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Woman's Drop Belt2015.57.73

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

Culture
Sioux, Cree and Assiniboin
Material
tacked commercial leather
Holding Institution
Portland Art Museum
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Pouch2012.25.8

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

Culture
Kiowa
Material
commercial leather, glass bead and tin
Made in
“Plains” ?
Holding Institution
Portland Art Museum
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Pouch2012.25.7

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

Culture
Kiowa
Material
glass bead, tin cone and commercial leather
Made in
“Plains” ?
Holding Institution
Portland Art Museum
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Doctor's Bag89.52.10

As Plains Indian peoples were confined to reservations in the late nineteenth century, women artists, who created the majoirty of beadwork and quillwork, began to apply their skills to a wider variety of objects. [...] The fully beaded doctor's bag illustrates how beadworkers were able to take commercially made objects and turn them into uniquely Native American artistic expressions.

Culture
Lakota
Material
commercial leather, metal and glass bead
Made in
“Plains” ?
Holding Institution
Portland Art Museum
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Man's Breastplate41.863

This man's breast plate has nine, carved flat, shell bead strands across the chest centered with a blue faceted glass bead. This is then held by a raw, hide, thin band that goes all around. This is studded with small brass buttons. Ten rawhide cords are along the sides for tying on and two at the top.

Culture
Crow
Material
shell, glass bead, commercial leather, brass metal and twine
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Tourquoise Blue Beaded Belt with Pouch32.2099.32572

Bequest of W.S. Morton Mead

Culture
Blackfoot and Flathead
Material
bead and commercial leather
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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