FIG. 1 (above): Aerial
view of The Nelson-Atkins
Museum of Art showing
the original 1933 structure,
the 2007 Bloch Building at
left, and the Oldenberg/
van Bruggen shuttlecocks
of the north and south
terraces.
Photo courtesy of The Nelson-Atkins
Museum of Art.
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ART on view
FIG. 2 (right): Eagle feather
headdress. Northern
Cheyenne; Montana or
Wyoming. C. 1875.
Eagle, hawk, owl, and raven feathers;
bison rawhide; native-tanned leather;
wool and cotton cloth; glass beads;
ermine skin; silk ribbon; horsehair.
H: 177.8 cm.
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,
Kansas City, Missouri. Purchase:
William Rockhill Nelson Trust,
inv. 31-125/38.
Photo: Jamison Miller.
FIG. 3 (below): Santa Ana
polychrome jar. Santa Ana
Pueblo, New Mexico.
C. 1820.
Terracotta, pigment. H: 36.2 cm.
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,
Kansas City, Missouri. Purchase:
William Rockhill Nelson Trust,
inv. 33-1157.
Photo: John Lamberton.
Native
American Art
At The Nelson-Atkins
Museum of Art
By Gaylord Torrence