National Museum of the American Indian

Enjoyed this wonderful collection of objects that were collected by George Gustav Heye but “reinterpreted by the descendants of the people who made them, providing American Indian perspectives of the Native past and present.” If you are visiting New York it is held at the Alexander Hamilton Custom House in Manhattan.

Picture 2. Ute shirt ca. 1870–1880 from Colorado or Utah

Picture 3. Iñupiaq man’s parka ca. 1900 from Cape Nome, Alaska

Picture 4. Haida pipe collected from the Tahltan in British Columbia

Picture 5. Inuit amauti or tuilli (woman’s parka) from Iqluligaarjuk (Chesterfield Inlet), Nunavut, Canada

Picture 6. A Wixarika violin, the instrument is associated with the origin of language, and is played during ceremonies

Picture 7. Otomí drum, Puebla State, Mexico

Picture 8. Taíno drum, Ouest Department, Haiti

Picture 9. Mapuche Machi’s kultrung (machi’s drum) ca. 1920 Chile

Picture 11. Mebêngôkre krokrokti (feather headdress or cape) – made of Macaw feathers

Picture 12. Quechua trumpet from Peru

Picture 13. Mebêngôkre rattle, Brazil

Picture 15. Skidi pawnee gourd rattle from Oklahoma

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