#native headdresses

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #WorldOrcaDay here are 2 examples of #orca (aka killer whale) headdresses from the Northwest Coast that the dancer could animate with moving parts:

1. Haida - “dancer could roll its eyes or move lower jaw” Carnegie Museum of Natural History

2. Kwakiutl - “dancer pulled strings to make the pectoral fins, tail flukes & jaw move” Field Museum

[usarmytrooper]

Should we cancel him for cultural appropriation? Hell no!

[birdy-bird27]

😭 man I’m trying to make my cool Alaska native oc and I just realized idk what everyday traditional clothing looks like I only know present day clothing trends I don’t want to misrepresent my own culture now

[goddess-women]

Julia Yaroshenko - Native headdress (thejulia Instagram - 3 June 2023)

[simplecountryboy]

[hzaidan]

04 Works, The Art of War, Ana Dias's Native American Women Warrior's Headdress, with footnotes

After Ana DiasCherokee Ethnic Native Woman HeaddressAI GeneratedWidth: 1024, Height: 1024openart One of the most recognizable symbols of Native American Indian culture is the traditional Indian headdress, also known as a feathered war bonnet. Although it is easily recognizable, it is important to note that not all Native American tribes created or wore headdresses… Please follow link for full…

[twistedappletree]

is there a probation period before you can become a real ghost or something? whenever people see a ghost, they’re like “ooooo she was dressed in decaying gothic victorian finery from the 1800s” like…. okay, then where are all the ghosts in jazzercise spandex and hoochie daddy jorts?

either y’all are making shit up or every ghost after the early 1900s is still going through processing

[chiefjoseph1877]

Chief Joseph hinmatóoyalahtq’it

[inthecityofgoodabode]

May 2024: Sunday Walk & Treasure Found

Seen while walking:

Verdant wasteland:

Blueberries that I harvested from the Oasis on my walk:

It was a windy day:

Walking against the wind:

Today's blueberry harvest from the backyard garden:

While picking blueberries, something caught my eye on the ground in our blueberry patch. This is it after a gentle wash up:

After noting the fine print on the plastic coin & a brief Internet search, I was able to determine this was play money produced by a company called Transogram that went out of business in 1971 so this little battered treasure is at least that old. I thought we'd already found all the childhood relics in our backyard & yet the moving of soil by mortal hands & the steady beat of rain still reveals lost secrets:

[irregularjohnnywiggins]

Really funny how More Fun Comics #73 introduced two of DC's most popular superheroes, both of whom had wildly different Golden Age origins than any other origin since, and yet both origins are on completely different axis of 'would be cool if they were an Elseworld story someday'.

To whit, Aquaman's Golden Age origin sees his father as an undersea explorer who discovers the ruin of Atlantis, and uses their advanced technology to grant his infant son the ability to breathe underwater and communicate with sea-life. I'd be really interested in a modern take on this idea - I did see a fanart a few years back that reimagined Golden Age Aquaman as a tech hero, old-school divers suit and all, and hell it would even be cool to have an Aquaman story not focused on Atlantis, but instead on Aquaman as Protector of the Seas.

On the other hand, Golden Age Oliver Queen is a white guy who has... ahem, ""gathered"" a huge collection of Native American* artifacts and cultural relics, which he keeps for himself and used to train himself in archery and the like, before all of the artifacts are destroyed when criminals burn his house down. Oliver seeks out a secret, long-lost Native American* city and runs into Roy Harper when his plane crashes. Roy has been on the island the city is buried under for years, with his only companion being Quoag, his Native American* ""manservant"" who talks like every racist Asian caricature from the Golden Age because I guess the writers were too used to writing WWII propaganda to be creative in their racism. Anyway, thieves show up, Quoag dies and is immediately forgotten, they force in some really painful references to Green Arrow and Speedy (like, if you thought the reasoning for Speedy's name in Arrow being 'Oliver's sister does drugs' was painfully forced...) and eventually Oliver and Roy find the Native American* city, which is made out of solid gold because... reasons. Rather than tell anyone about it, Oliver and Roy decide to dismantle the city, sell it brick by brick, and use the money to become wealthy, and also fund their superhero exploits because apparently they decided that was a good idea.

If DC ever brings back Golden Age Oliver Queen under any circumstances and the story doesn't end with Modern Ollie and Roy teaming up to shank him and redistribute his wealth, I'm going to kill someone.

*I say 'Native American' knowing that it's incredibly broad, but the comic doesn't offer a specific group. It also... doesn't call them Native Americans, which I'm pretty sure you can guess.

[sw5w]

The Republic is Not What It Once Was

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 01:22:57

[arthistoryanimalia]

Kwak'Wanigaml (Heron Headdress), c. 1890 Herbert Johnson - (Gayusdisa'las) Kwakwaka'wakw, Kwikwasutinexw, Kingcome, d. 1953 Red cedar, nails, paint, 26 x 13 1/2 x 17 in. Seattle Art Museum 91.1.31

"Solitary blue herons stand silently on coastlines and in wetlands perched on their thin legs. They wade slowly, sometimes point their head and beak skyward, and often seem as still as a statue. This object includes the sinuous neck and long beak of a heron but no legs beause the heron’s shape has been adapted to serve as a headdress. Stylized designs add a distinctive feature on the crest, wings, and tail. One can only imagine the striking vision of the heron striding into a ceremony atop the head of a leader who honors one of his crest animals."

Bonus:

Man with Heron Hat, 1914 photo by Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868-1952) Glossy silver print, 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3cm) Seattle Art Museum

[kungseyesfr]

[birdy-bird27]

Damn I just realized there’s no cool traditional native clothes in the sims 😭

[dicksmasher]

Halloween when you're an adult who isn't an alcoholic:

[simplecountryboy]