Twined weave; warp of yellow cedar bark & mountain goats' wool, weft of pure mountain goats' wool
Field Museum no. 19571 (photographed on display in 2022)
#FirstNationsArt #NativeAmericanArt #IndigenousArt
For #WorldOrcaDay:
Robert E. Sebastian (Gitxsan, b.1952)
The Herd - Killer Whale, 1985
silkscreen, #81/100, 14 7/8 x 21 3/4 in. (37.78 x 55.25 cm)
https://www.maynardsfineart.com/auction-lot/robert-e.-sebastian-14-7-8-x-21-3-4-in.-37.78-x_EE34241B61
#FirstNationsArt #IndigenousArt #Orca
For #WorldPorcupineDay :
Robert Kakaygeesick, Jr. (Ojibwa, 1948-2020)
Untitled ( #Porcupine )
Signed watercolor, 17 1/2 x 23 1/4 in.
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Untitled---Porcupine/36E66F418BF91A09C3895BC3A43AD335
#FirstNationsArt #NativeAmericanArt #IndigenousArt
For #MonotremeMonday, two #echidnas from the National Gallery of Victoria collection:
1. Lena Djamarayku (Rembarrnga, NT, b. c.1948)
Echidna, 1998
earth pigments on Paperbark (Melaleuca sp.), wood & pandanus (Pandanus sp.) fibre, echidna quills
25.5×80.0×21.0cm
https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/66046/
2. Yvonne Koolmatrie (Ngarrindjeri, SA, b. 1944)
Echidna, 1999
sedge (Carex sp.), echidna quills
14.3×47.4×28.3cm
https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/66175/
#MonotremeMonday:
Ngarrbek, The #Echidna, 1948
Unidentified First Nations artist, Kunbarllanjnja (Oenpelli), Northern Territory, Australia
earth pigments on Stringybark (Eucalyptus sp.), 26.3 × 51.4 cm
National Gallery of Victoria O.10-1956: https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/2107/
#FirstNationsArt #AboriginalArt #IndigenousArt
#WorldCaribouDay:
Pudlo Pudlat (Inuit, 1916-1992)
1 #Caribou in Winter Light, 1986
stonecut
25x30.75in (63.5x78.1cm)
2 Pangniq Sniffs the Wind, 1984
stonecut & stencil
24x34in (60.1x86.4cm)
3 Caribou with Arctic Murre, n.d.
coloured pencil & felt-tip drawing
20x25.5in (50.8x64.8cm)
https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Pudlo-Pudlat/0BC7D0E9B5A8E7D3
#IndigenousArt #FirstNationsArt #NativeAmericanArt
For #WorldCaribouDay:
8 Captivating #Caribou Creations in #Inuit Art
Via Inuit Art Foundation
https://www.inuitartfoundation.org/iaq-online/8-captivating-caribou-creations-in-inuit-art
#IndigenousArt #FirstNationsArt #NativeAmericanArt
For #WorldOtterDay :
Christian Morrisseau (Anishinaabe, 1969-2022)
#Otter Family, 2005
acrylic on canvas, 93.5 x 121.9 cm (36.79 ins x 48 in)
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/OTTER-FAMILY/0DF90C78588179DD
#FirstNationsArt #NativeAmericanArt #IndigenousArt
For #WorldOtterDay :
Tony Hunt Sr. (Kwakwaka'wakw, 1942-2017)
Kwa-Gulth Sea Otter with Sea Uchin, 1975
silkscreen on paper, 14 x 21 in (35.6 x 53.3 cm)
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Kwa-Gulth-Sea-Otter-with-Sea-Uchin/0C9B26968787D73FFFB368AFDECC3F24
#FirstNationsArt #IndigenousArt
For #WorldTurtleDay during #BearAwarenessWeek :
Roy Thomas (Anishinaabe, 1949-2004)
#Bear and #Turtle
acrylic on paper, 14 5/8 x 10 5/8 in
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Bear-and-Turtle/A03391A83F97E7C6645B1B2FAB0C0A45
#FirstNationsArt #NativeAmericanArt #IndigenousArt
#FrogFriday :
Reg Davidson (Haida, b.1954)
#Frogs, 1994
silkscreen, 22 x 27 in.
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Frogs/131A9F84E61CCF2BEF273DA3DD9804E8
#FirstNationsArt #NativeAmericanArt #IndigenousArt
Happy #InternationalDayOfTheSeal !
#Seal Decoy Helmet
Alutiiq (Pacific Eskimo), Kodiak Island, Alaska, before 1869
Carved & painted spruce wood, inlay whiskers, 17.5 x 25.5 x 19 cm (6 7/8 x 10 1/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 69-30-10/64700
“Carved from wood, hunters would have worn this hat to approach and trap seals.”
#IndigenousArt #NativeAmericanArt #FirstNationsArt
#WoodpeckerWednesday:
#Woodpecker, 1974
Art Thompson (Canadian, Ditidaht, Nuu-Chah-Nulth, 1948-2003)
serigraph, 58.5 x 44.4 cm
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria 1998.035.024: https://aggv.ca/emuseum/objects/15671/woodpecker
#IndigenousArt #FirstNationsArt #BirdsInArt
For #Woodensday:
#Seal figure by Melvin Olanna, 1968
Inupiat Eskimo, Shishmaref, Alaska, USA
Yellow cedar wood, L 32 x W 18.5 x H 20.5 cm
25/6106 Indian Arts & Crafts Board Collection, DOI, at Smithsonian NMAI
#NativeAmericanArt #FirstNationsArt #IndigenousArt