Assigned length: Essay to be 5 typewritten, double-spaced pages plus References Cited; plus
an image as an example of the object you are discussing. Font: Times New Roman, size 12
This assignment asks you to examine a Native American object within the context of the culture in which it was made and/or used. You must use at least 2 scholarly article in your work; You may not rely on Wikipedia or Khan Academy unless it is for an image, and that must have a full citation. A scholarly article is one written by an expert and reviewed by a panel of experts before being published in a specialized journal. The Art Journal and Art Bulletin are examples of scholarly journals published by the College Art Association. People Magazine is not a scholarly journal. paper should address at the following questions: 1) Who belongs to the intended audience for the selected topic/object/motif/activity you are examining? 2) What kinds of aesthetic and/or semantic information are involved in the topic you are examining? 3) What does this information do in the society you are examining? And you should make a comparison of this object to the object in the first paper.(Lakota Tipi model and Blackfoot Tipi)Remember, if you must use someone else’s words, put them in quotes and cite the source; a quotation should be no more than 2-3 sentences long. Please include a list of References Cited with your paper. If you wish to see other examples of the object you have chosen, I recommend these online and face-to-face collections. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia Virginia: Virginia Museum of Art, Richmond within the American Collection Washington, DC: National Museum of the American Indian; National Museum of Natural History
