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.

Current Location: Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna, Austria

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 157850

Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: This relative was collected by Christian Feest in July 1976 at the Choctaw Fair in Oxford, Mississippi (this information was provided by Christian Feest on August 5, 2025 via the GKS webform).

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).