Small opaque rutilated crystal head. The head is oval-shaped, with a large forehead. The eyes and nose are subtly formed. The head has broken at the base of the neck. Fragment of a larger object.

Bequest of Mrs. Carl L. Selden

Bequest of Mrs. Carl L. Selden

The high heeled tennis shoes, size 6, used for the base are made by shoe designer Steve Madden. Then the artist, Teri Greeves, hand sews all the beads and original design elements onto the canvas base. The design is inspired by the Great Lakes tribes’ designs, as Teri's husband, furniture designer, Dennis Esquival, is Anishinabe and she wanted to do something that reflects his region. Floral motifs, in complimentary colors are on the inside panel of each shoe with a coral, spiny oyster shell cabochon forming the center of each flower. The outside panels depict contemporary jingle dress dancers swaying to the throbbing drums and singing that accompanies these popular dances performed during powwows. During these dances each woman competes not only in dance performance but in over-all quality and beauty of their dance regalia. Before the 1830s the jingles on these dresses would have been made from porcupine quills but this material changed sometime in the mid-1800s to commercially traded tobacco can lids, rolled into cones. When prolifically sewn on to the dresses every movement would make them jingle. Each woman depicted on these shoes wears full regalia, inclusive of beaded dress, moccasins, and a belt with real silver conchos. This detailed beadwork melds traditional technique with modern day commerce into a lively, fun and remarkable sense of contemporary aesthetics. The shoes can stand alone as aesthetic sculptural works or as examples of creative change over time.

A faceted semi-translucent, and semi-opaque snuff bottle (part a) that is six-sided with two wide panels. There is a stopper (part b) that is made of transparent turquoise. The wood stand (part c) has the shape of an oval within an elongated hexagon.

Tubular translucent bead with blunt ends and thick walls.

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