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19005 Coast Highway One, Jenner, CA 95450 ■ 707.847.3437 ■ [email protected] ■ www.fortross.org Title: The California Collection of I. G. Voznesenski Author(s): C. Bates Published by: American Indian Art Magazine i Source: Fort Ross Conservancy Library URL: www.fortross.org Fort Ross Conservancy (FRC) asks that you acknowledge FRC as the source of the content; if you use material from FRC online, we request that you link directly to the URL provided. If you use the content offline, we ask that you credit the source as follows: “Courtesy of Fort Ross Conservancy, www.fortross.org.” Fort Ross Conservancy, a 501(c)(3) and California State Park cooperating association, connects people to the history and beauty of Fort Ross and Salt Point State Parks. © Fort Ross Conservancy, 19005 Coast Highway One, Jenner, CA 95450, 707-847-3437 amer1can1 t inaian ar VOLUME 8 NUMBER 3 SUMMER 1983 magaz1ne TABLE OF CONTENTS Publisher ........... Mary G. Hamilton 17 AUCTION BLOCK Managing Editor .... Roanne Goldfein P. By Harmer Johnson Editorial Consultant ...... Norman Feder Editorial Assistant ......... Ann Davies 20 SUMMER SHOWS Advertising/Circulation .. Carol L. Lovercio 27 MUSEUMS Circulation Assistant ..... Kathryn Larsen I \ 33 Editorial Advisory Board CALIFORNIA COLLECTION OF * . G. VOZNESENSKI REX ARRONSMITH HARMER JOHNSON • Santa Fe. New Mexico New York City LOv\IEU J. BEAN MICHAEL KABOTIE Details some of the materials from present-day California which Calibmia State Unrvei'Sity, Second Mesa, Arizona were collected in 1840 and 1841 by the Russian scientist Ivan Hayward, Califorma ROBERT H. LISTER JAMES T. BIALAC Prescott. Ar1zona Gavrilovich Voznesenski. Presently in the Peter the Great Museum Phoenix. Alizona CLAY LOCKETT of Anthropology and Ethnography in Leningrad, the collection is J.J.BRODY AagstaW, Arizona Mallwell Museum of Anthropology, important in documenting the variety of regional styles at the time ~ CHARLES LOLOMA AlbuquerQUe, New MexiCO .J Hotevilla, Arizona European contact. CHARLES CLELAND AL PACKARD I Scottsdale, Arizona Santa Fe, New Mexico RICHARD CLELAND PAUL PLETKA 42 ~ Scottsdale, Arizona Tesuque, New MexiCO J JEROLD COLLINGS RICHARD A. POHRT Paradise Valley, Arizona Flint, Michigan By Frederick J. Dockstader ANITADA FATHER PETER J. PONELL San lldefonso Pueblo, New Mexico The Newberry Library, Ch•cago Provides a short biography of artist, Oscar Howe, along with a .' CHARLES DiPESO FRITZ SCHOLDER Amennd Foundation, Scottsdale, Arizona more detailed discussion of the development of his work, illus Dragoon. Arizona JOSEPH STACEY trating paintings which are representative both of his early style FAE"ERICK DOCKSTADER Phoenix, AriZOna and his later innovations. New York City CLARA LEE TANNER PAULDYCK UnNersity of Arizona, Rimrock, Anzona Tucson, AriZOna 52 A CENTURY AND A HALF OF BLACKFEET PICTURE SEN. BARRY M. GOLDWATER BETTY T. TOULOUSE Sootlsdale, Anzona Santa Fe, New Mexico WRITING LAARYGOLSH JOE BEN WHEAT Phoenix, Arizona University of Colorado Museum, ' By John C. Ewers JOYCE HEROLD Boulder, Cotorado Illustrates examples of Blackfeet picture-writing from the last 150 DefNer Museum of Natural History, ANDREW HUNTER WHITEFORD Denwr, Colorado Santa Fe, New Mexico years, showing how-lacking a written language of their own-the BILL HOLM MAGGIE WILSON Blackfeet developed a system of communicating ideas through Washington State Museum, The Arizona Republic, Seattle, Washington Phoenix, Arizona pictures that was employed most effectively in recording on buf PATRICK T. HOUUHAN TOM WOODARD ; Santa Fe, New Mexico falo robes the honors individual tribal members had won on the Southwest Museum, warpath . •~ Los Angeles MARIE WORMINGTON RICHARD M. HONARD Denver, Colorado NabonaJ Pari< Service. BARTON WRIGHT Coolidge, Arizona San Diego, C8Jifornl4 62 CHARLES EDENSAW AND THE CREATION OF HUMAN BEINGS By Alan L. Hoover Provides a detailed examination of the connection of Charles Eden Subscription services, change of address and wholesale inquiries: Circu· lation Department, American Indian Art Magazine. 7314 East Osborn saw's work to Haida myth, focusing in particular on six objects Drive. Scottsdale, AZ 85251. American Indian Art Magazine welcomes attributed to Edensaw-and two related pieces-which illustrate the editorial submissions but assumes no responsibility for the loss or damage Haida legend recounting the birth of humankind. of unsolicited matenat. American Indian Art Magazine is not responsible tor the content of any article; contributing authors agree to indemnify and protect the publishers from clairns or actions regarding plagiarism. 