Saturday, December 8, 2018

Hood Museum and Native American Artifacts

Ellsworth Kelly's Outdoor Sculpture

We posed like the statue we liked to call "French Fry Man!" 

We saw sculptures of color, line, balance and even movement.

Back in the studio we made balancing sculptures we connected together...


and  murals with colored tape.


Native American Artifacts
   
                                                                  Black Ash Basket
                                    

                  Last week I use this exploration as a beginning to our Native American culture study. We looked at Native America artifacts we had to think                                                         about three questions...

                  What is it?  What is it made from? What is it used for? 

                                         
Turquoise Jewelry and a leather cornmeal pouch.
A Ceremonial Staff



A  Cradleboard

Everyone enjoyed making guesses about the artifact's use.  All were sure this one was a snowshoe and were surprised to see it was a cradle! 
 We agreed all the artifacts were made of natural materials.