blouse, unrecorded Wazhazhe artist

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unrecorded Wazhazhe artist, blouse
unrecorded Wazhazhe artist, blouse
unrecorded Wazhazhe artist
blouse
late 1800s–1910
blouse, late 1800s–1910
Where object was made: Pawhuska, Oklahoma, United States
Material/technique: cotton; plastic; nickel silver
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 56.5 x 143 cm
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 22 1/4 x 56 5/16 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: Gift of the Friends of the KUMA
Accession number: 2007.4464
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Passages: Persistent Visions of a Native Place," Sep-2011, Nancy Mahaney Prior to the oil boom of the 1920s many Osage women continued to dress in traditional clothing, preferring to make their own clothes from broadcloth, wool and silk. The decorative German silver discs that adorn the front of this shirt were fashioned out of nickel sheet metal. Such discs were originally made by French silversmiths for use in trade with the Indians in the Great Lakes region beginning in the 17th century. By the late 19th century the Osage were fashioning their own ornaments for personal use and trade with other tribes. Exhibition Label: "Vanished Voices: The Legacy of Northeast Kansas Indians," Jul-2004, Joni Murphy, Andrea S. Norris German silver is the most common metal for Plains jewelry and decorative metalwork. It is an alloy of copper, zinc, and nickel. The medallions on this blouse are characteristic German silver. The cloth was commercially made. Archive Label, date unknown: German silver is the most common metal for Plains jewelry and decorative metalwork. It is an alloy of copper, zinc, and nickel. The medallions on this blouse are characteristic German silver. The cloth was commercially made.