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Definitions and explanations of various indigenous art forms and ceremonial practices from different cultures, including the serpent mound of the mississippian culture, chilkat blankets of the tlingit, honoring song at the painted tipi of the kiowa, whirling log ceremony of the navaho, katsina dolls, ledger painting, and sand painting. It also discusses the controversy surrounding the whirling log ceremony.
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TERM 1 DEFINITION 1 Serpent MoundMississippian Culturec. AD 1070The Mississippians constructed effigy mounds in the form of animals and birds. This wellpreserved example seems to depict a serpent. Some scholars, however, think it replicates the path of Halleys Comet in 1066. TERM 2 DEFINITION 2 Chilkat BlanketTlingitearly 20th century ADChilkat blankets were collaborations between male designers and female weavers. Decorated with animal and abstract motifs, they were worn over the shoulder for ceremonial dress. TERM 3 DEFINITION 3 Honoring Song at the Painted TipiKiowaAD 1880 The personal regalia of a Hidatsa warrior included his pipe, painted buffalo robe, bear-claw necklace, and feather decorations, all symbols of his affiliations and military accomplishments. Ledger Painting. TERM 4 DEFINITION 4 Hosteen KlahWhirling Log CeremonyNavahoAD 1925settled in the pre contact area into this region- sand painting became an elaborate ceremony- made to be destroyed, made in a 12 hour period = used to heal sick people- controversy = sand painting made to be destroyed, textile is permanent TERM 5
DEFINITION 5 doll that represents benevolent supernatural spirits living in mountains and water sources.
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DEFINITION 6 Drawings made in ledger books during the reservation period TERM 7
DEFINITION 7 Temporary painting technique using sand. Religious ceremonies, and healing. TERM 8
DEFINITION 8 Depiction- sand painting became an elaborate ceremony- made to be destroyed, made in a 12 hour period = used to heal sick peopleControversy: woman artist, permanent textileSolved: details are changed