3 3/4" in diameter |
4" in diameter |
10" high |
Artifacts illustrated above, from left to right: Huichol gourd bowl with beaded design set in bees'wax; Acoma black on white bowl; Hopi Kachina doll.
The SRJC Museum has a collection of more than 3500 cataloged items, including art objects and archival materials such as photographs. Traditional Native American art makes up the greatest portion of the collection, with all of the North American Indian culture areas represented. Art forms include ceramics, basketry, beadwork, sculpture, textiles, and jewelry. Most of the pieces in the collection were made specifically by artists to be sold in the collector's and art market, which has flourished in the United States for more than a hundred years. Some of the most famous American Indian artists of this century are represented by their works in the collection.
The SRJC Museum does not collect and does not exhibit sacred or religious articles of North American Indian peoples. We encourage the return of all such items to the appropriate cultural group.
In addition to Native American art of North America, the museum also has small collections of ethnographic art from Mesoamerica, Central America, South America, Africa, and Asia.
14" x 10" |
14 1/2" tall |
Illustrated above: two examples of 19th Century religious art from Mexico.On the left is a retablo, or painting on tin; on the right is a bulto sculpture in wood. Illustrated below: On the left is a wooden mask from the Chokwe culture in Angola, Africa. An Indonesian shaddow puppet from the island of Bali is in the middle, and on the far right is a Precolumbian ceramic figurine in the style of Ixtlan del Rio, Nayarit.
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8 1/2" x 6" |
29 1/2" tall |
8 1/4" tall |
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