dw Studio
All belts are in private or public collections. We do not produce these full belts anymore. We created our last belt in 1997.

 

Belts

Crossroads of Continents


Date completed: 1990


There are ten figures, (approximately 3.5" X 1.75") with ten oval medallions connecting them.


Comment: This belt was inspired by the exhibit Crossroads of the Continents, Cultures of Siberia and Alaska. There are five Siberian and five Alaskan cultures represented on the "Crossroads Belt."

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Women II, Cultural Diversity


Date completed: 1996


There are ten figures (approx. 3.5" X 1.5") with moon faces and babies in between .


Comment: After several group excursions, one to Hawaii with the NMAI project and the second to New Zealand for the indigenous group symposium I wanted to combine a belt featuring celebrating women of various tribal backgrounds interlinked together.
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Yup'ik Dancers


Date completed: 1997


There are ten figures (approx. 3.75" X 1.75") with ten Yup'ik masks linking the figures together.


Comments: This belt was inspired by the exhibit The Living Tradition of Yup'ik Masks-Agayuliyararput, Our Way of Making Prayer. The exhibit highlighted Yup'ik masks, garments and dance regalia. This is the last belt we created.

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