barrette

barrette

barrette

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Introduction

Barrete made with brightly coloured beads and commercially tanned leather, and with a wooded and glass-beaded pin. Adorned with sun motif and concentric arcs. Collected Christian Feest. Currently at the Weltmuseum Wien.

Date Made or Date Range: 20 C
Materials

Pin made of wood and glass beads. Barrette is made of beads and commercially tanned leather.

Motifs and Patterns

Adorned with sun motif and concentric arcs.

Dimensions: 11.5 × 0 × 0 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Collected by Christian Feest in the 20th century.

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 157850
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 20 C
Previous Collectors: Christian Feest
GKS Reference Number: 59082
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, barrette. Currently in the Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna, Austria, 157850. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip January 2016; GRASAC item id 59082.

Record Creation Context

In January of 2016, a small team of GRASAC researchers visited the collection to study and photograph it: Ruth Phillips, Lisa Truong, Naomi Recollet (Anishinaabe (Odawa/Ojibwe), Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory) and Wahsontiio Cross (Mohawk, Kahnawake). This GKS record was created in January 2022 by GRASAC RA Amelia Healey.

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Created using a spreadsheet with information made by Ruth Phillips, Lisa Truong, Naomi Recollet (Anishinaabe (Odawa/Ojibwe), Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory) and Wahsontiio Cross (Mohawk, Kahnawake).

Approximate Place of Origin

48.7, -84.6