Twentieth Century American Indian Movement Shield, unrecorded Native American artist

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unrecorded Native American artist, Twentieth Century American Indian Movement Shield
unrecorded Native American artist, Twentieth Century American Indian Movement Shield
unrecorded Native American artist
Twentieth Century American Indian Movement Shield
1960–1969
unrecorded Native American artist
Twentieth Century American Indian Movement Shield, 1960–1969
Material/technique: calf hide; metal
Credit line: Collection Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas
Accession number: EL2024.014
On display: Simons Gallery
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Native Fashion
According to artist Tony Abeyta (Diné), who previously owned this shield, it may have been made during the American Indian Movement (AIM) occupation of Alcatraz Island. It is also possible it was made during AIM’s 71-day occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in 1973.

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