Warriors of the Plain
Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh
18 October 2011
– 19 February 2012
Supported through the generosity of the Dorset Foundation
The exhibition will display unique and fragile material from the British Museum collections for the first time such as weapons, ceremonial costume and ledger drawings, but also modern regalia of contemporary Native Americans.
The exhibition makes full use of the British Museum’s large American collections to explore the understandings of honour, status and ritual amongst the indigenous peoples of the North American Plains to highlight the relevance of the warrior legacy for contemporary Native American identity.
Future venues:
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter
Manchester Museum
Dance or Medicine shield made of hide, painted cloth (cotton), feathers.