As humans, we communicate our identity in multiples ways. Portraits, personal items of adornment, fashion, and even the items we keep in our homes help to portray a sense of individualism, expression, and cultural trends or values that create our identity.
SUI:ANTH:26662: Shell tiara, Maori, New Zealand, 1918; snail shells, thread; donated by the Dominion Museum, Wellington NZ.SUI:ANTH:39995A-B: Beaded moccasins, Sioux, Nebraska, early 1900s; leather, thread, cloth, glass beads; Kallam Collection.SUI:ANTH:33984: Feather cape, Meskwaki, Iowa, made by Chief Poweshiek’s daughter,1839; peacock feathers, cotton cloth, thread; donated by Dr. Henry MurraySUI:ANTH:33967A-B: Two-piece dress, Meskwaki, Iowa, early 1900s; leather, glass beads, metal buttons, thread; donated by Gerald J. SvacinaSUI:ANTH:33941A: Beaded vest, Meskwaki, Iowa, early 1900s; cloth, ribbon, glass beads; donated by Betty Soleman Webber and Catherine Soleman ChandlerSUI:ANTH:09608: Loon-skin cap, Cree, Grand Rapids, Manitoba, Canada, 1893; loon feathers, cotton cloth; Frank Russell Expedition
Stanley Museum of Art “Identity” Gallery
Grant Wood
Plaid Sweater
1931
Oil on Masonite
Gift of Mel R. and Carole Blumberg and Family, and Edwin B. Green through The University of Iowa Foundation, 1984.56
Stanley Museum of ArtJulia Margaret Cameron
The Kiss of Peace
1869
Albumen photograph on paper
13 1/4 x 11 in.
Museum purchase, 1986.25
Stanley Museum of ArtLil Picard
Self Portrait
1984
Mixed media on wood
6 x 4 3/8 x 3/4 in.
Lil Picard Collection, 2012.652
Stanley Museum of ArtMasuo Ikeda
Sphinx of the Woods, from the
series Portrait of Sphinx
1970
Mezzotint
19 1/2 x 14 1/2 in.
Museum purchase, 1970.125
Stanley Museum of ArtAndy Warhol
Gretzky, Wayne
1983-1984
Polacolor ER
4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
Gift of the Andy
Warhol
Photographic
Legacy Program,
2008.120
Stanley Museum of ArtAndy Warhol
Mick Jagger
1975
Silkscreen on paper
43 3/4 x 29 in.
Museum purchase,
1976.5
Stanley Museum of ArtPhilippe Halsman
Carol Channing
1950
Gelatin silver print
9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.
Gift of John Zug and Joan Liffring
Zug through and exchange with the
Charles H. MacNider Museum,
1995.154
Stanley Museum of ArtJackson Pollock
Portrait of H.M.
1945
Oil on canvas
36 1/2 x 43 1/2 in.
Gift of Peggy Guggenheim, 1947.39
Stanley Museum of ArtEdgar Degas
Au Louvre: La Peinture (Mary Cassatt)
1879
Etching, aquatint, drypoint, electric crayon
14 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
Ignacio and Helena Ponseti Collection, 1966.6
Stanley Museum of ArtPierre-Auguste Renoir
Paul Cezanne
1902
Lithograph
19 x 15 1/8 in.
Gift of Owen and Leone
Elliott, 1968.250
Stanley Museum of ArtRembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
Rembrandt and his wife,
Saskia
1636
Etching (restrike)
4 x 3 5/8 in.
Gift of Owen and Leone Elliott,
1967.435
Stanley Museum of ArtPierre-Auguste Renoir
Head of Coco
1907
Bronze
10 1/2 x 8 x 7 1/2 in.
In Memory of Lois M. Shanhouse, 1994.234
Stanley Museum of ArtJan Saudek
Untitled (No. 140 – Jan’s mother holding picture of herself when young)
1977
Gelatin silver print
12 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jacques Z.
Baruch, 1983.45
Stanley Museum of ArtElizabeth Catlett
Mimi
November 2007
Linoleum cut mounted on Iwami paper
15 x 16 in.
Leola N. Bergmann Print Fund, 2013.5
Stanley Museum of ArtIvan Albright
Self-Portrait: 55 Division Street
1947
Lithograph
16 3/4 x 13 1/4 in.
Museum purchase, 1977.48
Stanley Museum of ArtPablo Picasso
La Nana (The Dwarf Dancer)
n.d.
Photomechanical reproduction
29 3/4 x 20 1/2 in.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ross, 1973.58
Stanley Museum of ArtPhilip Guston
The Young Mother
1944
Oil on preprimed linen
50 x 39 3/4 in.
Gift of Dr. Clarence Van Epps, 1947.24
Stanley Museum of ArtHonoré Daumier
Pagnerre. Ex member du Gouvernment
Provisiore, et continuant a… (Pagnerre.
Former member of the provisional
government continuing…), Plate 13 from
the series Les Representes, published in
Le Charivari
January 13, 1849
Lithograph on newspaper
9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.
Gift of Owen and Leone Elliott, 1967.333
Stanley Museum of ArtIgbo
Crest Portrait Head
n.d.
Wood, fiber
14 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 7 in.
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Webster Gelman,
1982.30
Stanley Museum of ArtBaule
Portrait Mask
n.d.
Wood, pigment, hair
9 3/8 x 4 7/8 x 3 in.
