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Ursala Hudson, Sister Bear, 2022-2023, thigh-spun merino and cedar bark with silk, 36 x 32 x 1⁄4 in. (91.4 x 81.3 x 0.6 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Windgate Foundation Living Artists Acquisitions Fund, 2023.22, © 2023, Ursala Hudson
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Sister Bear
- Artist
- Date
- 2022-2023
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 36 x 32 x 1⁄4 in. (91.4 x 81.3 x 0.6 cm)
- Copyright
- © 2023, Ursala Hudson
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through the Windgate Foundation Living Artists Acquisitions Fund
- Mediums Description
- thigh-spun merino and cedar bark with silk
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Indian
- Object Number
- 2023.22
Artwork Description
As Hudson’s first Chilkat robe, Sister Bear incorporates her own innovative twist, using black and white exclusively for the design and omitting the classic combination of yellows, greens, and black that has come to define Chilkat aesthetics. The design is a female bear, as signified by her labret, a customary piercing worn by women and girls. This bear holds the enormity of inherited experiences and knowledge from all her different bloodlines and accepts that this future looks unlike any other.
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