Native American arts

Pomo basketGirl's coiled dowry basket or puberty basket (kol-chu or ti-ri-bu-ku), willow, sedge root, bulrush root, acorn, woodpecker scalp feather, valley quail topknot feather, clamshell, and cotton string, made by Jenny Hughes, Native American, Pomo culture, California, 19th century; in the Brooklyn Museum, New York. 17.8 × 36.8 × 36.8 cm.

Native American arts, arts of the aboriginal inhabitants of the Americas. Native American arts are treated in a number of articles. See Native American literature, which includes a discussion of the oral tradition; Native American art; Native American music; and Native American dance.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Kathleen Kuiper.
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Article Title: Native American arts
Website Name: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Date Published: 03 August 2022
Access Date: February 22, 2025