tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post5709915679504076674..comments2024-03-26T22:50:08.674-05:00Comments on Barbara Brackman's <br> MATERIAL CULTURE: More Library of Congress PicturesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-69508992082441796072010-05-14T11:50:27.638-05:002010-05-14T11:50:27.638-05:00Very cool. I actually live on the Flathead Indian ...Very cool. I actually live on the Flathead Indian reservation have never seen this work before. The white "beads" on the shirt the Flathead women are wearing are actually elk ivories - each elk has two canine teeth made of ivory and they were once hunted just for these teeth. Elk are hard to get - they don't like people, so you're seeing the skills of a phenomenal hunter and probably a "wealthy" family.Heidihttp://www.twokitties.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-35396000177344839592010-05-11T22:39:17.166-05:002010-05-11T22:39:17.166-05:00Wonderful bead work and beautiful photos. I am Mo...Wonderful bead work and beautiful photos. I am Mohawk and Irish. The bead work of many NA nations is amzing considering the effort involved. To work with porupine quills you have a first chew them! Sinew thread on leather with bone needles is difficult and time comsuming too.<br />When we hear that Manhattan (NYC) was bought for beadds, we laugh. Can you imagine dong beads work and fidning a source of beautiful glass beads!? By the way, NA people accepted beads not in trade for Manhattan. The idea was you offered someone a gift to HUNT on their lands .. owning land was not in the NA thoughts. How can you own "your Mother"?<br />Thanks for provising images the link us all together Barbara.<br />Smiles, Julie in TNUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13458072638353773969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-26855684632180140702010-05-11T21:52:09.052-05:002010-05-11T21:52:09.052-05:00here's a page that discusses traditional ( pre...here's a page that discusses traditional ( pre European) and later beadwork designs among the Shoshone people.<br />http://www.windriverhistory.org/exhibits/shoshoneart/history/WHAShoshone.pdf<br /><br />very poignant pictures.woolywomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14798060848062776281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-74898785681869259022010-05-11T21:16:29.717-05:002010-05-11T21:16:29.717-05:00I never thought about it before, most of the ones ...I never thought about it before, most of the ones I have seen, have flowers, like squash blossoms. I will look them in a different way now.<br /><br />DebbieWoolenSailshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08621977477193550261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-73970182670581541892010-05-11T11:52:44.307-05:002010-05-11T11:52:44.307-05:00When you see these things in person, or any quill ...When you see these things in person, or any quill work, basketry, weaving, textile for that matter, you think... what in the world could these women have done with a roatary cutter, mat and sewing machine?!?! AMAZING! Makes my little projects that I have anxst over seem so elementary. Thanks for giving us this information, can't wait to go explore. Would be pretty to print out some of the photos and put into a quilt somehow... :)Sandra Hendersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369992819437905498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-85137589256453404782010-05-11T08:48:45.776-05:002010-05-11T08:48:45.776-05:00Fascinating. I'm not really a traditional qui...Fascinating. I'm not really a traditional quilter (patterns) but I find this so very interesting. Thank you.SandyQuiltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16007755323112667247noreply@blogger.com