native artifacts
Original inhabitants' objects
Native artifacts are objects created by indigenous peoples, typically of historical or cultural significance: pottery, tools, textiles, ceremonial items.
The term appears in archaeology, museum contexts, and discussions of cultural heritage.
The museum's collection of native artifacts includes baskets and arrowheads.
Debates over repatriation center on returning native artifacts to their communities of origin.
- toolsDevices for doing work
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- woodTree-derived building material
- weaponsTools for fighting
- beadworkStrung ornament craft
archaeology · carving · totem poles · tradition · stone · weaving · oral history · origin stories · bone · vessels · woven baskets · folklore · petroglyphs · ritual · sacred objects · peace pipe · ancestry · indigenous resistance
native artifactsforgeries
Fraudulent imitations of originals
fakes · reproductions · knockoffs · airport art · counterfeits
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