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Datec. 1870-75
MediumLeather with dentalium shells and trade beads
DimensionsOverall (at widest): 14 in. × 4 1/2 in. (35.6 × 11.4 cm)
Overall (at narrowest): 14 × 1 5/8 in. (35.6 × 4.1 cm)
Credit LineTransferred from the Knox Hall of Natural History, Hamilton College
Object number1984.456
Not on view
DescriptionLeather with dentalium shell red trade cloth "white heart" and Russian faceted blue beads. Files note that this style of hair decoration was worn by women of high or noble birth. Some historic documentation lists this object as a belt pendant from a Plains tribe.
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
2011
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Learning to Look: Hamilton's Cabinets, Galleries and Museums Past, Present and Future," September 15 - December 16, 2011 (no cat.);
1985
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Wonderful Heroes Fearsome Creatures," November 2 - December 14, 1985 (cat. no. 1, illus. 19).
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Learning to Look: Hamilton's Cabinets, Galleries and Museums Past, Present and Future," September 15 - December 16, 2011 (no cat.);
1985
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Wonderful Heroes Fearsome Creatures," November 2 - December 14, 1985 (cat. no. 1, illus. 19).
Provenance
1984: Hamilton College (Emerson Gallery), by transfer from the Anthropology Department;
? - 1984: Hamilton College (Anthropology Department), by transfer from the Knox Hall of Natural History;
by 1925: Hamilton College (Knox Hall of Natural History), by gift from an unknown donor (research pending).
? - 1984: Hamilton College (Anthropology Department), by transfer from the Knox Hall of Natural History;
by 1925: Hamilton College (Knox Hall of Natural History), by gift from an unknown donor (research pending).
Published References
WONDERFUL HEROES FEARSOME CREATURES: ART OF THE NORTHWEST COAST, exh. cat. (Clinton, NY: Fred L. Emerson Gallery, 1985), 19, illus. 19.
Inscribed
Inscribed in marker on verso at top of narrow section on white shell: Na Pl / 12
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wood, black and red pigment, shells or seeds, feathers, gum or resin
Object number: 2023.10.49
Dyani White Hawk
Date: 2019
Medium: Suite of four screenprints with metallic foil
Object number: 2020.4.1-4
Dyani White Hawk
Date: 2019
Medium: Screen print with metallic foil
Object number: 2020.4.1
Dyani White Hawk
Date: 2019
Medium: Screen print with metallic foil
Object number: 2020.4.2
Dyani White Hawk
Date: 2019
Medium: Screen print with metallic foil
Object number: 2020.4.3
Dyani White Hawk
Date: 2019
Medium: Screen print with metallic foil
Object number: 2020.4.4
Ozioma Onuzulike
Date: 2023
Medium: Earthenware and stoneware clays, ash glazes, recycled glasses and copper wire with 4,770 ceramic palm kernel shell beads
Object number: 2024.19
Hugh Hanara
Date: 2005
Medium: Carved Rimu wood with pāua shell inlay
Object number: 2024.4
Barbara Walker MBE RA
Date: 2018
Medium: Graphite on embossed paper
Object number: 2019.11