After first contact with the Europeans, the diverse cultures of North American Indians began to undergo vast and various forms of change. European colonization and Western contact introduced novel materials, new techniques were developed in order to incorporate them into their material cultures. Thus, designs changed as the techniques and materials changed. However, the change with the largest impact was the change in purpose of art.
Before one can understand the changes in Native American Art after European contact it is important to understand the diversity of each region on tribe. And that in Native American culture, art was inseparable from other aspects of culture, which is why pre-Columbian era art not only conveys the cultural diversity of the American Indians, but also their diverse natural environments Before contact with Europeans, the materials available were naturally found within the region. For example, a tribe from the Southwest such as the Hopi’s would typically use wood to carve out their kachina dolls. In contrast apples the Iroquois of the eastern woodlands used dried apples for the heads of …show more content…
Prior to European contact Native Amerians created beads out of many matrials. Rock, Bone and teeth are among the most commkn. Beads were also eads were carved and shaped of animal horn, turtle shell, Animal claws Wooden beads and dyed porcupine quills. October 12, 1492, Columbus recorded in his logbook the natives of San Salvador Island were given red caps and glass beads. This is the earliest written record of glass beads in the Americas. These beads were manufactured in Venice and had to be imported to other European nations. Once there, they could be transported on ships across the Atlantic to the Americas. Therefore, beads were not only easier to work with, but they also came in a wider range of colors that the Native Americans could not produce with their own
Before one can understand the changes in Native American Art after European contact it is important to understand the diversity of each region on tribe. And that in Native American culture, art was inseparable from other aspects of culture, which is why pre-Columbian era art not only conveys the cultural diversity of the American Indians, but also their diverse natural environments Before contact with Europeans, the materials available were naturally found within the region. For example, a tribe from the Southwest such as the Hopi’s would typically use wood to carve out their kachina dolls. In contrast apples the Iroquois of the eastern woodlands used dried apples for the heads of …show more content…
Prior to European contact Native Amerians created beads out of many matrials. Rock, Bone and teeth are among the most commkn. Beads were also eads were carved and shaped of animal horn, turtle shell, Animal claws Wooden beads and dyed porcupine quills. October 12, 1492, Columbus recorded in his logbook the natives of San Salvador Island were given red caps and glass beads. This is the earliest written record of glass beads in the Americas. These beads were manufactured in Venice and had to be imported to other European nations. Once there, they could be transported on ships across the Atlantic to the Americas. Therefore, beads were not only easier to work with, but they also came in a wider range of colors that the Native Americans could not produce with their own