Native American Hopi Made Eagle Katsinam Dancer Overlay Cuff by Bennett Kagenveama

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Native American Hopi Made Eagle Katsinam Dancer Overlay Cuff by Bennett Kagenveama
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The Annenberg Foundation has revealed it anonymously purchased 24 sacred items at a Paris auction, to return them to the Hopi and San Carlos Apache
If you're like me and wondered about the 25th one, it appears that the lawyer who tried to block the entire auction bought it and will also return it. That's huge.
"These are not trophies to have on one's mantel; they are truly sacred works for the Native Americans. They do not belong in auction houses or private collections"
Even though the auction of the Hopi artifacts went through, the Annenberg Foundation won the bid and returned the artifacts to the Hopi.
More here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/12/10/5989320/annenberg-foundation-and-hopi.html
French auction house is putting up for sale a large number of objects sacred to the Hopi tribe of Arizona.
Sadly, France declined to stop the sale of the Hopi katsinam recently. This is an unfortunate denial of the Hopi's religious and intellectual property rights.
Un amor de película
La historia del arte está llena de anécdotas que hoy entrarían sin problema en la crónica rosa de los programas de televisión más vistos de la hora de la siesta. Hay historias de amistad, odio, pasión, envidia, codicia y, cómo no, también amor. En esta última categoría, el arte moderno tiene pocas historias más de película que la que vivieron la pintora Georgia O’Keeffe y el fotógrafo Alfred Stieglitz.
Alfred Stieglitz y Georgia O'Keeffe, 1929. Yale Collection of American Literature, New Haven, CT. Se enamoraron perdidamente después de conocerse en la galería de arte de vanguardia que Stieglitz regentaba en Nueva York, la mítica 291. Ella, que llegaría a ser la primera mujer en tener una retrospetiva en el MoMA, era entonces una desconocida. Stieglitz utilizó su influencia para promocionarla ya antes de que ambos comenzaran a vivir juntos. Él entonces estaba casado y le sacaba nada menos que veintitrés años a O’Keeffe pero, como en las mejores historias de amor, eso no fue un impedimento. Georgia O’Keeffe, Patio con nube, 1956. Óleo sobre lienzo, 91 x 76 cm. Milwaukee Art Museum. El amor era de película, sí, pero no todas las películas acaban bien. Una vez casados, la relación entre estos dos creadores fue muchas veces tormentosa (alguna infidelidad incluida). La opresión que O’Keeffe llegó a sentir junto a Stieglitz la hizo viajar largas temporadas a Nuevo México, donde redescubrió la libertad y su potencial creativo. Aunque aún amaba a Stieglitz, cada vez era menor el tiempo que pasaban juntos. De hecho, después de la muerte de éste, O’Keeffe se trasladó defintivamente a esta región desértica del sur de Estados Unidos. Cerro Pedernal (Nuevo México) era uno de los motivos preferidos de Georgia O'Keeffe. El Georgia O’Keeffe Museum de Santa Fe le dedica ahora una exposición a esta larga última etapa de la vida de la artista. O’Keeffe fue supliendo el amor hacia Stieglitz por un ensimismamiento dirigido hacia los paisajes y los pueblos indígenas de Nuevo México. Tienes hasta el 11 de septiembre para visitar la exposición Georgia O'Keeffe en Nuevo México: Arquitectura, Katsinam y la Tierra. En Parkstone tenemos publicados libros sobre esta gran artista en casi todos los formatos, así que puedes ir leyendo alguno mientras preparas el viaje. Rubén Cervantes Garrido.
"On April 12 the Néret-Minet auction house in Paris will auction many sacred Hopi artifacts, over the objections of the tribe. But while American officials frequently work with foreign nations to return antiquities, Washington has no reciprocal agreements governing American artifacts abroad... tribes reaching overseas to recover items that they view as culturally important are left to do battle on their own.
The Hopis, who number about 18,000 in northeast Arizona, believe the objects in the Paris sale, which they call Katsinam, or ‘friends,’ are imbued with divine spirits. The brightly colored visages and headdresses, often adorned with horsehair, sheepskin, feathers and maize, are thought to embody the spirits of warriors, animals, messengers, fire, rain and clouds, among other things. They are used today, as in the past, in many Hopi rites, like coming-of-age ceremonies and harvest rituals." - NY TIMES
via armfuls of show and tell
"In a rare case of a cultural heritage claim arising from the sale of American artifacts abroad, the Hopi Indians of Arizona have asked federal officials to help stop a high-price auction of 70 sacred masks in Paris next week.
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The Hopis, who number about 18,000 in northeast Arizona, regard the objects in the Paris sale, which they call Katsinam, or “friends,” as imbued with divine spirits. They object to calling them “masks” and say that outsiders who photograph, collect or sell them are committing sacrilege. The brightly colored visages and headdresses, often adorned with horsehair, sheepskin, feathers and maize, are thought to embody the spirits of warriors, animals, messengers, fire, rain and clouds, among other things. They are used today, as in the past, in many Hopi rites, like coming-of-age ceremonies and harvest rituals.(...)"
(The New York Times - 03/04/2013)