On recent Kendal trip to the Cooper Hewitt Museum , Kendalites visited an exhibit from the Lenape Center. Placed directly across from the museum’s entryway, this installation pays homage to the Lenape people as the original and rightful stewards of Lenapehoking, the land on which this building stands. Accounts written by European explorers in the 16th and 17th centuries described the Lenape wearing intricately constructed feather capes. Joe Baker, co-founder of the Lenape Center, has created contemporary interpretations of these turkey-feather capes that suspend from the ceiling.
Carolyn Klinger sent pictures of these amazing feather capes:
