Post by Diane Merkel on Oct 12, 2005 6:10:30 GMT -6
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN
1 Bowling Green (212-514-3888)—Some of the exquisitely crafted objects in “First American Art: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection of American Indian Art” are easy to identify: beaded clothing, woven baskets, an iron dagger, a baby carrier trimmed with wool and feathers. Others would be mysteries without the wall labels, like an intricately carved ceremonial dance ornament or the ominous-sounding “soul catcher.” Standing Bear’s watercolor-and-ink-on-cotton depiction of the Battle of Little Big Horn, in which he participated, offers a fuller perspective on a historical moment that is sometimes reduced to cowboys and Indians. Through April 9. (Open daily, 10 to 5, and Thursday evenings until 8.)
Source: www.newyorker.com/goingson/art/articles/051017goar_GOAT_art
1 Bowling Green (212-514-3888)—Some of the exquisitely crafted objects in “First American Art: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection of American Indian Art” are easy to identify: beaded clothing, woven baskets, an iron dagger, a baby carrier trimmed with wool and feathers. Others would be mysteries without the wall labels, like an intricately carved ceremonial dance ornament or the ominous-sounding “soul catcher.” Standing Bear’s watercolor-and-ink-on-cotton depiction of the Battle of Little Big Horn, in which he participated, offers a fuller perspective on a historical moment that is sometimes reduced to cowboys and Indians. Through April 9. (Open daily, 10 to 5, and Thursday evenings until 8.)
Source: www.newyorker.com/goingson/art/articles/051017goar_GOAT_art