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Potawatomi Beadwork and Ribbon Applique
Susan Campbell visited Denver one summer and was impressed with the several of that city's museums. She obtained permission for us to share these three holdings of the Denver Museum of Natural History with you. The museum's notes on each work are supplemented with some of Susan's, in italics.
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PHOTO
ARCHIVES, DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.
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Natural History.
Moccasins - detail
Woodland Canada, 1930's. Potawatomie (sic). Wide, soft leather with one large mound-shape piece of beading on vamp 3-3/4" long, white ground with blue, green and orange flowers. Cuff has thin bead edge.
The flowers are opaque cobalt, the flower stamens are orange, and the leaves are greasy green. The beads in the second row of the white ground are periwinkle blue. The white strips around the ankle in this photo, which we took, are cotton ties the museum added to keep the form of the moccasin intact.
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PHOTO
ARCHIVES, DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.
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Natural History.
Moccasins - full view
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PHOTO
ARCHIVES, DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.
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Natural History.
Ribbonwork
Dress--ribbonwork and silver pendants - 1880-1900, Potawatomi. From Coahuila, Mexico.
Black wool with ribbonwork sewn on muslin and attached. Strips are 4" wide, washer brooches are dime-sized. This piece, though described as a dress, is actually a blanket robe.
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PHOTO
ARCHIVES, DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.
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Hair ties
Prairie Potawatomi, Mayetta KS, ca. 1890. Pair of women's hair tie drops, total length 45-1/2". Diagonal plaiting beadwork attached to buckskin strips 8-1/4" x 3/4" has been split to make 2 thong ties. White buckskin has traces of red ochre paint. Seed beads used in weaving--four strips in beaver tail and diamond design.
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ARCHIVES, DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.
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Natural History.
Hair ties - detail
Our thanks to the Denver Museum of Natural History and to Susan for sharing these works with us.
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