Arts of Native North America

The Arts of Native Americans is one of the two segments of the Arts of the Americas collections of The Snite Museum of Art. It includes materials dated to before and after contact with travelers and settlers from Europe and Africa. Highlights are early 19th-century Plains Indian painted war records and costumes. Also featured are Mimbres and Anasazi painted ceramics from the prehistoric Southwest.

Samples from the Native American collection:

	Crow North Dakota MAN'S SHIRT, c. 1850 leather, porcupine quills, glass beads, feathers Donor unknown AA1963.009.006
	White Swan, died 1904 Crow Nation, Montana PICTOGRAPHIC WAR RECORD, c. 1880 muslin, watercolor Gift of Rev. E.W.J. Lindsrnith 1963.009.005
	Hopi Nation Hopi Mesa, Arizona DANCE SASH, c. 1875 handspun cotton, cotton string, wool yarn, natural and commercial dyes Gift of William and Leslie Banks 1999.064.002
	Western Pueblo Culture Little Colorado River, Arizona PINEDALE POLYCHROME BOWL, A.D. 1250-1325 slipped earthenware Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Markovits 1998.016.007