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Representation and Misrepresentation

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Laura Seligman
Last Updated
May 25, 2022 12:00 p.m.

23 Items in this Learning Collection
After Manet
This image is a circular format black and white photograph depicting four young African American girls wearing floral dresses lounging on a blanket in the grass. Three girls sit or prop themselves up and look at the camera, the fourth girl lays down, with her eyes closed. The glass in the frame has a domed surface, creating a fish-eye effect.
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Nez Percé Babe
This is a portrait of a baby in a cradleboard, taken against a dark backdrop. The baby is tied into the carrying device, which is decorated with floral motifs. A patterned blanket is draped around the base of the cradleboard.
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A Friend Visits
A woman wearing a blue shirt beneath a white coat is in front of a window. Through the window, viewers can see a snowy landscape with a blue house and electrical wires. 
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Mother and Child

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Chasing the Geese

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Standing Hunter

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Spirit Bird

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Fish Line
four figures standing behind an oblong element decorated with or holding fish beneath a suspended fishing line. 
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Seated Eskimo Hunter

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Man at Seal Hole

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Inuit woman at a hair salon
Image of a smiling woman with short, dark hair, seen from the shoulders up in the far right foreground of the frame. A blurred reflection of her and a standing woman in a light dress can be seen in the far left background.
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Hunter with Harpoon

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Summer Tent

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Daughter of Tamáḣŭs—Cayuse
A portrait of an aging woman. She looks directly into the lens, wearing braids, strands of beaded necklaces, and a garment with geometric lines.
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Spídĭs—Wishham
A portrait of an aging man. He wears a tusk septum piercing and two long braids, with a garment draped over his soulders. A circular embroidered design is visible near the bottom of the frame.
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Shirt—Kalispel
A single-sitter portrait, with the subject wearing two braids and a decorated shirt. The subject wears large circular earrings and multiple strands of beadwork, which contrast against the dark shirt and backdrop.
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A Corner of Taos and a Kiva Entrance
A photograph of adobe structures in a desert landscape. Each structure is square, many with small windows. To the left, a wooden structure is visible in the background.
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Póvi-Támuⁿ ("Flower Morning") - San Ildefonso
This is a portrait of a young woman against a plain, dark backdrop. She wears a draped cloth garment, strands of beadwork looped around her neck. Her hair is cut in a short style with blunt, thick bangs covering her forehead. 
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An Old Man of Waiyám
A photograph of an aged man sitting and looking straight into the camera. He holds a large feather in his lap, his costume adorned with embroidery. He wears a large feather headdress on his head. He appears to be sitting in an enclosed area, with patterned cloths on the floor and hanging around him.
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Oka and Walmacho
In this painting, done in broad brush strokes, the figures of two women fill the composition. The woman on the right is seated in profile and the other, standing behind her, gazes out into the distance. They both wear shawls which make their bodies monolithic forms. A strong outline appears, especially around their heads, because they are set againist a plain white wall. There is also a strong color contrast between the dark black shawl worn by the standing woman and light pink shawl of the seated one. An amulet made of bone and feathers hangs on the wall in the upper right corner of the painting.
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The Attack on an Emigrant Train
This painting shows a train wagon filled with people in the foreground, and many train wagons following in the background. The train wagon and the people in it are being attacked by people on horses with tribal headwears and using weapons such as bows and arrows and axes. People in the train wagon are of Caucasion decent and have rifles pointed at those who seem to be Native Americans.
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Young Crow Groom, Fort Keogh

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Hunter

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23 Items in this Learning Collection
After Manet
This image is a circular format black and white photograph depicting four young African American girls wearing floral dresses lounging on a blanket in the grass. Three girls sit or prop themselves up and look at the camera, the fourth girl lays down, with her eyes closed. The glass in the frame has a domed surface, creating a fish-eye effect.
Collection Object
Nez Percé Babe
This is a portrait of a baby in a cradleboard, taken against a dark backdrop. The baby is tied into the carrying device, which is decorated with floral motifs. A patterned blanket is draped around the base of the cradleboard.
Collection Object
A Friend Visits
A woman wearing a blue shirt beneath a white coat is in front of a window. Through the window, viewers can see a snowy landscape with a blue house and electrical wires. 
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Mother and Child

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Chasing the Geese

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Standing Hunter

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Spirit Bird

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Fish Line
four figures standing behind an oblong element decorated with or holding fish beneath a suspended fishing line. 
Collection Object
Seated Eskimo Hunter

Collection Object
Man at Seal Hole

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Inuit woman at a hair salon
Image of a smiling woman with short, dark hair, seen from the shoulders up in the far right foreground of the frame. A blurred reflection of her and a standing woman in a light dress can be seen in the far left background.
Collection Object
Hunter with Harpoon

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Summer Tent

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Daughter of Tamáḣŭs—Cayuse
A portrait of an aging woman. She looks directly into the lens, wearing braids, strands of beaded necklaces, and a garment with geometric lines.
Collection Object
Spídĭs—Wishham
A portrait of an aging man. He wears a tusk septum piercing and two long braids, with a garment draped over his soulders. A circular embroidered design is visible near the bottom of the frame.
Collection Object
Shirt—Kalispel
A single-sitter portrait, with the subject wearing two braids and a decorated shirt. The subject wears large circular earrings and multiple strands of beadwork, which contrast against the dark shirt and backdrop.
Collection Object
A Corner of Taos and a Kiva Entrance
A photograph of adobe structures in a desert landscape. Each structure is square, many with small windows. To the left, a wooden structure is visible in the background.
Collection Object
Póvi-Támuⁿ ("Flower Morning") - San Ildefonso
This is a portrait of a young woman against a plain, dark backdrop. She wears a draped cloth garment, strands of beadwork looped around her neck. Her hair is cut in a short style with blunt, thick bangs covering her forehead. 
Collection Object
An Old Man of Waiyám
A photograph of an aged man sitting and looking straight into the camera. He holds a large feather in his lap, his costume adorned with embroidery. He wears a large feather headdress on his head. He appears to be sitting in an enclosed area, with patterned cloths on the floor and hanging around him.
Collection Object
Oka and Walmacho
In this painting, done in broad brush strokes, the figures of two women fill the composition. The woman on the right is seated in profile and the other, standing behind her, gazes out into the distance. They both wear shawls which make their bodies monolithic forms. A strong outline appears, especially around their heads, because they are set againist a plain white wall. There is also a strong color contrast between the dark black shawl worn by the standing woman and light pink shawl of the seated one. An amulet made of bone and feathers hangs on the wall in the upper right corner of the painting.
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The Attack on an Emigrant Train
This painting shows a train wagon filled with people in the foreground, and many train wagons following in the background. The train wagon and the people in it are being attacked by people on horses with tribal headwears and using weapons such as bows and arrows and axes. People in the train wagon are of Caucasion decent and have rifles pointed at those who seem to be Native Americans.
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Young Crow Groom, Fort Keogh

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Hunter

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Chasing the Geese

Accession Number
PG2018.1.167

Title
Chasing the Geese

Artist(s)
Pitseolak Ashoona; Inuit; Kinngait

Artist Nationality
Native American

Object Creation Date
1963

Credit Line
Promised gift of Philip and Kathy Power

Primary Object Classification
Print

Collection Area
Inuit

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