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Reproduction of a 20th century beaded headband from the Lakota Sioux culture Reproduction made by Jasmine Currey, 2016

Native American Beadwork: Researched by Jasmine Currey

September, 2020 by Sarah Teel

Native American beadwork varies greatly among different cultures, with individual nations often adopting specific designs, color schemes, beading techniques, and added elements.  The Bone Bead Key Ring in this display, for example, is composed of glass seed beads, aluminum tinklers, short cylindrical plastic beads, and long bone beads, all strung on hemp cord; this particular group of materials, along with the black background color and the prominent use of red in the designs, indicates that this keyring was likely made by a Cherokee artisan.

The Triangle-Design Headband, meanwhile, is a typically Lakota Sioux design, as is the use of a light blue background and lighter, brighter foreground designs.  Such headbands are still worn by children among the Lakota Sioux as part of ritual dress for important cultural events.

Bone Bead Key Ring
Cherokee culture
20th century
Glass, steel, aluminum, plastic, bone, and hemp cord,
L. 22 cm x W. 1.5 cm x H. 3.5 cm
Hernandez collection #2014.1

 

Triangle-Design Headband
Lakota Sioux cultures
20th century
Glass beads and cotton thread, L. 58.5 cm x W. 2 mm x H. 4 cm
Ralph Foster Museum collection #NN008

 

 

For more information, you may contact the researcher(s) noted in the title of this exhibit entry, or Dr. Billie Follensbee, the professor of the course, at BillieFollensbee@MissouriState.edu

Filed Under: 2016 Fall, ART 385: Art of the Americas Tagged With: 20th century american art, bone bead, cherokee culture, headband, lakota culture, lakota sioux cultures, Sioux Culture

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