Susan Campbell has given us permission to post on the website some of the beadwork belonging to her family. Here are pictures of the original pieces, which are on display in the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Museum in Shawnee, OK. The family believes they were made by a member of the Potawatomi tribe, possibly a family member, near Shawnee, Oklahoma. They were acquired by Will Wetherholt in the 1940's and passed down to his nephew George Dansenburg. Mr. Dansenburg is Susan's father.

This photograph shows the two pieces as they are displayed in Shawnee.

The two figures in the closeup of the hatband (photograph 1) are repeated three times each; the yellow flower separating them appears five times. The two flowers in the closeup of the sash (photograph 2) are repeated four times each for a total of eight figures.

We have used the patterns in these lovely examples of beadwork in several graphics on the website.

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