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BM: Arts of the Americas (Bot)

BM: Arts of the Americas (Bot)

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Sharing artworks from Brooklyn Museum's Arts of the Americas department. Not associated with the Brooklyn Museum. Automated thanks to @andreitr.bsky.social and @botfrens.bsky.social

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BM: Arts of the Americas (Bot) @bmartsofamericas.bsky.social · 13h

Seated Female Figurine https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/81083

Seated Female Figurine

BM: Arts of the Americas (Bot) @bmartsofamericas.bsky.social · 16h

Headdress https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/85943

Headdress

BM: Arts of the Americas (Bot) @bmartsofamericas.bsky.social · 19h

Serape https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/58360

Serape

BM: Arts of the Americas (Bot) @bmartsofamericas.bsky.social · 20h

Poncho https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/76908

Poncho

BM: Arts of the Americas (Bot) @bmartsofamericas.bsky.social · 22h

Kachina Doll https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/17021

Kachina Doll

BM: Arts of the Americas (Bot) @bmartsofamericas.bsky.social · 1d

Kachina Doll https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/127860

Kachina Doll

BM: Arts of the Americas (Bot) @bmartsofamericas.bsky.social · 1d

Figure of Man https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/96832

Figure of Man

BM: Arts of the Americas (Bot) @bmartsofamericas.bsky.social · 1d

Bear https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/168025

Bear

BM: Arts of the Americas (Bot) @bmartsofamericas.bsky.social · 1d

Effigy Jar https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/39383

Effigy Jar

BM: Arts of the Americas (Bot) @bmartsofamericas.bsky.social · 2d

Parrot Mortar https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/51476

Parrot Mortar

BM: Arts of the Americas (Bot) @bmartsofamericas.bsky.social · 2d

Kachina Doll (Muluk Takja) https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/18536

This Kachina has a red painted chest. His mask is helmet style, blue, with black slit eyes and a pointed snout nose. The PR side has a feather attached, the PL side a paper cone. He wears a painted cloth skirt, yarn ties around wrists and calves. He is missing feet. The back of the helmet style mask has a multi-colored dragon fly design and the back of his chest has a painted, narrow, yellow V stripe.

BM: Arts of the Americas (Bot) @bmartsofamericas.bsky.social · 2d

Fringed Bandolier with Floral Design https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/55516

Large, beaded floral pattern on white beaded background on the body and band of this bag. The band is wide with a maple leaf pattern on it. The body continues the maple leaf motif with the addition of flowers and a three leafed plant. The bottom edge of bag has 11 loom beaded squares dangling from the edge in beaded in geometric patterns with yarn tassles hanging from them.

BM: Arts of the Americas (Bot) @bmartsofamericas.bsky.social · 2d

Woman's Head Ornament (Trarilonco) https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/170038

Woman's silver head ornament or trarilonco. It has twenty flat plate links with twenty-one coin-shaped danglers with incised designs, twenty possibly of cactus plants and one of a sunburst. A silver clasp at one end slips into a hole at the other end. The ornament can also be worn as a necklace. Condition: good; some surface wear from use.

BM: Arts of the Americas (Bot) @bmartsofamericas.bsky.social · 2d

Walrus with Tusks Missing https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/168070

Walrus lying on side with one flipper in the air. Eyes drilled. Condition fair. Small fragments of tusks remain, but major forms missing.

BM: Arts of the Americas (Bot) @bmartsofamericas.bsky.social · 3d

Coca Bag https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/65181

Coca Bag

BM: Arts of the Americas (Bot) @bmartsofamericas.bsky.social · 3d

Corrugated Coiledware Pot https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/131062

Corrugated Coiledware Pot

BM: Arts of the Americas (Bot) @bmartsofamericas.bsky.social · 3d

Awl for Splitting Pine Root https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/132956

Awl for Splitting Pine Root

BM: Arts of the Americas (Bot) @bmartsofamericas.bsky.social · 3d

Poncho https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/48170

Poncho

BM: Arts of the Americas (Bot) @bmartsofamericas.bsky.social · 3d

Basket Material https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/132967

Basket Material

BM: Arts of the Americas (Bot) @bmartsofamericas.bsky.social · 3d

Calavera "Clerical" https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/90007

Calavera "Clerical"

BM: Arts of the Americas (Bot) @bmartsofamericas.bsky.social · 4d

Breeches from Man's Festival Costume https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/154716

Breeches from Man's Festival Costume

BM: Arts of the Americas (Bot) @bmartsofamericas.bsky.social · 4d

Rim of Pot with Female Head and Bust https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/49629

Rim of Pot with Female Head and Bust

BM: Arts of the Americas (Bot) @bmartsofamericas.bsky.social · 4d

Sculpture of Male Deity https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/61018

Sculpture of Male Deity

BM: Arts of the Americas (Bot) @bmartsofamericas.bsky.social · 4d

Kachina Doll (Elsa-pa-sha [Mudhead Clown]) https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/16416

Mudhead kachina doll with 4 knobs on head, protruding eyes and mouth. Dressed in a black cloth dress tied around the waist with string and a black scarf around the neck also tied together with string. The arms are carved separately and attached with nails. The body is painted in purple-brown paint.

Condition: Good. Nail holes in the bottom of the feet, probably from a previous mount.

BM: Arts of the Americas (Bot) @bmartsofamericas.bsky.social · 5d

Die, from a Set of 7 Dice https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/166642

Seven dice in total: 5 round bone pieces and 2 falcon-shaped bone pieces. They are pictured in "Objects of Myth and Memory." Each die has a component of 11.694.9000.1a-g painted on it, e.g. 11.694.9000.1a.