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ataahsema ‘Leggings’
We have learned a lot about the transition from older to newer materials by looking at these leggings. They were likely made by women from […]
We have learned a lot about the transition from older to newer materials by looking at these leggings. They were likely made by women from […]
Panel bags represent a very old and intricate form of textile weaving. The artform predates ribbonwork, and by looking at objects like these, we are […]
This photo shows Miami Tribe of Oklahoma citizen Carolyn Niles as she examines a single women’s legging with ribbonwork decoration. Carolyn was working as a […]
This pipe bowl and stem were produced by unnamed Myaamia artists in the early 1800s. They both demonstrate our ancestors’ use of angular geometric forms […]
The son of Myaamia woman Saakacaahkwa and Frenchman Jacques Godfroy, Palaanswa served his community as both a war leader and a civil chief. After the […]
This painting of Palaanswa was completed from notes George Winter took down in late 1830s. The wide legging flaps and moccasins were likely covered in […]
Katakimaankwa was a Myaamia observer sent by his community to watch the signing of the Treaty of Prairie du Chien in 1825. James Otto Lewis […]
This photo was taken on the porch of the Godfroy family home near Peru, Indiana around 1897. At the center of the photo are many […]
Mark Raymond Harrington took these two pages of notes when purchasing cultural objects from our community in 1910. If you look at entry 1926 D […]
These leggings are unique because we do not know anything about the family who produced them. Leggings are worn by tying a small strap from […]
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