NMAI and some knitting
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purleweThe new museum was a wonderful experience. My mother and cousin got to walk in the processional in their regalia on Tuesday. Unfortunately, their regalia is all wool! But they still had a lovely time despite the heat. My mother had borrowed her regalia from her friend Bonnie. It included some 16th Century trade silver and trade beads. My mother was very proud to wear it. I think that the ribbon work was lovely and I would love to learn this dying craft. I arrived late Wednesday nite and got to go into the museum's opening gala. The place was hopping!
and here is a picture from the inside looking up.
I took plenty of pictures, but I didn't want to overwhelm anyone. I'll just include a picture of my quilled necklace that Bonnie made. She hand dyes the porcupine quills herself. I hope to take a class from her one day to learn how she does it. And the next picture is of a statue that was on display in the musem called "Two Pueblo Women" I think it is really lovely.
What I think is wonderful about the museum is this: it included *all* Indians.. from Northern Canada to the farthest reaches of South America. It even includes Native Hawaiians (whom the gov't does not think are natives) There were so many different kinds of native people's art on display I got very overwhelmed. Since it is a "living museum" there is alot of space dedicated to conference rooms and meeting space for native peoples all over the americas to meet and progress their heritage and cultures. I heard people compain that there wasn't enough displayed, but I was positively shocked at the amount of objects they did have on display. And I was saddened when I read about how people are treated in history as well as in our current day. Some panels explained things to me I have never understood. (why the gov't wanted native americans to carry cards and how they lost that fight in the supreme court versus why some tribes "adopt" people into their tribe that are not native.) And some panels just put me in awe. (Nighthorse Campbell's jewelry is by far the most beautiful native jewelry I have ever seen. It is incomparable and needs to be placed on another plateau of jewelry making.And, sadly, it does not show its beauty well in photographs, but take a look anyway.)
And through all this I knit down and back from DC on the train. I cast on the million stitches on teensy needles for Hush Hush. I am making it for Cassandra. I also finished a baby sweater in record time! I started it on Monday and finished it on Saturday. It is modelled after Haiku from Knitty. The changes I made were simply the fact that I had 4 balls of yarn from the same company in different colors. I striped them so no one panel had more than one color dominating. I thought if I didn't stripe them it would be off balance somehow. The yarn was given to me and was called lambswool cashmere: 80% recycled wool, 20% cashmere. And the colors are drk grey, lt grey, drk pink, and drk purple. I washed it out last nite and blocked it. I hope to send it to Audrey's mom later this week. Here is a pic and the closeup.
and here is a picture from the inside looking up.
I took plenty of pictures, but I didn't want to overwhelm anyone. I'll just include a picture of my quilled necklace that Bonnie made. She hand dyes the porcupine quills herself. I hope to take a class from her one day to learn how she does it. And the next picture is of a statue that was on display in the musem called "Two Pueblo Women" I think it is really lovely.
What I think is wonderful about the museum is this: it included *all* Indians.. from Northern Canada to the farthest reaches of South America. It even includes Native Hawaiians (whom the gov't does not think are natives) There were so many different kinds of native people's art on display I got very overwhelmed. Since it is a "living museum" there is alot of space dedicated to conference rooms and meeting space for native peoples all over the americas to meet and progress their heritage and cultures. I heard people compain that there wasn't enough displayed, but I was positively shocked at the amount of objects they did have on display. And I was saddened when I read about how people are treated in history as well as in our current day. Some panels explained things to me I have never understood. (why the gov't wanted native americans to carry cards and how they lost that fight in the supreme court versus why some tribes "adopt" people into their tribe that are not native.) And some panels just put me in awe. (Nighthorse Campbell's jewelry is by far the most beautiful native jewelry I have ever seen. It is incomparable and needs to be placed on another plateau of jewelry making.And, sadly, it does not show its beauty well in photographs, but take a look anyway.)
And through all this I knit down and back from DC on the train. I cast on the million stitches on teensy needles for Hush Hush. I am making it for Cassandra. I also finished a baby sweater in record time! I started it on Monday and finished it on Saturday. It is modelled after Haiku from Knitty. The changes I made were simply the fact that I had 4 balls of yarn from the same company in different colors. I striped them so no one panel had more than one color dominating. I thought if I didn't stripe them it would be off balance somehow. The yarn was given to me and was called lambswool cashmere: 80% recycled wool, 20% cashmere. And the colors are drk grey, lt grey, drk pink, and drk purple. I washed it out last nite and blocked it. I hope to send it to Audrey's mom later this week. Here is a pic and the closeup.
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Date: 2004-09-27 08:43 pm (UTC)Please, overwhelm me with pictures!
Date: 2004-09-28 12:16 pm (UTC)Em