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October - December 2011 e-EDITION
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Pictured on the cover are a few of the 370 items recently received
from Dr. David and Karina Rilling of Sellersville, PA. They are sharing
their passion for native African and Oceanic arts with us, adding to a
list of donee institutions that includes the Brooklyn Museum, Bowers
Museum, Brown University, the College of Wooster, Wake Forest
University and many others. We are very grateful they have selected
us as a worthy recipient of their generosity. There are several other
donors to the collections whose names are appearing in SHERDS for the first time.
Many thanks to them as well!
After months of preparation, our new website will soon debut. When first launched
in 2001, we were one of the first museums to have a web presence. Since that time
of course, we have been joined by many thousands of other museums and topicspecific sites. Some of the historic and cultural background we provided has become
unnecessary as that information is being provided by others more strictly focused on
those topics. We are therefore content to use our site for information about the
museum and its programs.
See what we’re up to now at www.museumoftheredriver.org.
Henry Moy, Director
Herron Foundation
Board of Directors
Linda Bell, CPA
Donald Herron, President
Janet Herron, Secretary
Quintus Herron, Vice President
John Ramsey
Mayor TIna Foshee-Thomas
Sallie Webb
Jack Tucker, Treasurer
Idabel Museum Society
Board of Directors
Dr. Robert Brooks
Dr. Bruce King, Vice President
Carolynn Neal
Judy Petre, President
John Ramsey
Dr. Lewis Stiles, Treasurer
Sallie Webb
Museum of the Red River
Staff
Henry Moy, Director
Daniel L. Vick, Keeper of
Collections and Associate Curator
Paulette LaGasse,
Program Curator
Vickie Smith, Office Manager
2011 Events
July 19-21
Allen Graffham DINO Camp
For budding paleontologists aged 4-8,
this year's theme: Mesozoic Mamas
Sept 27-Oct 2
Annual Gem and Mineral Show
Oct 1
City of Idabel Fall Fest
Oct 6
Paleo-Pals
Oct 11
Exhibit Opens: Pictorial Rugs of Persia
Oct 20
Pictorial Rugs of Persia Gallery Tour with
Mehdy Douraghy, guest curator
Oct 20-21
Annual ARTSFest including the reception
Elegant Edibles and Heirlooms, a public
lecture, Trash or Treasure? An Inside Look
at Chinese Ceramics by art historian and
professor Virginia Bower, and the annual
appraisal fair: What Is It and What Is It Worth?
Nov 20
Festival of Trees (through Dec 31) The
annual exhibit of decorated trees by area
businesses and non-profit groups, this
year’s complementary exhibit will showcase
hand-crafted snowmen figures.
Nov 22
Workshop: Basketry with Linda Lou
Dec 1
Paleo-Pals
Jeanette Bohanan, Programs
and Curatorial Assistant
Sherron Mitchell, Receptionist
and Gift Shop Manager
Jeff Smith, Museum Assistant
Sherds
Programs
Recent Programs
Curatorial Associate Dr. Mario Rivera again led an archaeological field operation
in northern Chile with a student crew from Beloit College and anthropology
professor Dr. Daniel Shea. One of their projects in recent years has focused on
carbon-14 sequencing of local tamarauga trees. The results are providing a
dendrochronology (hitherto unavailable) to aid in dating sites throughout the region.
This year’s Great Museums II tour to St. Petersburg, Russia and Vienna, Austria
took ten participants to visit the major collections found in those two former imperial
capitols. In addition to seeing the Baroque glories of the 18th century, and the
amazing collections amassed worldwide in the 19th century, group members were
exposed to current Russian research on the prehistoric cultures of central Asia.
Great Museums III will focus on Italy in 2013. The major tour offering in 2012 will
be Emeralds and the Emerald Forest of Brazil, scheduled for March 24 - April 2.
Dr. Robert Brooks, State Archeologist and Director of the Oklahoma Archeological
Survey, provided his annual update on projects being pursued by his office and
other agencies in the state. His presentation was co-sponsored by the McCurtain
Gem and Mineral Club.
Museums, Music and Mayhem is the new program being offered this year to families
which combines the resources of the Museum with offerings of other cultural groups.
Visits to regional symphonies, performing arts venues and other museums are
included.
The Museum’s annual Gem and Mineral Show, co-sponsored by the McCurtain Gem
and Mineral Club was held September 27 - October 2 this year, drawing visitors from
throughout the region, including numerous school groups.
People
Condolences to Office Manager Vickie Smith and her family on the passing
of her grandparents, Georgia and Travis Sparkman, who were generous
donors to the Museum.
