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Sim Barr

Arthur Shilling (1941-1986)

Born on the Rama Reserve, near Orillia, Ontario into an Ojibwa family of thirteen children, Shilling started drawing as a small child and later carved wooden totem poles. Using oil on canvas, he depicted life on the Rama Reserve, where, eventually he built an art gallery to encourage local talent

His life is documented in the film The Beauty of My People (1978).

#arthurshilling#art#artist
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Sim Barr

Arthur Shilling (1941-1986)

Born on the Rama Reserve, near Orillia, Ontario into an Ojibwa family of thirteen children, Shilling started drawing as a small child and later carved wooden totem poles. Using oil on canvas, he depicted life on the Rama Reserve, where, eventually he built an art gallery to encourage local talent

His life is documented in the film The Beauty of My People (1978).

#arthurshilling#art#artist
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Art History Animalia

#TwoForTuesday :
Beaded #Turtle & Beaded #Lizard Umbilical Pouches
On display at Santa Rosa Junior College Multicultural Museum (CA, USA)
“Umbilical pouches are created by Plains women when babies are born. The umbilical cord of the newborn is dried & then sewn into the pouch. The pouch may then be then hung on cradleboards or blankets as a protective amulet or hung on a tree to draw spirits away from the child. Lizards represent boys & turtles represent girls.”
#NativeAmericanArt #IndigenousArt

14. Beaded Turtle Umbilical Pouch Unknown date, unidentified artist Donated by Sharon Koch 114.398 15. Beaded Lizard Umbilical Pouch, Ca. 1980s 88.082 Artist: Kaiwe Fastwolf This is a replica of an Arapaho fetish, created for the SRJC Museum by the artist. Umbilical pouches are created by Plains women when babies are born. The umbilical cord of the newborn is dried and then sewn into the pouch. The pouch may then be then hung on cradleboards or blankets as a protective amulet or hung on a tree to draw spirits away from the child. Lizards represent boys and turtles represent girls.”
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Honored to have spent time with these two historical Tlingit clan hats currently still at Penn Museum, in the process of being repatriated to Alaska’s Sitka Tribe:
Ganook Hat NA6864: Ganook (The Petrel), early 18th c. (one of the oldest known extant Tlingit hats!)
Maple wood, paint, Opercula shell, fur, hair, spruce root L28 x W27 x H37 cm
Noble Killer Hat NA11741: Killer Whale (Orca), 19th c? (collected 1926)
Spruce wood, paint, abalone shell, human hair L36 x W34 x H27.5 cm
#NativeAmericanArt

“The old hat represents Ganook, a petrel, also known as the most ancient being in Tlingit mythology. It is made of maple wood in the shape of a bird's face and beak, and painted with blue, red, and black pigment. Opercula shell is inlaid for teeth, and the helmet is also decorated with red hair and white fur. Four potlatch rings woven of split spruce roots are mounted on the top. The hat measures approximately 28 cm long, 27 cm wide, and 37 cm high.” (photo of the hat in collections room at museum)
“It represents a whale (orca) and is carved from one piece of spruce wood, ornamented with abalone shell. The hat is intricately carved and painted with greenish-blue, red, and black pigment. A wooden piece projecting from the back represents the dorsal fin of the animal. Human hair is used as ornamentation on the fin. The hat measures approximately 36 cm long, 34 cm wide, and 27.5 cm high.” (photo of the hat in collections room at museum, view 1)
“It represents a whale (orca) and is carved from one piece of spruce wood, ornamented with abalone shell. The hat is intricately carved and painted with greenish-blue, red, and black pigment. A wooden piece projecting from the back represents the dorsal fin of the animal. Human hair is used as ornamentation on the fin. The hat measures approximately 36 cm long, 34 cm wide, and 27.5 cm high.” (photo of the hat in collections room at museum, view 2)
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#TurtleTuesday 🐢:
Wayne Skye (1949-2012, Six Nations Reserve, Ontario: Wolf clan, Cayuga)
Clan Animals on the Turtle’s Back, 1996
Moose antler, steel, adhesive
Carnegie Museum of Natural History display 36182-1
#IndigenousArt #FirstNationsArt #NativeAmericanArt
“The nine clan animals of the Cayuga nation stand on the back of the great #turtle. Clockwise from the turtle's head, they are hawk, snipe, wolf, beaver, turtle, eel, deer, heron, and bear (center).”

photo of the sculpture on display at museum, quarter turn profile view
photo of the sculpture on display at museum, full side profile view
photo of the gallery label: “5. CLAN ANIMALS ON THE TURTLE'S BACK Wayne Skye (1949-), Six Nations Reserve, Ontario, Wolf clan, Cayuga, 1996 The nine clan animals of the Cayuga nation stand on the back of the great turtle. Clockwise from the turtle's head, they are hawk, snipe, wolf, beaver, turtle, eel, deer, heron, and bear (center). The turtle plays a major part in the Iroquois story of the Earth's origin. Long ago, according to the story, Sky Woman fell through a hole in the sky, down toward the vast waters below. The birds flew and caught her on their wings, but there was no place below for her to land. The turtle offered to support a world on his back, and Muskrat succeeded in bringing from the bottom of the sea some mud that he placed on the turtle's back. When Sky Woman landed, the Earth was ready for her on the back of the Great Turtle. Moose antler (Alces alces), steel, adhesive 36182-1”
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