ID: 700009682 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009682	Record Type: Movable Work
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Native Hosts (markers, historic; Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds (Cheyenne/Arapaho installa...; 1988 to current)

Note: Consisting of steel panels modeled off of roadsigns and historic markers, the "Native Hosts" series draws attention to Native North American and Carribean histories through text and sign placement. Some signs contain Indigenous names of towns or natural features, while others call attention to original tribes and important historical figures. Works are distributed across Canada, the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Titles:

Native Hosts (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: series

Work Types:

markers, historic [300380323] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), information artifacts, <information artifacts by function>, <declaratory and advertising artifacts>, signs (declatory or advertising artifacts), <signs by function>)

Classifications:

installation (preferred)

Creation Date: 1988 to current

Creator Display:

Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds (Cheyenne/Arapaho installation artist born 1954) [preferred]

artists Heap of Birds, Edgar (American painter, printmaker, and video artist, born 1954) [500126802]

Locations:

Multiple Locations: United States [7012149] (Geographic)

Address Note: Multiple locations in the US

Multiple Locations: Canada [7005685] (Geographic)

Address Note: Multiple locations in Canada

Multiple Locations: Puerto Rico [7004643] (Geographic)

Address Note: Multiple locations in Puerto Rico

Multiple Locations: Virgin Islands of the United States [7005118] (Geographic)

Address Note: Multiple locations in U.S. Virgin Islands

Display Materials: steel and aluminum

	steel (alloy) [300133751]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, <iron and iron alloy>, iron alloy)

	aluminum (metal) [300011015]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <aluminum and aluminum alloys>)

Dimensions: Signs: L Bottom: 28.25 in x L Top: 36 in x W: 18 in; L Bottom: 36 in x L Top: 31. 6 in x W: 18 in; L: 24 in x W: 36 in

Cultures:

Native American (preferred)

Cheyenne

Arapaho

General Subject:

text (preferred)

cartographic

history and legend

Specific Subjects:

	Native Americans [300017437]
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Americas| The) (AAT)

	Pre-Columbian Caribbean style [300017246]
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Americas| The, Pre-Columbian (American), <Pre-Columbian Middle American styles and periods>) (AAT)

	Pre-Columbian (American) [300016619]
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Americas| The) (AAT)

	colonization [300055402]
	.....(Activities Facet, Functions (hierarchy name), functions (activities), <functions by specific context>, governmental functions) (AAT)

	markers, historic [300380323]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), information artifacts, <information artifacts by function>, <declaratory and advertising artifacts>, signs (declatory or advertising artifacts), <signs by function>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Native Hosts	........ [VP]
	........ Anthes, Edgar Heap of Birds (2015) accessed 10 March 2020, "Making a Puncture,"

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Anthes, Edgar Heap of Birds (2015) accessed 10 March 2020, "Introduction" and "Landscape's Obligations,"

....................... Ohnesorge, Uneasy Terrain (2008) 58-60; accessed 10 March 2020

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Ohnesorge, Uneasy Terrain (2008) 58-60; accessed 10 March 2020
	..... Anthes, Edgar Heap of Birds (2015) accessed 10 March 2020, "Introduction," and "Landscape's Obligations,"
	..... Edgar Heap of Birds [online] (2020) accessed 10 March 2020, "Public Art, Sculpture, and Murano Glass,"