New Maxwell exhibitions feature Native American baskets
November 10, 2022
Two new exhibitions at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico will highlight Native North American baskets from the museum’s collection of more than 2,700 baskets from around the world.
The two new temporary exhibits, Conversing with the Land: Native North American Baskets of the Maxwell Museum Collections and We Were Basket Makers Before We Were Pueblo People: Pueblo Baskets in Context will open this Friday, Nov. 11, and run until January 2024. The exhibit is a featured event of UNM Research and Discovery Week. It will begin with a panel discussion featuring the co-creators of We Were Basket Makers Before We Were Pueblo People, followed by a reception in the Maxwell Museum.
Maxwell Museum of Anthropology exhibitions
Conversing with the Land: Native North American Baskets of the Maxwell Museum Collections
We Were Basket Makers Before We Were Pueblo PeopleOpening Friday, Nov. 11
Panel discussion, Room 105, Hibben Center for Archaeological Research, 6 to 7:15 p.m.
Reception follows in museum from 7:15 to 8:30 pm. Everyone is welcome to this free, public event. Light fare and refreshments will be served.
The panel discussion will be in Room 105 of the Hibben Center for Archaeological Research, located just south of the Museum, from 6 to 7:15 pm. The discussion will be followed by a reception in the museum, from 7:15 to 8:30 pm. Everyone is welcome to this free, public event. Light fare and refreshments will be served.
Pueblo artists and knowledge holders—Louie García (Tiwa/Piro Pueblo), Christopher Lewis (Zuni), Jilli M. Oyenque (Ohkay Owingeh), and Brian Vallo (Acoma Pueblo)—will participate in the discussion of Pueblo basketry, moderated by anthropologist and guest co-curator, UNM alumnus Bruce Bernstein.
Transforming and countering incorrect colonial narratives, the panel conversation will discuss the importance of Indigenous knowledge systems within both community and museum contexts. The panel discussion is sponsored by the UNM Vice President for Research, Research and Discovery Week and the exhibits are in part funded by the Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies.
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