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May 23, 2013
LECTURE

Thinking Globally: Exploring the MIA's Indian and Southeast Asian Art Collection

7 – 8 p.m.
Pillsbury Auditorium

Presenter: Risha Lee, the MIA's Jane Emison Assistant Curator of South and Southeast Asian Art. The MIA's Indian and Southeast Asian art collection contains many gems of art, produced in a variety of times and places. In an introduction to the collecti...
Exhibition

Diné (Navajo)
Ketohs, c. 1920
Silver, leather, turquoise
Bequest of Virgina Doneghy 90.58.351 & 90.58.354

Woven and Worn: Textile Arts and Silverwork of the Diné

Saturday, August 13, 2011—Sunday, August 5, 2012
Gallery 255
Free Exhibition

This exhibition examines the history and aesthetics of the two best known arts of the Diné(Navajo)?textiles and silverwork. Featuring nearly 100 works from the MIA's Viriginia Doneghy Southwest Jewelry Collection and 10 Diné textiles borrowed from private collections, this exhibition provides context for the works, exploring the artists' worldview and both Native and non-Native markets.