Portland Art Museum
Mission Indian Baskets (Photo Diary)
Many museums, including the Portland Art Museum, have displays of Mission Baskets which generally refers to baskets made by Indian people on the southern coast […]
Portland Art Museum
Yup’ik Masks
For the Central Alaska Yup’ik Eskimo, spirituality was focused largely on the need to secure food for hunting. As with other animistic hunting peoples, animals […]
Inupiaq Art
The Inupiaq homeland is in Northwest Alaska and North Alaska. The Portland Art Museum has some Inupiaq items on display. Shown above: Inupiaq mask made […]
Aleut Basketry
The Aleutian Islands are a chain which extend into the Pacific Ocean from the tip of the Alaska Peninsula. This is an area which is […]
Plateau Indian Beadwork (Photo Diary)
In American Indian cultures, art is not separate from daily life. Traditionally, the things people used in their everyday life-clothing, tools, housing, containers-were often decorated […]
Plateau Indian Art
The area between the Cascade Mountains and the Rocky Mountains in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, British Columbia, and Western Montana is known as the Plateau Culture […]
Columbia River Stone Carvings (Photo Diary)
In a few instances stone carvings have been found in the archaeological sites along the Columbia River. Carved from the abundant basalt many of these […]
Ancient America: Mesoamerican Art
Prior to the European invasion, Mesoamerica was the home to many highly developed civilizations. Geographically this is a region that extends from central Mexico to […]
Ancient America: South American Art
Prior to the European invasion, South America was the home to many highly developed civilizations. Homo sapiens have lived in South America for at least […]
Eastern Woodlands Art
The area of the United States east of the Mississippi River is often referred to as the Eastern Woodlands. This is an area in which […]