Our Place in the World

Our Place in the World
by Mary Erickson
Our Place in the World
This collection includes Native American, Prehistoric, Aboriginal Australian artworks and artifacts.
Their use of shapes are representative of the cultures in which they were made.
The objects were made largely from materials taken from nature, like leather, wool. plants, stone, and wood.
http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/99185/our-place-in-the-world
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Beaded Vest
The first images in this collection show tradition things worn
and used by members of several Native American
cultures. The collection concludes with one Prehistoric
European carving and an Aboriginal Australian musical
instrument and two spear throwers.
http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/273/beaded-vest
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Pair of Moccasins
These Arapaho moccasins are made of leather.
The colored beads make triangular, rectangular, and
diamond shapes, which contrast with white beaded areas.
http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/45291/pair-of-moccasins
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Dress
This Lakota dress is also made of leather and decorated
with beads.
Move the cursor above the image to zoom in.
How many different shapes you can find?
http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/1203/dress
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Man's Jacket
The shapes on this man's jacket tell a story of life among
the Lakota.
http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/65930/man-s-jacket
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Parfleche
This is a leather case or parfleche made over 100 years
ago by someone of the Hunkpapa Lakota people.
It has large, painted, geometric shapes.
http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/3305/parfleche
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'Eye-dazzler' Blanket
This Navajo blanket was made with dyed sheep's wool.
The traditional Navajo pattern of geometic shapes is called
an "eye dazzler."
http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/1226/eye-dazzler-blanket
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Wrist Guard (Ketoh)
This Navajo silver piece was made to protect the wrist.
It has curved shapes.
The oval stone in the center is a piece of tourquoise dug
from the ground in Nevada.
http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/3019/ketoh
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Coiled Basket
This Apache basket was made from plant fibers.
The rows od zigzags lines that outline the diamond shapes
are made up of little rectangles.
http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/2014/basket
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Sun Mask
Look at the dramatic curved and angular shapes used in
the Northwest Coast Native American mask.
It is made of painted wood with added pieces of metal.
http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/64815/sun-mask
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Venus figure
Many thousands of years before there were countries in
Europe, a prehistoric carver saw the shape of a woman in
this rock and chipped it away to show her body.
http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/9400/venus-figure
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Ceremonial Bull Roarer
This is a traditional musical instrument of the Australian
Aboriginal people.
If you zoom in really closely you can see lines carved into
the wood to make diamonds.
http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/8747/ceremonial-bull-roarer
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Spear Thrower
These are Australian Aboriginal wooden spears throwers.
Up close you can see shapes made up of lines in them
also.
http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/5943/spear-thrower-woomera
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