pair of figural beaded earrings

Mamie Mitchell, artist

Cultural affiliations: Fox

1929–1993

pair of figural beaded earrings, 1900s

Where object was made: Tama, Iowa, United States

Material/technique: glass beads; beading; metal

Dimensions:
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): each 9.5 x 2.5 cm
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 3 3/4 x 1 in

Credit line: Gift of Forrest E. Jones

Accession number: 2007.1729.a,b

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These earrings depicting an Indian person wearing a headdress look like many others that were made for the tourist market or sold at powwows and Native art fairs. As their lands were systematically taken, Natives were moved to reservations where living conditions were poor. Natives had to find ways to sustain themselves, and some did so by selling their jewelry, pottery, beadwork, and weaving to tourists traveling west on the newly built railways.