Ska-ba-quay Tesson ( c. 1846 – 1929) also known as A Ski Ba Qua [1] and Mrs. Joseph Tesson [2]) was a Meskwaki artist who is known for her textile art.
Biography
Tesson was born around 1846 and was part of the Meskwaki group of Native Americans. [3] When items were purchased from her, she was living in Tama, Iowa. [4] Tesson acted as a cultural informant for anthropologists studying her people. [5]
Work
Tesson's work, a yarn bag ( c. 1900), in the collection of the National Museum of the American Indian in New York was attributed specifically to her, rather than to her tribal affiliation in 2010. [6] Her textile work consisted of twined storage bags that had a tapestry-like appearance. [2] Her work was based on traditional methods of weaving using nettle fiber and buffalo wool, but also incorporated new designs. [1] [7] Tesson also made bags using buckskin and porcupine quills. [8]
References
- ^ a b Penney 1992, p. 126.
- ^ a b "Ska-ba-quay, bag - Infinity of Nations: Art and History in the Collections of the National Museum of the American Indian". National Museum of the American Indian. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
- ^ "Record Bag | Collections Search Center". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
- ^ Penney 1992, p. 133.
- ^ Michelson, Truman (1934). "The Identification of the Mascoutens". American Anthropologist. 36 (2): 227. doi: 10.1525/aa.1934.36.2.02a00080 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Dobrzynski, Judith H. (2011-02-03). "At Denver Art Museum, American Indian Works as Art". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
- ^ Hobbs, Robert (1989). "Constancy, Change, and Cultural Interaction in Mesquakie Art" (PDF). In Torrence, Gaylord; Hobbs, Robert (eds.). Art of the Red Earth People: The Mesquakie of Iowa. Iowa City: The University of Iowa Museum of Art. pp. 42. ISBN 9780295968315.
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The Art of the Great Lakes Indians. Internet Archive. Flint, Michigan: Flint Institute of Arts. 1973. pp.
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OCLC
644545964.
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Sources
- Penney, David W. (1992). Art of the American Indian frontier : the Chandler-Pohrt Collection. Detroit Institute of Arts., Buffalo Bill Historical Center., National Gallery of Art (U.S.). [Detroit]: Detroit Institute of Arts. ISBN 0295971738. OCLC 24627088.
- 1840s births
- 1929 deaths
- 19th-century American artists
- 19th-century American women artists
- 20th-century women textile artists
- 20th-century textile artists
- People from Tama, Iowa
- Native American textile artists
- 19th-century women textile artists
- 19th-century textile artists
- 20th-century American artists
- 20th-century American women artists
- Sac and Fox people
- 20th-century Native American artists
- 20th-century Native American women
- 19th-century Native American women
- Textile artists from Iowa