Janice Albro "Moving Day on the Plains"
19” H x 22 ½” W x 9”, Bronze Sculpture Ltd. Ed. of 10
Native women have always held positions of respect within their communities. Of course, cultures, customs, and duties varied among tribes depending upon their locations and environment. But in all cases, they were sustainers of the people and valued for their labors. They were life-givers, they contributed most of the labor needed for their food supply from raising, gathering, and drying plants to butchering, cooking and storing meat brought by the hunters. They were also healers, mid-wives and spiritual leaders. Women of the Great Plains tribes designed and constructed the tipis used as their lodges. Whenever a family moved camp, it was the woman’s work to dismantle the tipi and transport it to the new location. A well-made and attractive tipi brought honor and prestige to the wife. Besides crafting ceremonial and trade objects, Northern Plains women were respected for their craftsmanship in making quilled and beaded moccasins, clothing, cradleboards, and rawhide parfleches, many of which are displayed in museums today. In my sculpture titled “Moving Day on the Plains” I have depicted a Dakota woman moving camp on horseback pulling a travois loaded with her family tipi and carrying her child in a cradleboard on her back.
Please be aware that this item will not ship until October.
19” H x 22 ½” W x 9”, Bronze Sculpture Ltd. Ed. of 10
Native women have always held positions of respect within their communities. Of course, cultures, customs, and duties varied among tribes depending upon their locations and environment. But in all cases, they were sustainers of the people and valued for their labors. They were life-givers, they contributed most of the labor needed for their food supply from raising, gathering, and drying plants to butchering, cooking and storing meat brought by the hunters. They were also healers, mid-wives and spiritual leaders. Women of the Great Plains tribes designed and constructed the tipis used as their lodges. Whenever a family moved camp, it was the woman’s work to dismantle the tipi and transport it to the new location. A well-made and attractive tipi brought honor and prestige to the wife. Besides crafting ceremonial and trade objects, Northern Plains women were respected for their craftsmanship in making quilled and beaded moccasins, clothing, cradleboards, and rawhide parfleches, many of which are displayed in museums today. In my sculpture titled “Moving Day on the Plains” I have depicted a Dakota woman moving camp on horseback pulling a travois loaded with her family tipi and carrying her child in a cradleboard on her back.
Please be aware that this item will not ship until October.
19” H x 22 ½” W x 9”, Bronze Sculpture Ltd. Ed. of 10
Native women have always held positions of respect within their communities. Of course, cultures, customs, and duties varied among tribes depending upon their locations and environment. But in all cases, they were sustainers of the people and valued for their labors. They were life-givers, they contributed most of the labor needed for their food supply from raising, gathering, and drying plants to butchering, cooking and storing meat brought by the hunters. They were also healers, mid-wives and spiritual leaders. Women of the Great Plains tribes designed and constructed the tipis used as their lodges. Whenever a family moved camp, it was the woman’s work to dismantle the tipi and transport it to the new location. A well-made and attractive tipi brought honor and prestige to the wife. Besides crafting ceremonial and trade objects, Northern Plains women were respected for their craftsmanship in making quilled and beaded moccasins, clothing, cradleboards, and rawhide parfleches, many of which are displayed in museums today. In my sculpture titled “Moving Day on the Plains” I have depicted a Dakota woman moving camp on horseback pulling a travois loaded with her family tipi and carrying her child in a cradleboard on her back.
Please be aware that this item will not ship until October.