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Second class postage paid at Sconsdale, AZ; additional entry office, Phoenix, AZ. 86 ADVERTISER INDEX Printed by Krueger, Phoenix, Arizona Des1gn by The Drawing Room and Kounter-Graphics, COVER: GHOST DANCER by Oscar Howe, Yanktonai Dakota. 1975. ~·• Scottsdale, Arizona . Casein. 46. 3cm x 60. 3cm. Courtesy of Oscar Howe Art Center, Mitchell, t \. South Dakota. (See pages 42-51.) • ~· .J " ;.~ ~ ~------------------------------------~ SUMMER 1983 curement of these objects was organized by curator and an excellent assortment of ethnographic objects E. I. Schroeder and, like most plans made during this accompanied his shipments of natural history speci time, it concentrated on the acquisition of objects to mens to the Academy. The objects, presently at the the nearly complete exclusion of data regarding the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnog social organization, religion and history of the native raphy in Leningrad, are in a remarkably good state of people (Liapunova 1967:6-10). preservation. It is unfortunate that collecting data, as The trip to America was not an easy one. Vozne well as a catalogue regarding the exact provenance senski left Kronstadt, an inland naval base in the St. of each object, are for the most part lost. Voznesenski's Petersburg harbor, on August 20, 1839. After an eight letters do, however, contain references to specific month voyage, he reached New Archangel, Baranof objects: Island, on May 1, 1840. Immediately afterward, he After sending off all the objects I collected relating to ethnog began collecting, cataloguing and shipping zoological, raphy, which are on the ship Nikolai from Fort Ross, I have botanical, mineralogical and ethnographic objects not had a favorable opportunity to barter with the Indians. (Liapunova 1967:10). His activities would eventually since then until now. Now, however, by making my way a number of miles into the California interior, I hope to find cover the bulk of Russian America from California to there, from what people here assure me, some dwellings of Alaska and form the basis for a superb amassment of Indian tribes who roam along the Rio del Sacramento. Under materials for the Academy of Sciences in St. Peters peaceful conditions I will try to obtain all kinds of things burg. Voznesenski's assemblage of Northwest Coast from the inhabitants of this country. I now have the honor of materials is well known and portions of it are illus reporting to your honor about the dispatching of box no. 21 which contains the following items belonging to the Suisun trated in several publications (Siebert 1967; Collins et Indian tribe: 1) a belt used during festive games, called a al 1973). kala in the above mentioned language; 2) a hairpin worn on After spending a month in the north near Baranof the head, called a sipek; and 3) ear-rings or alok; and 4) Island, Voznesenski sailed for California on July 7, a head-band, or uaglku. 1840,aboard the Russian-American Company's ship, The kala (belt) is a donation to the Ethnographical Sec tion of the Academy of Sciences from Padre Tijos, a Francis the Helena. His collecting began upon arrival in can friar from Mission San Rafael. This item is very highly California, where he visited widely scattered points valued among Castilians and visiting Europeans, since the throughout the central portion of the state such as Indians do not willingly agree to exchange a work so hard Fort Ross, Bodega Bay, Cape Mendocino, San Fran for them to make for a few glass beads, even with a dress or cisco, Santa Clara, San Jose, San Leandro, San Pablo, a blanket thrown in for the bargain (Voznesenski in Uapunova 1967:16; Rg. 5). Pinole, Napa, Petaluma, Sonoma and Sacramento. After spending more than a year collecting in Cali Voznesenski's papers, as well as a list of what are fornia, he left for Alaska on September 5, 1841 apparently village names that he recorded, indicate (Aiekseyev 1977:34-37; Liapunova 1967:9-14). that he visited the Suisun Patwin, the Valley Nisenan Voznesenski's efforts during this time were fruitful; village of Seku, the Plains Miwok villages of Lelame, 38 AMERICAN