GCR

GCR

Museum Exhibition

Catalogue of Works

Art of Native America: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

30 documented works

Shoulder bag

Delaware Artist

Shoulder bag

ca. 1840

Wool cloth, cotton cloth, wool yarn, glass beads, silk cloth, silk ribbon, and metal cones

H. 30 × W. 17 1/4 in. (76.2 × 43.8 cm)

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Lidded Basket

Helen Lonetree

Lidded Basket

ca. 1940

Ash splint, wood, pigment

H. 14 1/2 x W. 24 x D. 15 in. (36.8 x 61 x 38.1 cm)

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Mask

Yup'ik, Native American

Mask

ca. 1900

Wood, pigment, vegetal fiber, iron nails, and feathers

34 1/2 × 22 × 9 1/2 in. (87.6 × 55.9 × 24.1 cm)

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Mask

Alutiiq/ Sugpiaq, Native American

Mask

ca. 1870

Wood and pigment

15 3/4 × 7 3/4 × 4 1/2 in. (40 × 19.7 × 11.4 cm)

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Cradleboard

Kiowa, Native American

Cradleboard

ca. 1875

Tanned leather, rawhide, wood, pigment, glass beads, wool cloth, cotton cloth, brass tacks, and brass link chain

42 1/2 × 12 7/8 × 8 3/4 in. (108 × 32.7 × 22.2 cm)

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Quirt handle

Eastern Plains, probably Meskwaki, Native American

Quirt handle

ca. 1860

Elk antler and pigment

2 × 2 3/8 × 14 5/8 in. (5.1 × 6 × 37.1 cm)

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Raven rattle

Albert Edward Edenshaw

Raven rattle

ca. 1850

Wood, pigment, glass beads and vegetal fiber

4 3/4 × 13 3/8 × 3 9/16 in. (12 × 34 × 9 cm)

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Bowl

Anishinaabe, probably Ottawa, Native American

Bowl

ca. 1800

Maple

6 3/4 × 9 3/4 × 12 3/4 in. (17.1 × 24.8 × 32.4 cm)

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War club

Pawnee, Native American

War club

ca. 1800

Wood and pigment

27 × 5 × 3/4 in. (68.6 × 12.7 × 1.9 cm)

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Headdress frontlet

Tsimshian , Native American

Headdress frontlet

ca. 1820–40

Wood, abalone shell, pigment, and nails

7 × 6 × 2 3/4 in. (17.8 × 15.2 × 7 cm)

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Dress

Lakota/ Teton Sioux, Native American

Dress

ca. 1870

Tanned leather and glass beads

35 × 48 in. (88.9 × 121.9 cm)

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Mask

Yup'ik, Native American

Mask

ca. 1900

Wood, pigment, and vegetal fiber

20 1/2 × 15 × 8 in. (52.1 × 38.1 × 20.3 cm)

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Pendant with figure

Ancestral Columbia River, Native American

Pendant with figure

3rd–13th century

Bone and pigment

10 1/4 × 3 × 1/4 in. (26 × 7.6 × 0.6 cm)

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Bowl

Wendat/ Huron, Native American

Bowl

ca. 1700

Wood

3 5/8 × 6 1/2 in. (9.2 × 16.5 cm)

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Dagger

Tlingit, Native American

Dagger

ca. 1780–1840

Wood, steel, and vegetal fiber

18 x 2 x 3/4 in 45.7 x 5.1 x 1.9 cm

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Comb

Tlingit, Native American

Comb

ca. 1850–80

Wood

11 1/2 × 4 × 1 in. (29.2 × 10.2 × 2.5 cm)

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Powhoge polychrome storage jar

Tewa, Native American

Powhoge polychrome storage jar

ca. 1790

Clay and pigment

19 × 17 1/2 in. (48.3 × 44.5 cm)

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Beaded Bag

Wasco, Native American

Beaded Bag

ca. 1860

Tanned leather, cordage, glass beads, brass beads, and commercial brass buttons

28 × 6 3/4 in. (71.1 × 17.1 cm)

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Hat

Tlingit

Hat

ca. 1830

Spruce root, shell, ermine, glass beads, pigment, cotton cloth, and tanned leather

7 1/2 × 12 in. (19.1 × 30.5 cm)

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Women's Acoma Cape or Dress

Acoma, Native American

Women's Acoma Cape or Dress

ca. 1850

Handspun undyed and indigo-dyed Churro fleece and cochineal-dyed raveled bayeta

H. 48 × W. 58 in. (121.9 × 147.3 cm)

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Nokomis and Nanaboozhoo

Rabbett Before Horses Strickland

Nokomis and Nanaboozhoo

2024

Oil on canvas

48 3/8 × 69 3/4 × 1 in. (122.9 × 177.2 × 2.5 cm)

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Atlatl

Alutiiq/ Sugpiaq, Native American

Atlatl

ca. 1750–80

Wood and walrus ivory

19 1/4 × 3 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (48.9 × 9.5 × 3.2 cm)

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Gift basket

Mary Mono

Gift basket

ca. 1890

Sedge and dyed bulrush root, clamshell-disc beads, glass beads, and quail topknot feathers

3 x 6 ¾ in. (7.5 x 17 cm)

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Comb

Tlingit, Native American

Comb

ca. 1860

Wood and pigment

9 3/4 × 3 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (24.8 × 8.9 × 3.8 cm)

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Mask

Tlingit, Native American

Mask

ca. 1860

Wood and pigment

8 1/2 × 6 × 3 3/4 in. (21.6 × 15.2 × 9.5 cm)

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Mask

Chugach, Native American

Mask

1860

Wood, vegetable fiber and pigment

16 1/2 × 8 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (41.9 × 21.6 × 11.4 cm)

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Belt cup

Woodlands: Anishnaabe, Ottawa or Ojibwa

Belt cup

c. 1820

Wood, nail, lead? staple

6 5/16 x 3 5/8 x 2 in (16.7 x 9.2 x 5.1 cm)

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Shakhùkwiàn (Man’s Coat)

Lenni Lenape (Delaware) Artist

Shakhùkwiàn (Man’s Coat)

ca. 1840

Hide, cloth, glass beads, cotton thread, sinew

39 × 63 in. (99.1 × 160 cm)

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Basket

Tlingit

Basket

Spruce root and grass

15 7/8 × 13 5/8 in. (40.3 × 34.6 cm)

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Tlingit Basket

Tlingit

Tlingit Basket

ca. 1900

Woven natural grasses

Height: 4 in. (10.2 cm)Diameter (of top): 6 in. (15.2 cm)Diameter (of base): 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)

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