Bag 12

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Title

Bag 12

Subject

Earrings

Description

Not to be mistaken for tourist trinkets, personal ornaments like these earrings provide a way for Native women to both “wear” their identity and show off the virtuosity of the weaver’s craft.

Schlick Collection

Cornhusk, yarn, leather

Creator

Nez Perce

Date

2000

Contributor

Photograph by David Calco, Allen Memorial Art Museum; Item posted by Rachel Mead

Original Format

photo of bag; obtained from original Closing the Circle website: http://www.oberlin.edu/external/circle/bag_12.htm