Objects of Exchange: Transition, Transaction, and Transformation on the Late Nineteenth-Century Northwest Coast
Fall 2010
The later half of the nineteenth century was a period of rapid and dramatic change for the Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast of North America. Objects of Exchange uses the material culture of the period as visual evidence of historical change and shifting intercultural relations. Drawing on a wide variety of objects from the remarkable collection of the American Museum of Natural History-ranging from decorated clothing and containers, to ceremonial masks and trade goods-this exhibit reveals the artistic traces of dynamic Indigenous activity whereby objects were altered, repurposed, and adapted to meet the challenges of the time.
Curated by Aaron Glass, BGC/AMNH Fellow in Museum Anthropology, and BGC students
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