A non-profit educational foundation created for the purpose of preserving Native American artifacts, art, and culture.
A non-profit educational foundation created for the purpose of preserving Native American artifacts, art, and culture.

30 March 2015; Hand Painted Feather

A beautiful example of where traditional craft meets modern art is featured in our Fetish Exhibit with a diminative shadowboxed frame. This very small painting of a bear substitutes the traditional canvas with a turkey feather. The artist, Oneta, is from Booneville, Mississippi and has sold her works all across the country for over 35 years! Sadly, an accident in 2012 forced her to take a break (that is hopefully temporary) from her painting.

She has inspired many artists, as her unique canvas choices span a wide variety of natural materials including feathers and leaves.

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