"The sash has a story to tell. The sash has taught me different lessons."
-Elizabeth James-Perry, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
Elizabeth James-Perry is an enrolled member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe on the island of Noepe (Marthas Vineyard). Her fine artwork focuses on Northeastern Woodlands Algonquian artistic expressions: wampum shell carving and diplomacy, sustainable weaving, and natural dyeing methods. As a member of a Nation that has long lived on and harvested the sea, Elizabeth’s is a perspective that combines art and an appreciation for Native storytelling and traditional environmental knowledge in her ways of relating to coastal North Atlantic life. With a degree in Marine Science from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth 2001, she has offshore commercial fisheries research experience. Elizabeth spent a decade employed in her tribe’s Historic Preservation Office. She was honored to be a 38th Voyager onboard the historic Charles W. Morgan whaling vessel, as a descendant of Gay Head crewmembers. Her work has appeared in Native People’s Magazine, Native Fashion Now, and First American Art magazine. She was a recipient of the Massachusetts Cultural Councils 2014 Traditional Arts Fellowship from Massachusetts Cultural Council. Elizabeth resides in South Coast Massachusetts where she works as an artist, speaker, and exhibit consultant.
Listen to the HMSC Connects! Podcast episode entitled Wampanoag Perspectives featuring Elizabeth James-Perry.
The Peabody Museum asked Wampanoag tribal members to reflect on collections spanning the seventeenth to twentieth centuries and stewarded by the Peabody Museum. Listen in as they share memories, thoughts, and reflections about collection items made by their ancestors and relatives and learn how Wampanoag life and culture continues to flourish today.
Wool sash ornamented with beads. Gift of the American Antiquarian Society, 1890 © President and Fellows of Harvard College, Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, PM 90-17-10/49333
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