Go to the archival links listed on our website and locate a photograph of an artifact made by or a photograph of native people from your region.  It may not be possible to get both, in which case, obtain two of what you can obtain.  Start with this link to the Smithsonian. 

Go to the archival links listed on our website and locate a photograph of an artifact made by or a photograph of native people from your region.  It may not be possible to get both, in which case, obtain two of what you can obtain. Start with this link to the Smithsonian.

Importantly, you do not just want to find an artifact or photograph but you also want to understand what the meaning of the artifact is, who made it, who’s represented in it (or by it), etc?

On your blog: Upload the photographs with appropriate citations and tags.  Consider how these photographs or artifacts may tie into the story of dispossession that you are learning (think about when they were made or taken, the context by which they passed into European hands).

The doll is made of corn husks, and this reinforced for me the centrality of corn for Wampanoag people. In the 17th century, every Wampanoag home had a substantial cornfield in front of it.  The accession date is 1987, but that doesn’t tell us when this doll was made. The colors are bright, so perhaps she is new. I wonder if she was made in the 20th century by Mashpee Wampanoag to sell to tourists. Accession number 368048 at the Smithsonian. https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/anth/?ark=ark:/65665/35d7abb474ef54d2d894b72020f9a1691

Due Oct 1