Keeper of Collections Daniel L. Vick and Curatorial Assistant Jeanette Bohanan
attended the annual Oklahoma Museums Association (OMA) meeting held in
Claremore, OK. Director Henry Moy served on the OMA Awards Committee for 2011.
Support
Gifts to the Museum
Gifts to the General and Programs Fund
Frank and Jeannie Acker (Idabel, OK), Hank and Becky Austin (Poteau, OK),
Jim and Kerry Bailey (Idabel, OK), Young and Lisa Chin (Westwood, MA),
Mr. and Mrs. James Childers (Wichita, KS), Linda and Mike DeBerry (Idabel, OK)
Delcyne Grant (Tahlequah, OK), Quintus H. Herron (Idabel, OK), Virginia Kaufman
(Waunakee, WI), Dr. Bruce and Leslie King (Broken Bow, OK), Robert and Sue
Ann Lawson (Idabel, OK), Carl and Sue LeForce (Idabel, OK), Judy and Bob Petre
(Idabel, OK), Don and Nelda Shaw (Idabel, OK), Dr. Lewis Stiles (Broken Bow, OK),
Terry D. and Michelle F. Walker (Idabel, OK), Hugo Rotary Club (Hugo, OK),
Mark’s Mechanical (Idabel, OK), McCurtain County Art Club (Idabel, OK),
McElroy Insurance (Idabel, OK), Bob Terry Insurance and Financial Services,
Inc. (Idabel, OK), James Bowie Children of the Republic of Texas.
Gifts to Collections Fund
Jack Bonds (Leonard, TX), Judy Petre (Idabel, OK)
Memorial Gifts
In Memory of L. Sue Coffman: Paulette LaGasse (Broken Bow, OK), Sherron
Mitchell (Clarksville, TX), Jeff and Elaine Smith (Valliant, OK), Daniel L. Vick
(Idabel, OK), Sallie A. Webb (Idabel, OK),
Gifts in Kind
Michael Bernstein (Tucson, AZ), Janet Herron and Gamaliel Leyva (Tucson,
AZ), Suzannah Herron (Tucson, AZ), Jimm Jacobs (Valliant, OK), Jack Moy
(Chicago, IL), Paul Shepard (Tucson, AZ), Moyer Equipment Rental (Broken Bow,
OK), Routh Enterprises (Broken Bow, OK), Rustin Concrete (Idabel, OK),
Wal-Mart Supercenter # 38 (Idabel, OK)
Corporate Sponsors
All Smiles Dental, Binger Oil Co.,LLC, Broken Bow Flowers and Gifts, Inc.,
Choctaw Electric Cooperative, Inc., Colonial Lodge Independent Living,
Comfort Suites Idabel, Complete Care Medical Supply, D&M Chipping,
Don Shaw, Attorney, Edward Jones Investments, Fenix Industries, Inc.,
First State Bank– Valliant, Hills Nursing Home, Inc., Hoffman Sales and
Rentals, Inc., The Idabel National Bank, International Paper, Janitor’s Local
Supply, Jerry L. McCombs, P.C., McCurtain Co. Bar Association, McCurtain
Daily Gazette, McElroy Insurance Agency, MR Pigs, Native American Art
Appraisals, Inc., Pine Meadow Cabins, Public Service Co. of Oklahoma,
Rustin Concrete, Thomas Salyer, DO, P.C., Water House of Idabel
Gifts to the Research Library
Jeffrey Moy/Paragon Books (Chicago, IL), John Penman (Wahiawa, HI)
Recent Acquisitions
Gifts to Collections
(July - September 2011)
Native American art objects (25) including dolls, baskets, and
musical instruments, to the Baker, Beasly, Wetherell Collection,
Gift of June Beasley (Flagstaff, AZ)
Baskets
Gift of June Beasley
Day of the Dead
Candelabra,
painted ceramic
[Puebla, Mexico;
mid-20th century]
Gift of MAW
(Claremont, CA)
Ethnographic and fine arts objects (41)
including prehistoric stone tools,
ceramics, historic, and modern
paintings and drawings from
Asia and the Americas.
