Alfred W. Jenkins Fund

Alfred W. Jenkins Fund

Alfred W. Jenkins Fund

Alfred W. Jenkins Fund

In the work of Yurok artist Rick Bartow, human and animal images meld together, suggesting the interconnectedness of nature. In this cedar triptych, a crow and hawk mask human figures. For Bartow, these "transformational images" directly reference the myths he encountered while studying Native American carving techniques and symbolize the natural order and the power of change and redemption.

Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.

Small gold ring has a thin narrow band soldered at mid back. The head is a thin, flat oval with an embossed image of a walking goat (?) looking back over its shoulder, surrounded by tall foliage. An engraved border encircles the edge of the oval.

Small gold ring has a thin narrow band soldered to one side. Band thickens slightly and widens at head into a long oval, with a small, facetted dark blue stone embedded at centre.

Small gold hoop earrings, somewhat mismatched, both slightly oblong in shape, one (part a) to the sides, the other (part b) in length. Hoop thickness is larger at the bottom, narrowing toward the top. The closure is a small loop that is fastened to one end, with the other end thinned and curved up and back into a hook that fits into the loop. Earrings are undecorated.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.