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The Artistic Expressions of the Great Lakes Indians

The Artistic Expressions of the Great Lakes Indians exhibition is now closed. Come and visit our next changing exhibit, opening in January of 2010. For more information on our upcoming changing exhibit keep checking our web site for further updates.

The Artistic Expressions of the Great Lakes Indians exhibition presented cultural material dated just after the period of European contact into the early 20th century. It demonstrated the range of object types that characterize traditional Great Lakes Indian art. The major object types exhibited included beadwork, birch bark, clothing, quillwork, silk appliqué, weavings and wood. The exhibition pieces were drawn primarily from the collections of Laura Herrington of Royal Oak, Michigan, Tom Noakes of Canfield, Ohio, Richard Pohrt Jr. of Ann Arbor, Michigan and Mike Slasinski of Saginaw, Michigan. The exhibit could have been characterized as being inter-tribal and reflective of an evolving art style.

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