#native headdresses

[sartorialadventure]

Street style at the Santa Fe Indian Market, photographed by Shayla Blatchford

Check out the source for article, more photos, and names of designers!

Another Vogue article on artists and designers at the Santa Fe Indian Market.

More images below the cut!

^ Natasha Ashley Brokeshoulder

“Natasha Ashley Brokeshoulder, for instance, who is Diné, wore a wing dress created by her father-in-law, while her breastplate was assembled by her husband. “I got the right to wear the regalia that I have from my husband, who is Absentee Shawnee from the Southern Plains,” she said, adding that it is respectful to gain permission from other tribes to wear their specific styles of garment.”

^ James Budday

^ Sharon Brokeshoulder

^ Zeke Arjeanas

‘Others chose a more historical approach to fashion. Zeke Arjeanas, who is also Diné and won first place in the men’s category, referenced the Long Walk of the Navajo (the 1860s deportation of this indigenous tribe from their native land) for his traditional Clothing Contest outfit. “What I’m wearing is a blanket—not a Navajo blanket, but an army-issued blanket that was issued to the Navajos [at that time],” he said. “With the army-issued blanket, it’s a lot thicker and scratchier versus a Navajo textile blanket, which was more fine, lightweight, and waterproof.”’

^ Two looks from Korina Emmerich with jewelry by Tania Larsson

“...the new collection of the New York–based designer Korina Emmerich (Puyallup), whose asymmetrical vests and graphic wool coats offered a modern interpretation of her tribe’s punchy aesthetic. She also used Gwich’in-inspired jewelry by Larsson, mentioned above, in the show. “What I admire in Korina’s work is her modern, impeccable cuts,” Larsson said. “There is a traditional element that is inherent within my work because of the materials that I use and through the process that they are acquired, such as trade and through community exchanges.””

^ Phillip Bread in a Matthew Charley squash blossom necklace

^ Marcus Winchester

[usarmytrooper]

Should we cancel him for cultural appropriation? Hell no!

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #WorldOrcaDay here are 2 examples of #orca (aka killer whale) headdresses from the Northwest Coast that the dancer could animate with moving parts:

1. Haida - “dancer could roll its eyes or move lower jaw” Carnegie Museum of Natural History

2. Kwakiutl - “dancer pulled strings to make the pectoral fins, tail flukes & jaw move” Field Museum

[goddess-women]

Julia Yaroshenko - Native headdress (thejulia Instagram - 3 June 2023)

[simplecountryboy]

[chiefjoseph1877]

Chief Joseph hinmatóoyalahtq’it

[inthecityofgoodabode]

May 2024: Sunday Walk & Treasure Found

Seen while walking:

Verdant wasteland:

Blueberries that I harvested from the Oasis on my walk:

It was a windy day:

Walking against the wind:

Today's blueberry harvest from the backyard garden:

While picking blueberries, something caught my eye on the ground in our blueberry patch. This is it after a gentle wash up:

After noting the fine print on the plastic coin & a brief Internet search, I was able to determine this was play money produced by a company called Transogram that went out of business in 1971 so this little battered treasure is at least that old. I thought we'd already found all the childhood relics in our backyard & yet the moving of soil by mortal hands & the steady beat of rain still reveals lost secrets:

[birdy-bird27]

Damn I just realized there’s no cool traditional native clothes in the sims 😭

[irregularjohnnywiggins]

Really funny how More Fun Comics #73 introduced two of DC's most popular superheroes, both of whom had wildly different Golden Age origins than any other origin since, and yet both origins are on completely different axis of 'would be cool if they were an Elseworld story someday'.

To whit, Aquaman's Golden Age origin sees his father as an undersea explorer who discovers the ruin of Atlantis, and uses their advanced technology to grant his infant son the ability to breathe underwater and communicate with sea-life. I'd be really interested in a modern take on this idea - I did see a fanart a few years back that reimagined Golden Age Aquaman as a tech hero, old-school divers suit and all, and hell it would even be cool to have an Aquaman story not focused on Atlantis, but instead on Aquaman as Protector of the Seas.

On the other hand, Golden Age Oliver Queen is a white guy who has... ahem, ""gathered"" a huge collection of Native American* artifacts and cultural relics, which he keeps for himself and used to train himself in archery and the like, before all of the artifacts are destroyed when criminals burn his house down. Oliver seeks out a secret, long-lost Native American* city and runs into Roy Harper when his plane crashes. Roy has been on the island the city is buried under for years, with his only companion being Quoag, his Native American* ""manservant"" who talks like every racist Asian caricature from the Golden Age because I guess the writers were too used to writing WWII propaganda to be creative in their racism. Anyway, thieves show up, Quoag dies and is immediately forgotten, they force in some really painful references to Green Arrow and Speedy (like, if you thought the reasoning for Speedy's name in Arrow being 'Oliver's sister does drugs' was painfully forced...) and eventually Oliver and Roy find the Native American* city, which is made out of solid gold because... reasons. Rather than tell anyone about it, Oliver and Roy decide to dismantle the city, sell it brick by brick, and use the money to become wealthy, and also fund their superhero exploits because apparently they decided that was a good idea.

If DC ever brings back Golden Age Oliver Queen under any circumstances and the story doesn't end with Modern Ollie and Roy teaming up to shank him and redistribute his wealth, I'm going to kill someone.

*I say 'Native American' knowing that it's incredibly broad, but the comic doesn't offer a specific group. It also... doesn't call them Native Americans, which I'm pretty sure you can guess.

[dicksmasher]

Halloween when you're an adult who isn't an alcoholic:

[kungseyesfr]

[arthistoryanimalia]

Kwak'Wanigaml (Heron Headdress), c. 1890 Herbert Johnson - (Gayusdisa'las) Kwakwaka'wakw, Kwikwasutinexw, Kingcome, d. 1953 Red cedar, nails, paint, 26 x 13 1/2 x 17 in. Seattle Art Museum 91.1.31

"Solitary blue herons stand silently on coastlines and in wetlands perched on their thin legs. They wade slowly, sometimes point their head and beak skyward, and often seem as still as a statue. This object includes the sinuous neck and long beak of a heron but no legs beause the heron’s shape has been adapted to serve as a headdress. Stylized designs add a distinctive feature on the crest, wings, and tail. One can only imagine the striking vision of the heron striding into a ceremony atop the head of a leader who honors one of his crest animals."

Bonus:

Man with Heron Hat, 1914 photo by Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868-1952) Glossy silver print, 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3cm) Seattle Art Museum

[lickmystamp]

US postage stamp, 1990 "Indian Headdresses" Scott #2501 - #2505 Issued: August 17, 1990 - Cody, WY Quantity: 123,825,600 Designer: Lunda Hoyle Gill Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing (Lithographed and engraved) The Indian Headdress stamps were the first in the Folk Art Series to be issued as booklets. The headdresses were prized personal possessions, generally created by the warrior himself, and were usually buried with their owner at death. The headdresses were made from such materials as eagle and turkey feathers, beads, fur, hair tassels, and animal skins.

[simplecountryboy]

[chiefjoseph1877]

The boy Ralph Armstrong, and chief joseph

[homestuckmusicbracket]

saw tomahawk heads track art as i was queueing up tomorrows post and uh. saw the track art for it and. BOY thats uncomfortable and racist. the track title already makes me uncomfortable and i was on the fence over whether to include it in the first place but honestly having seen that id rather fully disqualify it if thats ok. like honestly i wish i had just. not included it in the first place