Tyrese Gould Jacinto
Artist name: Tyrese Gould Jacinto
Tribal affiliation: Lenape Tribe
Title of work: Mpisun Xèsinutay (Lenape Medicine Bag)
Date of work: Between 1963 and 2024
The art work is the creation of a medicine bag traditional Lenape vessel which hold significants in the physical and spiritual realms. Tyrese creation of a native items conveys the continues of historical tribal practices and methods from the pass now being represented in the present. This image show the cultural relevance and bring it to current day society in a informative way creating the continuence of the lenape Tribe Culture. This image show how through time and adversity the knowledge of the Mpisun Xèsinutay (Lenape Medicine Bag) is perserved adn remained.
Artist name: Tyrese Gould Jacinto
Tribal affiliation: Lenape Tribe
Title of work: "No Face Ancestor" Lenape Gourd Art
Date of work: Between 1963 and 2024
The "No Face Ancestor" Lenape Gourd Art represents the passed, and Tyrese ancestors, she said it "brings the past, then it continues to give life", continueing the triditions and culture of the Lenape natives. Such work hold many significants when looking at the history of the Lenape Native, and the resilence held to pass and continue culture. From the seed it takes, to the finished producted this incapsulates historical experiences still being prominent today.
This art piece captures the idea taking passed Lenape culutre and growing into the future the gives the resources "we continue to grow and expand and are a part of history and contribute to the future". The idea of give in take is another componet within this artwork, and such respect for nature is a componet in native american tribitions which is what Tyrese tries to reflect in her work. It takes both Lenape cultural knowledge of creating pine needle art and placing historical and future interwined in it.
Source Cited:
“Home.” NATIVE AMERICAN NJ, www.nativeadvancement.com/. Accessed 15 Oct. 2024.