Transformation Mask
What was a very common wood to use to make the transformation masks?
red cedar wood
Why did Cotsiogo combine the Wolf and Sun Dance in his painting?
The Sun Dance was outlawed by the US Gov’t in 1935 but was still popular to tourists, so he combined it with the Wolf dance in order to make it acceptable to the US government.
What were the two types of solutions used to paint some of Martinez's famous pots?
An iron solution and a guaco solution
Divisible into seperate equal halves
Bilateral symmetry
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Who could wear the mask?
a dancer of high status
What two dances are combined in the Hide Painting?
The Sun Dance and Wolf Dance
What did smothering the heat with a powder create?
A polished black solution
what changed the method of creating transformation masks?
colonization and the introduction of new materials/tools
Did you have fun
what would the mask change to?
an animal to another animal OR a mythological being.
Hide paintings made by Cotsiogo were partially influenced to appease it’s main consumers, ____
European and American tourists
What main transportation creation allowed Martinez to frame her pots as fine art?
The railroad system
name one purpose of a potlach
Show status and class structure
Inheritance
To give different rights
Marriage
Death
Coming of age
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hello
manifesting transformation and allowing ancestors to manifest in the dancer
Which animal hide was the Hide Painting of the Sun Dance painted on?
Elk
How old was María Martinez when she passed away?
93
who would host a Potlatch?
Wealthy and powerful people in the community. usually with high status.
did you learn?
Yes
When where potlatchs banned and why?
1885 and for being "immoral"
Where is this painting from?
Wind River Reservation, Wyoming
What aspect of making the pots would Martinez allow the community to perform?
The painting
what does potlach translate to?
To give
wrong answer only: I am never ...
going to give you up, let you down, run around, or desert you.