Left: “Spirit of the Driftwood, No. 10,” 1982; pottery, feathers, commercial leather thong, glaze; 23.2" x 18.8" x 1.9". U.S. Department of the Interior transferred to NMAI in 2000. 26/1349


Below: Mask, ca. 1995; pottery, glass beads, abalone shell beads, copper beads, metal wire, glaze; 13" x 9" x 3". Presented to Senator Daniel Inouye (D–Hawaii) and gift of Irene Hirano Inouye to NMAI, 2013. 26/9042


LILLIAN PITT Lillian Pitt (Warm Springs/Wasco/Yakama) incorporates the legends and histories of her Columbia River Gorge ancestors that she has learned from tribal elders into her works. However, she is also inspired by artists from other cultures who are striving to tell their stories. “It is the same message, just a different method,” she says. Some of her fi ring techniques are Japanese, for example, and her “Spirit of the Driftwood, No. 10” (top) was patterned after an Inuit mask. Although Pitt fi rst formed her masks from clay—“It was love at fi rst touch”—she has since worked in wood and other media and now creates glass and bronze sculptures, silver jewelry as well as tapestries and prints.


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PHOTO BY HOLLY ANDRES FOR THE OREGON CULTURAL TRUST


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