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Gordon Carle Award of Excellence in Tribal Arts
~ $250 ~ Courtesy of Southwestern University & Global College ~
"Eternal Spirit Medicine" ~ Warrior's Shirt
by Black Eagle, Shoshone/Yokut
Black Eagle
Description: Decorated warshirt made of brain tanned deerskin, decorated with human hair, antique beads, natural pigments, seed beeds, lined with 100% wool broadcloth and sewn with linen thread.
About this Award: Awarded to recognize high quality in diverse media that do not fit into conventional categories.
Jurors' Comments:
Rex Arrowsmith: Beautiful war shirt with brain-tanned hide, many scalp locks, trade cloth, and traditional beadwork.
David Johns: Very manly! Very nice beadwork. You can smell the brain-tan! Beautiful.
Larry King: War shirt. Surely fits the high quality of diverse media and represents the war shirt that as Native Americans we long for. It represents the gradual loss of our culture and a way to amend that anxiety.