MUSEUM NEWS Diker Donation NEW YORK—On April 6, 2017, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced the promised gift from Charles and Valerie Diker of ninety-one works of Native 72 American art—a selection of recognized masterworks from the collection they assembled over more than four decades. Joining another twenty works already given by the Dikers during the past two decades, these examples range in date from the second to the early twentieth century and represent—through a wide variety of aesthetic forms and media—the achievements of artists from many culturally distinct traditions across the North American continent. This collection will be displayed in the Met’s American Wing starting with a major exhibition in fall 2018, marking the museum’s curatorial decision to display art from the fi rst Americans within its appropriate geographic context. Look for an article next year in Tribal Art magazine about this remarkable gift. ABOVE: Shoulder bag (without strap). Anishinaabe, Ojibwa, Ontario. 1820. Black-dyed native tanned leather, porcupine quills, tin cones, silk ribbon, dyed hair. Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art, promised gift of Charles and Valerie Diker. Photo: Dirk Bakker. RIGHT: Louisa Keyser, also known as Datsolalee (c. 1829– 1925), basket bowl. Washoe, Nevada. 1907. Willow, redbud, bracken fern root. Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art, promised gift of Charles and Valerie Diker. Photo: Dirk Bakker. BOTTOM RIGHT: Dress and belt with awl case. Wasco, Oregon or Washington. 1870. Native tanned leather, glass beads, shell, bone, teeth, metal. Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art, promised gift of Charles and Valerie Diker. Photo: Dirk Bakker. LEFT: Joseph No Two Horns (He Nupa Wanica), shield. Hunkpapa Lakota, Standing Rock Reservation, North Dakota. 1885. Native tanned leather, feathers, pigment, ink, sinew, cotton, plant fiber, wood. Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art, promised gift of Charles and Valerie Diker. Photo: Dirk Bakker. LEFT: Dagger. Tlingit, Alaska. 1750. Iron, hair, plant fiber, native tanned leather, wool cloth. Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art, promised gift of Charles and Valerie Diker. Photo: Dirk Bakker. RIGHT: Dance mask. Yup’ik, Alaska. 1900. Wood, pigment, vegetal fiber. Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art, promised gift of Charles and Valerie Diker. Photo: Dirk Bakker.
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