Baby Bonnet, Todd Yellow Cloud Augusta, Great Plains region (United States), Oglala Lakota, Baby Bonnet, 1991, Cotton, glass beads, The Christina N. and Swan J.Turnblad Memorial Fund, 91.93 More about the Baby Bonnet

George Morrison created his wood collage in the style of abstract art he studied and practiced, first in art school in Minneapolis, and then as an artist in New York. While wood is certainly a material many artists - including American Indian artists - are familiar with, Morrison uses this material in a way that is different from traditional American Indian arts. Todd Yellow Cloud Augusta has beaded this baby bonnet with traditional Plains images. But as beadwork itself is traditionally women's work, Augusta has broken one tradition by keeping another. Both artists lived and worked within, and outside of, American Indian traditions.