Learn about the arts of the indigenous people of Eastern North America.
1600 C.E.–present
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Embroidered diplomacy, the Elgin Trays
Expertly embroidered with florals and heraldry, these trays were gifted by the Wendat Nation to the Governor General of Canada and his wife.
Codex Canadensis
This manuscript contains about 180 illustrations of people, plants, and animals in New France (a French colony in North America)—including a unicorn.
Bannerstones, an introduction
Between 6000 and 1000 B.C.E., thousands of nomadic Native Americans travelled and lived along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, making enigmatic, carefully carved stones known today as bannerstones.
Anishinaabe shoulder bag
A bag that belonged to the first ordained Native American Methodist minister
Global trade and an 18th-century Anishinaabe outfit
This outfit was likely made for a British lieutenant and gifted to him in a ritual exchange to show mutual respect.
Bandolier Bag
These bags imitated the ones European soldiers carried their ammunition in, and were worn during ceremonies.
