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Artist
Shelley Niro
(Bay of Quinte Mohawk, born 1954)
Culture
Mohawk
Unbury My Heart
NameInstallation
Date2000
Mediumframed unvarnished oil paintings on canvas, fabric, felt, synthetic velvet, and satin hearts sewn to rope with thread, carpet
Dimensions88 × 360 × 48 in. (223.5 × 914.4 × 121.9 cm)
Exhibition Area: 750 Square Feet (69.7 Square Meters)
Other (Average Heart Rope): 900 in. (2286 cm)
Other (Each Carpet): 48 × 72 in. (121.9 × 182.9 cm)
ClassificationsInstallations
Credit LineMuseum purchase from the Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art
Object number2001.4.1 A-T
