Jumat, 06 Agustus 2010

Native North American Designs

The great majority of the designs below were sourced from traditional craft and art works made by native American tribes of the Pacific North West of the United States and Canada. These include the Tlingit, Kwakiutl [now called: Kwakwaka'wakw] and Haida peoples.



abstract bird in profile
Tlingit - Thunderbird



Native American symbol
NW Coast - Hocker design



abstracted animal/human motif
Haida - Orca



totem motif
Kwakiutl - Raven



circular design a
SW America - Swastika



stylised motif
Haida - Mythic Raven



bird motif
Kwakiutl - Thunderbird



beast face
Kwakiutl - Killer Whale



Thunderbird
Kwakiutl - Thunderbird



bird
Haida - Thunderbird



stylised bird face
Kwakiutl - Thunderbird



bird's head profile
Kwakiutl - Raven



stylised beaver
Kwakiutl - Beaver



abstract animal
Haida - Bear



twin birds
Haida - Double Raven



circular design
Kwakiutl - Squash Blossom



[Although the designs themselves are traditional and (presumably) in the pubic domain, copyright over the actual images is claimed by the producer of these designs and the publisher: Maarten Hesselt van Dinter and HvD Publishing. The images are available here for so long as there is no objection: no response to emails from either party has been received in relation to obtaining permission to post the images here.]


I came across a couple of HvD books and the (essentially random) selection above constitutes about one tenth of the available designs from the combined dvd and text-less 2006 publication called: 'Native Designs from North America'. More from the other book (South America) in the next week or so.

Previous line drawing design entries: Celtic Designs ---- Indian Designs

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