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Indigenous Art Postcard

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Indigenous Art Postcard
Swap Coordinator:maggie16 (contact)
Swap categories: Postcards 
Number of people in swap:18
Location:International
Type:Type 2: Flat mail
Last day to signup/drop:February 6, 2010
Date items must be sent by:February 8, 2010
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

I love artwork by Indigenous cultures, and thought it would be fun to share some postcards of different indigenous art from around the world!

This swap is international - postage is quite low as we will be sending one naked PC to one partner.

We will send 1 quailty postcard with a quality reproduction of an indigenous artwork on the front. This is for store-bought cards only, NO HANDMADE. They can be purchased from museum or gallery gift shops, souvener shops, etc.

PCs should be sent naked (NOT in an envelope), with a small message on the back to your partner.

Swappers must have no 1s to participate, and I have the right to ban anyone who I think will not meet the requirements of this swap.

Let's broaden our knowledge of indigenous art from around the world :)

Discussion

papercaper 01/29/2010 #

GREAT swap idea. Sadly, I just won't have any access soon to the sort of shops where I can get such PCs, but if you ever do it again I'll sign up. :)

maggie16 01/30/2010 #

sure, no worries papercaper! thanks for you're interest :)

Marata 01/30/2010 #

Too bad I live so far from any of the sources of such art.

maggie16 01/31/2010 #

oh, where abouts do u live?

outsideartist 02/ 3/2010 #

I do not understand what indigenous means? Indian ART? People that were here or there first..? Indian Eskamo art?

Katica 02/ 5/2010 #

Outsideartist, wikipedia defines indigenous as: "Indigenous peoples are any ethnic group who inhabit a geographic region with which they have the earliest known historical connection"

So, in North America, that would include artwork by the Inuit, Innu, Cree, Mi'kmaq, Ojibwe, and other groups....

miahalf 02/ 5/2010 #

Here's the wikipedia article on Indigenous peoples ... I think it provides some good definitions. Basically it is referring to the "original inhabitants" of a particular place. Since you're in the USA, then yes, we're talking about "Indian" or "Eskimo" art.

FYI - Here in Canada, we don't consider "Indian" or "Eskimo" to be very nice words! We prefer to use "Inuit" for the indigenous peoples in the North, and "First Nations" for the many different ethnic groups that live in the southern parts of Canada. I know it sounds like "politically-correct jargon"... but the sad fact is that Canada has a really bad history of racism towards our indigenous peoples, and the old words have a lot of bad connotations.

BTW - I'm reading here on wikipedia (yay for wikipedia ;) that "Eskimo" is still used in Alaska, so please don't think I'm chiding you for using the term. Just don't use it if you visit Canada ;)

miahalf 02/ 5/2010 #

haha... @Katica beat me to the punch ;)

Katica 02/ 5/2010 #

It's all right, miahalf....thanks for expanding on it :)

I have met some people here who self identify as Indian but most people I know here either use Native, First Nation, Aboriginal, or the name of their specific tribe (Cree, etc). I figure, if in doubt, ask an individual what they prefer, and if I'm talking in general about Native people in Canada, Native and First Nations are definitely safer choices up here than Indian (which seems to be becoming a dated term).

Anyhoo, I wish I could find some postcards by Native artists here because I think it'd be a fun swap to participate in, but I think greetings cards would be the only ones I would find...

miahalf 02/ 6/2010 #

All excellent points! Generally my strategy is to not call anyone anything... try to wait until they volunteer some information ;)

kazaguruma 02/ 6/2010 #

I live in a place that we have lots of natives..actually next XD but they dont live here ;~ Amazon is very rich and pretty place to live!

But i have a one. it was cause my resend dont get there yet ;( i want to send a PC with image of our Folk Festival with the clothes that the natives made. Feel free to tell me and ban if this is not what this swap meant to do ^^

kisses!

FiWebster 02/ 7/2010 #

When I picked out my postcard--from a set I bought at Amazon.com: you people who're saying you don't know where to get such cards should search on "postcards" at Amazon--, it was overly large and will require extra postage. I thought I'd post here the USPS postage guidelines for postcard size, for mailing within the US, in case other folks might need them:

First-Class Mail Postcards Maximum size: 6 inches long by 4 1/4 inches high by .016 inch thick ---> $0.28

First-Class Mail Large Postcards Maximum size: 11 1/2 inches long by 6 1/8 inches high by 1/4 inch thick ---> $0.44

FiWebster 02/ 7/2010 #

re. greeting cards: katica, you can easily make postcards out of greeting cards by cutting apart the picture part of the greeting card, from the "plain" side. just a thought...

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