Existential and object authenticity in Southwestern pottery

Intertwined and complementary

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2391028
AutoresFiona M Felker (Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, USA, autor correspondente), Joyce D Hammond (Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, USA), Gregory Schaaf (Center for Indigenous Arts and Cultures, Santa Fe, MM, USA), Joan C Stevenson (Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, USA)
Ano2014
Volume19
Fascículo1
Páginas93-110
Data de publicação2014-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Material Culture (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1359-1835 • E-ISSN: 1460-3586
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359183513503255
OpenAlexW2135478869
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas50

A much discussed concept, authenticity is still very important to collectors and museums in 2013 with respect to Native American art, but few have examined the dynamic between artist and buyer in relation to how concepts of authenticity affect the exchange. Useful here is a constructivist approach that examines authenticity with respect to local perceptions, values and setting. Existential authenticity is revealed through statements by the potters of Santa Clara and San Ildefonso Pueblos, New Mexico, and object authenticity is derived from attributes of the pot and potter partly from online advertisements for 571 pots. The proxies for existential values predict 39 per cent of the cash value of the pot. Ongoing discussions among all the stakeholders preceding juried competitions conserve potters' values and support artist agency. These values, as expressed in the pottery, are likely part of buyers' attraction to the pottery

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