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Ann Arbor, Mich.—Through photographs, memorabilia, interviews, and sound, the exhibit “Jiingtamok: Exploring the Powwow Highway” explores the meanings and traditions of Native American powwows, with a special focus on powwow traditions in Michigan. Numerous native peoples were interviewed for the exhibit, and their words tell much of the story. “Jiingtamok” is the word for powwow in the language of the Anishinabe, native peoples of the Great Lakes region. (734) 764-0478 (Through December 31)
ANCHORAGE MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND ART
ORLANDO MUSEUM OF ART
University of Michigan Exhibit Museum of Natural History
The Newark Museum Newark, N.J.—The traveling exhibition “The Sport of Life and Death:The Mesoamerican Ballgame” examines the historical and religious aspects of the world’s first team sport, which began around 1500 B.C. in southern Mexico with the early Olmec culture. Rubber ballgames, played in a variety of forms, became one of the defining features of Mesoamerican life.Included in the exhibit are 175 stunning examples of sculpture, ceramic vessels, jewelry, a rubber ball dating between 1200 and 600 B.C., headdresses, jade carvings of Olmec ballplayer kings, and more. Dozens of cultures are represented, from the early Olmec to the Aztec, the empire conquered by the Spanish. (973) 596-6550 (Opens October 4)
Museo de La Pintura Mural Teotihuacána
Anchorage Museum of History and Art Anchorage, Alaska—Created by the Smithsonian in close cooperation with the Alaska native communities it represents, the traveling exhibition “Looking Both Ways: Heritage and Identity of the Alutiiq People” combines art, archaeology, history, and oral tradition to follow the Alutiiq people of Alaska’s south-central coast from ancient to present times. Included in the exhibit are hunting hats, masks, skin clothing, carvings, and archaeological treasures from the Smithsonian collections. (907) 486-7004 (Through December 31)
american archaeology
Archaeological Zone of Teotihuacán, Mexico—Located near the Pyramid of the Moon at the archaeological site of Teotihuacán, this is the country’s first museum dedicated to the study and presentation of one culture’s painted murals.Teotihuacán (“City of the Gods”) was a multicultural city inhabited between 200 B.C. and A.D. 700 whose vast influence extended across Mesoamerica. The museum’s collection of more than 30 restored painted murals is complemented by ceramics, sculptures, and other artifacts recovered from the ancient city that share similar themes. Guided tours are available. 011-52-594-9583282, or e-mail the museum’s director, Gerardo Ramírez Hernández at direccion,mpm.cnme@inah.gob.mx (New Museum)
Orlando Museum of Art Orlando, Fla.—The new exhibit “Ancestors of the Incas: The Majesty of Ancient Peru” showcases more than 250 objects made by all of the major ancient cultures of the Central Andes region, including the Chavín, Nazca, Moche, Chimú, Hauri, and Inca. The pieces date between 1400 B.C. and A.D. 1530 and include exquisite ceramic portrait pots of Moche rulers, gold and silver royal vessels, rare inlaid wooden boxes, textiles, and jewelry of turquoise, mother-of-pearl, and shell. Included in the exhibit are 17 recent donations to the museum’s permanent collection of Art of the Ancient Americas. (407) 896-4231 (Through July 20, 2003)
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