Wetú wanáȟča earrings, Aiyana Jack

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Aiyana Jack, Wetú wanáȟča earrings
Aiyana Jack, Wetú wanáȟča earrings
Aiyana Jack
Wetú wanáȟča earrings
2024
Aiyana Jack
Cultural affiliations: Ihanktonwan/Yankton Sioux, Hunkpapa/Standing Rock Sioux (Enrolled Yankton Sioux Tribe)
born 1995
Wetú wanáȟča earrings, 2024
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: porcupine quills; cotton; metal; mother of pearl; freshwater pearl; dyeing
Credit line: Museum purchase: Helen Foresman Spencer Art Acquisition Fund
Accession number: 2024.0109.a,b
Not on display
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Native Fashion
Self-taught quillwork artist Aiyana Jack uses traditional and non-traditional motifs. She grew up on the Yankton Sioux reservation in South Dakota, attended Haskell Indian Nations University, and currently resides in Chicago, where she creates quillwork for her business Forever Flowering Designs.

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Native Fashion
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