Manifesting Rights on Cloth: Regalia and Relations on the Northwest Coast
Using buttons and beads sewn on wool and calico, Northwest Coast First Nations women fashion the robes and aprons essential to ongoing expressions of inherited prerogatives and rights. Each piece of regalia is carefully crafted to include signifying materials and motifs, telling of the origins or re...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:084a725678544c4f8bf076ebfef93781 2023-11-12T04:17:12+01:00 Manifesting Rights on Cloth: Regalia and Relations on the Northwest Coast Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/arts12050216 https://doaj.org/article/084a725678544c4f8bf076ebfef93781 EN eng MDPI AG https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/12/5/216 https://doaj.org/toc/2076-0752 doi:10.3390/arts12050216 2076-0752 https://doaj.org/article/084a725678544c4f8bf076ebfef93781 Arts, Vol 12, Iss 216, p 216 (2023) Indigenous art history regalia clothing Northwest Coast women’s art Kwakw a k a ’wakw Arts in general NX1-820 article 2023 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/arts12050216 2023-10-29T00:37:10Z Using buttons and beads sewn on wool and calico, Northwest Coast First Nations women fashion the robes and aprons essential to ongoing expressions of inherited prerogatives and rights. Each piece of regalia is carefully crafted to include signifying materials and motifs, telling of the origins or relations of their owners. These creations exist as part of a holistic system that integrates material artworks within ceremony, including song, dance, and oratory, which in turn uphold the laws expressed through potlatching. Shifting scholarly focus from Northwest Coast carving traditions, this paper recenters textile arts within a holistic, culturally focused context while addressing issues of gender, the effects of colonial practices, and the damage wrought by salvage anthropology as it fragmented cultural information across archives. Women’s artistic productions embody long-held technical and aesthetic knowledge connected to oral histories and cultural practices. Restoring Indigenous perspectives connecting tangible and intangible cultural heritage counterbalances the aesthetic emphasis that has dominated Northwest Coast art history. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arts 12 5 216 |
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Using buttons and beads sewn on wool and calico, Northwest Coast First Nations women fashion the robes and aprons essential to ongoing expressions of inherited prerogatives and rights. Each piece of regalia is carefully crafted to include signifying materials and motifs, telling of the origins or relations of their owners. These creations exist as part of a holistic system that integrates material artworks within ceremony, including song, dance, and oratory, which in turn uphold the laws expressed through potlatching. Shifting scholarly focus from Northwest Coast carving traditions, this paper recenters textile arts within a holistic, culturally focused context while addressing issues of gender, the effects of colonial practices, and the damage wrought by salvage anthropology as it fragmented cultural information across archives. Women’s artistic productions embody long-held technical and aesthetic knowledge connected to oral histories and cultural practices. Restoring Indigenous perspectives connecting tangible and intangible cultural heritage counterbalances the aesthetic emphasis that has dominated Northwest Coast art history. |
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Manifesting Rights on Cloth: Regalia and Relations on the Northwest Coast |
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