EXHIBITIONS + EVENTS CAlendar DECEMBER 2015/JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2016
Yoreme Pajko’ora Dance Regalia (Mexico).
Ceramic stamps used by various indigenous groups of Central America, including the Maya, to decorate cloth, paper or the human body, dating from 300 B.C. – 1500 A.D. Tubular stamps (bottom right) were rolled across skin or fabric to create continuous designs.
tell the stories of these dynamic cultures and their achievements. Ceramica de los Ancestros examines seven regions representing distinct Central American cultural areas that are today part of Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. Spanning the period from 1000 BC to the present, the featured ceramics, selected from the Museum’s collection of more than 12,000 pieces from the region, are augmented with significant examples of work in gold, jade, shell and stone. These objects illustrate the richness, complexity and dynamic qualities of the Central American civilizations that were connected to peoples in South America, Mesoamerica and the Caribbean through social and trade networks sharing knowledge, technology, artworks and systems of status and political organization. This exhibition is a collaboration of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and the Smithsonian Latino Center.
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CIRCLE OF DANCE Through Oct. 8, 2017 Diker Pavilion Circle of Dance presents Native dance as a vi- brant, meaningful and diverse form of cultural expression. Featuring 10 social and ceremonial dances from throughout the Americas, the exhibition illuminates the significance of each dance and highlights the unique characteris- tics of its movements and music. Each dance is showcased by a single mannequin dressed in appropriate regalia and posed in a distinctive dance position. An accompanying media piece complements and enhances the mannequin displays. Presenting the range of dances featured in the exhibition, this high-definition video captures the variety of the different Native dance movement vocabularies and the music that is integral to their performance.
INFINITY OF NATIONS: ART AND HISTORY IN THE COLLECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN Ongoing South Gallery This exhibition presents more than 700 works of art from Native North, Central and South America. Objects include an exquisite Olmec jade head, an exceptionally rare Anishinaabe man’s outfit and a remarkable Charles and Isabelle Edenshaw (Haida) painted spruce root hat. This unparalleled assemblage of American Indian cultural material represents the tremendous breadth of the collections and the richness of Native traditional and contemporary art. It also explores the historic importance of a significant number of these deeply cultural, profoundly social objects. Free audio guide of the exhibition is available.
PHOTO BY ERNEST AMOROSO
PHOTO BY JOSHUA STEVENS
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