Native American case
The Brooklyn Museum’s first curator of ethnology, Stewart Culin (served 1903–29), began collecting Native American art during several early twentieth-century expeditions to the Southwest. The so-called Four Corners region surrounding the intersection of the boundaries of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado is well known for the development of fine, hand-coiled pottery, a traditional art that brings imagination and beauty to utilitarian objects. The ancient black-and-white pottery (A.D. 1–1300) and large Pueblo water jars (A.D. 1800–1915) seen here represent a fraction of the approximately 1,200 objects in the Museum’s collection of Native American pottery. Ceramics continue to be a major artistic expression throughout the Southwest, with contemporary Native American artists producing traditional styles and developing new forms and designs.
Carved spoons from across North America exhibit equal creativity and range, representing native carvers from the Haida, Tlingit, Alaskan Eskimo, Hupa, Yoruk, and Plains peoples. Made from diverse media, including horn, shell, wood, and pigments, these objects also combine artistry and functionality.
More of the Native American collection can be seen throughout the adjacent American Identities installation and in Living Legacies: The Arts of the Americas on the first floor of the Museum.
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Visible Storage: Case 39, Shelf A (Native American Art)
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42.12
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Unknown
(Virgin as Queen of Heaven)
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42.13
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Unknown
(St. Francis Helping Beggar)
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44.195.6
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Game of Lotto (Cards and Discs)
1880s
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44.195.20
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Unknown
Print of Christ Child
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44.195.21
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Unknown
Queen Kneeling Before Cross
late 18th-early 19th century
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44.195.22
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Unknown
Saint John Nepomuk
late 18th century
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44.195.25
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Unknown
Sor Jasinta Mariana de San Antonio
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45.128.12
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Mexican
Crucifijo, Nuestro Senor de Chalma
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45.128.16
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Mexican
Crucifijo, Nuestro Senor de Chalma
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45.128.27
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Unknown
Santiago
19th century
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45.128.37
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Mexican
El Velo de Santa Veronica
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45.128.65
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Unknown
San Mateo
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45.128.71
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Mexican
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Nuestra Senora del Carmen?)
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Visible Storage: Case 39, Shelf B (Native American Art)
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05.594
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Santa de Retablo
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40.914
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Unknown
Ignacio
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41.1275.224
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Unknown
The Virgin Mary with Christ Child, Saint Dominic, Saint Francis, and Indigenous Worshippers
late 18th century
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44.47.2
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Unknown
Saint Philip of Jesus (San Felipe de Jesus)
18th century
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Visible Storage: Case 39, Shelf D (Native American Art)
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05.252
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Haida
Large Carved Black Spoon
1801-1900
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X583
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Alaska Native
Feast Spoon with Bear-shaped Handle
18th-19th century
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08.491.8898
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Haida
Big Spoon with Suggestion of Carved Bird on Handle
18th-19th century
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Visible Storage: Case 39, Shelf E (Native American Art)
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x704.4
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Haida
Feast Dish
1868-1933
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X844.24
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Alaska Native
Large Grease Spoon
1868-1933
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Visible Storage: Case 39, Shelf F (Native American Art)
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05.588.7311
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Haida
Household Box Representing Killer Whale (Taod)
late 19th century
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Visible Storage: Case 39, Shelf G (Native American Art)
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52.4.3a
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Haida
Carved Spoon with Five Animal Heads
late 19th-early 20th century
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63.201.1
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Plains
Spoon with Handle in Shape of Bird's Head
1801-1900
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80.98.3
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Tlingit
Ladle
late 19th century
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X844.17
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Alaska Native
Carved Spoon
1868-1933
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05.588.7314
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Haida
Dish with Hawk Design (Kitle)
1801-1900
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05.588.7422
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Haida
Spoon (Slagwul) with Depiction of Killer Whale, Shaman and Land Otter
19th century
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Visible Storage: Case 39, Shelf H (Native American Art)
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X1118.4a-b
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Gwa'sala Kwakwaka'wakw
Feast Dish in Shape of Killer Whale
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Visible Storage: Case 39, Shelf I (Native American Art)
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2004.2
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Preston Singletary
Guardian of the Sea
2004
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Visible Storage: Case 39, Shelf J (Native American Art)
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01.1535.2172
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Haak’u (Acoma Pueblo)
Water Jar
1868-1901
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02.257.2416
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Haak’u (Acoma Pueblo)
Water Jar
19th century
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04.297.5249
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A:shiwi (Zuni Pueblo)
Water Jar (Tai-lai)
1868-1933
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Visible Storage: Case 39, Shelf K (Native American Art)
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02.257.2467
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Haak’u (Acoma Pueblo)
Water Jar
1868-1900
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X764
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A:shiwi (Zuni Pueblo)
Water Jar
late 19th-early 20th century
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Visible Storage: Case 39, Shelf L (Native American Art)
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02.257.2471
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Ko-Tyit (Cochiti Pueblo)
Water Jar or Olla
late 19th century
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Visible Storage: Case 39, Shelf M (Native American Art)
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02.257.2389
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Haak’u (Acoma Pueblo)
Jar
1868-1900
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X949.1
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A:shiwi (Zuni Pueblo)
Large Storage Jar
late 19th-early 20th century
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04.297.5251
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A:shiwi (Zuni Pueblo)
Polychrome Jar (Tai-lai)
1868-1933
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Visible Storage: Case 39, Shelf N (Native American Art)
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04.297.5247
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A:shiwi (Zuni Pueblo)
Polychrome Jar (Tai-lai)
19th century
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01.1535.2179
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Haak’u (Acoma Pueblo)
Bowl
1868-1900
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Visible Storage: Case 39, Shelf P (Native American Art)
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04.297.5248
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A:shiwi (Zuni Pueblo)
Water Jar (Tai-lai)
late 19th-early 20th century
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X949.2
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A:shiwi (Zuni Pueblo)
Large Storage Jar
late 19th-early 20th century
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05.588.7429
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Hupa
Spoon
19th century
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05.588.7535
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Yurok
Spoon
19th century
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05.588.7589
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Yurok
Spoon
19th century
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05.588.7591
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Yurok
Spoon
18th or 19th century
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X1104.10
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A:shiwi (Zuni Pueblo)
Water Jar
late 19th-early 20th century
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