Curriculum Materials: Art in America
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Image 13 Seneca Questions: |
Technique
By the time this ladle was made, the
Seneca had metal carving tools that
made sculpting wood easier. In earlier times, artists shaped
objects from wood by burning it and scraping away the
charred portion to achieve the desired forms. They ground
the wood with sandstone after carving and then polished it
using deerskin and fine sand. They sometimes rubbed juice
from the bloodroot plant into the wood to give it a reddish
color.
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