you to the curators who search far and wide for exactly the items, art work, etc, to represent the cosmology of the Anishinaabe, I live looking straight at the 'horizon line' on L, Ontario and I have absorbed a lot of the sun, wind and water energy just from proximity to this Great Lake, I grew up always thinking about the Haudenosaunee in NYS and yet going to L, Huron every summer and knowing the Ojibwe of the Saugeen area, This book opened my eyes to both cultures but what impressed me most was the migration across the lakes out west and name changes, language changes, Excellent book! A glimpse into the creativity and culture of the Anishinaabe people that fascinates without question, Beautifully written in clear and concise language that is intended to be a beginning for someone interested in learning about this very interesting and important part of our history.
A pretty and pretty darn interesting and pretty surface level overview of traditional and contemporary Anishinaabe art, It's interesting seeing how the motifs and shared imagery are boiled down to common design elements, like a swirl of colors suggesting the tail of an underwater panther which is pretty cool.
Each section is written by a different expert, but some are much more approachable writers than others I think this is the first time I've seen the word 'coterminous' out in the wild.
True, none of the sections are too complicated, but similarly, there's not too much meat either, This is a great introduction to Anishinaabe art and culture, and I reckon it satisfied its purpose: I want to go find a book to actually learn more.
Oh, yeah, and the artwork in the book is amazing too,
Side note: I HATE endnotes and would have preferred footnotes, but that's just me, Featuring a nice range of historical and contemporary works with excellent text, this book is a must for those interested in the arts of the Anishinaabe, Illustrated withcolor images of visually powerful historical and contemporary works, this book which accompanies an exhibition of the same title opening in Augustat the National Museum of the American Indian in New York reveals how Anishinaabe also known in the United States as Ojibwe or Chippewa artists have expressed the deeply rooted spiritual and social dimensions of their relations with the Great Lakes region.
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