Gift of Dr. Ernesto Lira
(Corpus Christi, OK)
Stirrup Spout Vessel
Peru: Moche Culture, ca. 1300
Gift of Dr. Ernesto Lira
Candelabra
Gift of MAW
Textiles (3) including contemporary Navajo
"Second Phase" style blanket, South Asian
weaving, and historic Peruvian manta
Gift of Peter Rose (Tucson, AZ)
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Textile Strip Detail
Peru; Paracas Culture
Gift of Dr. Richard Weiss
"Second
Phase"
Style
Blanket
"Second
Phase"
Style
Blanket
[No. 06-742 from Navajo Churro Collection]
[No. 06-742 from
Navajo
Churro
Gift of Peter Rose Collection]
Gift of Peter Rose
Embroidered textile strips, dyed camelid wools [Paracas Culture,
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Peru, ca. 500 - 200 BC]; Censer Lid? of modeled ceramic [Mixtec
Culture, Mexico, ca. 250 - 700]; Censer of modeled ceramic [Mayan Culture,
Mexico, ca. 400 - 900], Gift of Dr. Richard Weiss (Tucson, AZ)
Recent Acquisitions
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Decorated vessels (243) ceramic and wood [various New Guinea Cultures;
ca. 1960 - present]; decorated ceramic vessels and sculpture, bronze castings
(127) [various west African cultures; historic to contemporary]
Gift of Dr. David and Karina Rilling (Sellersville, PA)
Mineral Specimens: quartz crystal cluster
[McCurtain County, OK] and pyrite
crystal cluster [Chihuahua, Mexico]
Gift of Tommy and Gretta Cox (Valliant, OK)
Fossil Pen Shell (Pinna sp.) cast [Sulfur River, TX]
Gift of Levi Sanders (Durant, OK)
Feathered Tunic
Peru: Chimu Culture, ca. 1300
Gift of Dr. Ernesto Lira
Bronze Stool
Cameroon, ca. 1990
Gift of Dr. David and Karina Rilling
Modeled Ceramic
Ceremonial Pipe
Cameroon, ca. 1990
Gift of Dr. David and Karina Rilling
Museum Purchases
Olla (Storage jar), painted ceramic
[San Ildefonso Pueblo, NM, ca.1900,
attributed to Maria (1887-1980) and
Julian (1879-1943) Martinez]
Ceramic Olla
by Maria and Julian
Martinez, ca. 1900
Vessels (4), micaceous clay
[Taos Pueblo, NM, 20th century,
signed Virginia Romero (1896-1998)]
Finely painted Bottle, ceramic
[Mata Ortiz, Mexico, signed
Laura Bugarini]
Finely painted Jar, ceramic
[Mata Ortiz, Mexico, signed
Marta Martinez Quezada]
Finely painted Bottle, ceramic
[Mata Ortiz, Mexico, signed
Karla Lopez Cota]
Exhibits
(Continued)
Lifeways Gallery (continuous)
Highlights from the
permanent collections
which help illustrate
the four themes of
Domestic Life, Beliefs,
Technology and Art,
and Encounters.
Perino Archaeological Study Area (continuous)
Exhibit area housing collections
of regional prehistoric ceramics,
plus stone, bone, and shell
artifacts. It honors the legacy
of Gregory Perino (1914-2005),
the Museum's first director
(1975-1985).
Nathaniel and Lana Grey Gallery
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donated by Dr. and Mrs. Rilling of Sellersville, Pennsylvania. This recent gift
includes over 300 objects, and provides significant exhibit and research material
for appreciating and studying the cultures of Melanesia and central West Africa..
Ceramic Storage Jar
New Guinea: Aibom Peoples, ca. 1960
Gift of Dr. David and Karina Rilling
Ceramic Vessel for Smoking Food
Nigeria: Nupe Peoples, ca. 1980
Gift of Dr. David and Karina Rilling
Exhibits
Mary Bratton Curtis Gallery
Casas Grandes/Mata Ortiz-XO\2FWREHU
The small village of Mata Ortiz in northern Chihuahua, Mexico has become
world renowned for its art ceramics. Using local clays and adapting centuriesold techniques for decoration, the artists create works which are unrivaled for
sophistication of expression and design. Ceramic production and/or marketing
now consumes the efforts of about ½ the adult population of the village of 1000.
Jar with Textured Graphite
Finish, 2005
Mariano Quezada, Mata Ortiz
(Chihuahua, Mexico)
Gift of Mary Herron
Parrot Effigy Jar, 2009
Elias Peña
Mata Ortiz (Chihuahua, Mexico)
Museum Purchase
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This exhibit of rarely seen pictorial rugs
draws from several private collections and
was organized by guest curator Mehdy
Douraghy, with support from Artisan
Creative of Los Angeles and Chicago,
and Minasian Bros. of Evanston, IL.
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The annual exhibit highlighting new collections acquired by the Museum through
the year.
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812 E. Lincoln Road
Idabel, Oklahoma 74745
(580) 286-3616
www.museumoftheredriver.org
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SUN
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Closed Mondays and national holidays
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Reservations appreciated for
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