The Stanley Collection of African Art,
X1986.432
Stanley Museum of ArtTakigawa Kunihiro
Memorial Portrait of Arashi
Kitsusaburo as Nagai Gensabur
1820
Woodblock
13 7/8 x 9 1/2 in.
Mark Ranney Memorial Fund, 1969.348
Stanley Museum of ArtUnknown Japanese
Full-length Portrait of Woman with Parasol
1614-1868
Woodblock
29 x 9 1/2 in.
Gift of Janet Coquillette Wray, 1996.165
Stanley Museum of Art
Office of the State Archaeologist “Identity” Gallery
Fur Trade Era shoe or knee buckle made of copper-based metal. This object dates to ca. 1735-1815 and is from site 13JH1440 (Hubbard Park), Johnson County. Catalog/Accession number: 258.3/14223.Enamel “IOWA” pin; possible homecoming pin. This object dates to ca. 1865-1920s and is from site 13JH1440 (Hubbard Park), Johnson County. Catalog/Accession number: 359.25/14223.Celluloid support insert for a brassiere or swimsuit. This object dates to the mid-1920s and is from site 13JH1440 (Hubbard Park), Johnson County. Catalog/Accession number: 14223.14 corset stays made from steel; heat-affected or burned. These objects date to the 1910s and are from site 13JH1436 (Voxman School of Music), Johnson County. Catalog/Accession number: 46.5/14224.Brass button with a Geisha design. This object dates to ca. 1860-1880 and is from site 13JN152 (Bowen’s Prairie Archaeological District), Jones County. Catalog/Accession number: 542.27.Trade silver tokens from the Fur Trade era; two turtles marked with Roman numeral and letter “R”. These items were photographed by Dale Henning; the collection belongs to John Haltmeyer. No dates or location are on record. Photograph call number: AP/360/C/haltmeyer-004313JN190 (Bowen’s Prairie Archaeological District), Jones County. Millard Fillmore redware pipe bowl fragment. Time period 1854-1863. Catalog/Accession number: 369.513JN190 (Bowen’s Prairie Archaeological District), Jones County. Celluloid shirt collar. Time period 1854-1863. Catalog/Accession number: 585.65Marine shell beads. This object dates to ca. AD 1090 and is affiliated with the Mill Creek culture from site 13PM1 (Broken Kettle), Plymouth County. Catalog/Accession number: Pl1-0.Perforated canine tooth from a black bear. This object dates to ca. 1765-1820s from 13VB124 (Iowaville) in Van Buren County. Catalog/Accession number: 191.66/12658.Clamshell gorget showing a deer or feline head attached to a rattlesnake body. This site dates to ca. A.D. 300-800 (Woodland period), and the objects suggests a Mississippian influence. This artifact is from site 13JN3 (Hadfield’s Cave), Jones County. Catalog/Accession number: Js2-4C-210.Bead made from the ulna bone of an unknown type of bird. This object dates to the Late Prehistoric time period and is affiliated with the Oneota culture from site 13WD8 (Dixon), Woodbury County. Catalog/Accession number: 6504.8-1/12630.Elk antler bracelet or bow guard (three views). This object dates to the Late Prehistoric time period and is affiliated with the Glenwood culture from site 13ML139, Mills County. Catalog/Accession number: F4-6.Bone bracelet or wrist guard made from a bison rib. This object dates to the Late Prehistoric time period and is affiliated with the Glenwood culture from site 13ML132, Mills County. Catalog/Accession number: 326-65.Bone fish gorge. This object dates to the Late Prehistoric time period and is affiliated with the Glenwood culture from site 13ML139, Mills County. Catalog/Accession number: F5-10.Miniature pottery vessel, side and top view. This object dates to the Late Prehistoric time period and is affiliated with the Glenwood culture from site 13ML139, Mills County. Catalog/Accession number: 35-3.
University of Iowa Libraries “Identity” Gallery
Page from 1744 edition of Dance of Death
N7720 M4 1744
A presentation and Q&A with the Office of the State Archaeologist (60 min)
Comparing objects and features found during archaeological excavations from a 19th century dairy farmstead in eastern Iowa and a 14th century ancestral Native American earthlodge home in western Iowa.
A presentation and Q&A with the UI Libraries (30 min)
In 1795, London was rocked with the news that original papers written in Shakespeare’s hand had emerged. Notes, legal documents and even an unknown play had been found in an old trunk. Or so the story went. Join the UI Libraries on this bizarre tale of how a young law clerk named William Henry Ireland created a frenzy in the scholarly world with his Shakespeare forgeries.
A presentation and Q&A with the Office of the State Archaeologist (60 min)
When people choose what clothing and adornments to wear, they send messages to those around them. For those “in the know” these choices can reflect cultural rank or status, particular skills, or spiritual relationships. This program takes a deep dive into OSA collections to examine artifacts associated with personal adornment, from 18th-20th century Euroamerican and Native American sites and from Ancestral Native American sites dating back 1000+ years. Can we understand what people of the past were communicating?
A presentation and Q&A with the Stanley Museum of Art, Office of the State Archaeologist, Pentacrest Museums, and UI Libraries (60 min)
What is fashion? What is style? Are we what we wear? Looking at the ways in which people of different times and cultures used clothing and adornment to express themselves and fit into the cultural norms of their times.
