March 30 -- Nelson, part 5

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The Nelson's collection is vast and varied. I certainly don't have the stamina to visit every room in one visit!

We walked through a room of Japanese artifacts.

We saw this large Buddha, which is on a big staircase landing, in lovely light.  I didn't think to get a pic of its info, I am sorry to say.

I hadn't realized (or remembered?) that the Nelson's collection includes some very nice First Nations work.

This is from the extreme northwest of our country.  The fiber is from wild ungulates.  I wish I had a pic of the info!

In any case, I was taken by the basic 2-ply fringe, which had lots of more-complex things going on, here and there.

This is very large.  Love the shape, and the geometric decoration.

Kiua polychrome.  New Mexico, ca. 1770.

At last it occurred to me to capture the info.  Woman's hat.  Kawaiisu, California, 1900.  Willow, march grass, bracken fern and yucca.

This is enormous!  I don't think I've ever seen a bigger basket.  The white disks are about the size of ordinary shirt buttons, to give you and idea of the scale.....

Pomo, California,1880.  Willow, sedge root, rosebud bark, quail topknot feathers, clam shell beads.

Not often do most of us get the chance to see eagle feathers.

Peyote fan.  Plains, ca. 1910.  Eagle feathers, glass beads, native leather, copper alloy/German silver.

Shield cover.

Attribution sketchy (my commentary) -- either Apache or Comanche, either New Mexico or Texas.  Ca. 1850.

Another object whose maker is known.  This is modern.  Butch Thunder Hawk, Hunkpapa Lacota (Teton Sioux), horse dance staff, made in 2003.

The horse's face, and open mouth, make me think of the Chinese horses I posted a couple of days ago.

Document cover.  Made for people of European descent, perhaps as a commission.

Micmac or Maliseet, Nova Scotia or New Brunswick, ca. 1820.  Birch bark, glass beads, silk, velvet and gold brocade with metallic thread.

Lidded basket.  Chitimacha, Louisiana, 1875.  River cane and native dyes.

Human head effigy jar.  Late Mississippian culture, Chickasawba site, Mississippi county, Arkansas.  1350-1550.

I wonder what this looked like, when all the holes in the ears, etc., were filled with whatever they were made to be filled with.

At this point, we decided it was time for lunch.  The museum has a very nice cafe, located in a very pleasant place with lots of daylight.

It was a hot day, but I was tempted to have hot tea anyway, just so I could temporarily call the orange teapot my own.  I decided to have better-suited-to-the-weather iced tea, which was in a much more pedestrian container.  I love the teapots, and love that they are on granite that matches their colors.

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