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Article: Indian arts.(George Gustav Heye Center of the National Museum of the American Indian , New York, NY)(Brief Article)
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- The Magazine Antiques
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- April 1, 2001
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Two exhibitions at the George Gustav Heye Center of the National Museum of the American Indian in Lower Manhattan celebrate the extraordinary decoration lavished on objects used by American Indians in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. One, entitled Beauty, Honor and Tradition: The Legacy of Mains Indian Shirts, is on view through November 4. The other, which may be seen through May 27, is entitled Gifts of Pride and Love: Kiowa and Comanche Cradles.
Plains Indian shirts and jackets were made by women and worn by men. The forty-eight examples in this exhibition are drawn from the museum's extensive collection, and are displayed in a thematic ...
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