{"product_id":"gradhiva-wampum-perles-de-diplomatie-en-nouvelle-france-33-2021","title":"Gradhiva No. 33: Wampum: Pearls of diplomacy in New France. ","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"publiIntroduction\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv id=\"intro-5855-en\" class=\"tabContent ltr\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" xml:lang=\"en\" lang=\"en\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Exhibition at the Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac Museum, from February 8 to May 15, 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTowards the very beginning of the 17th \u003csup data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ecentury\u003c\/sup\u003e in Northeast America, as France extended its colonial influence in the region, small cylindrical shell beads, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewampum\u003c\/em\u003e —or “porcelain” to the French—began to be used as objects of exchange between Native Americans and Europeans. Among Indigenous nations, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewampum\u003c\/em\u003e had a well-established social and political use, often adorning prestige objects. Some Iroquoian nations made woven necklaces and strings of beads from it, which served to embody the given word. In an oral world where writing did not yet have its place, European nations complied with Indigenous protocols and adopted these “talking beads” to negotiate alliances and treaties. Thus began a history spanning more than four centuries, during which the meanings and values of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewampum\u003c\/em\u003e evolved in line with the political and cultural upheavals affecting the region and undermining Native American autonomy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis exhibition explores the traces of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewampums\u003c\/em\u003e preserved in France, among the oldest in the world, and examines their meanings and uses over time. The dialogue initiated on this occasion between Abenaki, French, Huron-Wendat and Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) collaborators revisits the relationships resulting from the meeting of two worlds, indigenous traditions, European adaptation to these traditions, Iroquoian mythology and the Amerindian world in the 17th \u003csup data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e-\u003c\/sup\u003e \u003csup data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e19th\u003c\/sup\u003e centuries, as well as the role of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewampums\u003c\/em\u003e in our contemporary societies, objects of museums but also of artistic creations, ceremonies and indigenous demands of today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Antinoë","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42398197809392,"sku":"25307","price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/4043\/6408\/products\/gradhiva_33-small250.jpg?v=1644331973","url":"https:\/\/anttopinoe.com\/en-en\/products\/gradhiva-wampum-perles-de-diplomatie-en-nouvelle-france-33-2021","provider":"Antinoë","version":"1.0","type":"link"}