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Exhibition History"Art of the American Indian: The Thaw Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, March 2, 2010 - May 30, 2010; Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN, October 24, 2010 - January 9, 2011; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, April 24, 2011 - September 23, 2011; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, December 4, 2011 - February 12, 2012.
"Life on a String: 35 Centuries of the Glass Beads," Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, May 18, 2013 - January 5, 2014.
ProvenanceMorning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyAdvertisement for Morning Star Gallery. American Indian Art Magazine. Vol.18, No.4, (Autumn 1993):2.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.122.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 125.
Culture
Kiowa
Cases
Date1860-1870
DimensionsOverall (A): 11 3/4 × 3 1/4 in. (29.8 × 8.3 cm)
Overall (B): 13 × 1 1/4 in. (33 × 3.2 cm)
Overall (C): 12 × 1 3/8 in. (30.5 × 3.5 cm)
Object numberT0078a-c
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextThis multi-piece tool kit consists of a strike-a-light bag to carry flint and steel to start a fire, a case to store an awl, and a case to hold a whetstone for sharpening knives. Kiowa women preferred the vibrant wine-red beads so much that the color is often referred to as Kiowa red.Exhibition History"Art of the American Indian: The Thaw Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, March 2, 2010 - May 30, 2010; Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN, October 24, 2010 - January 9, 2011; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, April 24, 2011 - September 23, 2011; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, December 4, 2011 - February 12, 2012.
"Life on a String: 35 Centuries of the Glass Beads," Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, May 18, 2013 - January 5, 2014.
ProvenanceMorning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyAdvertisement for Morning Star Gallery. American Indian Art Magazine. Vol.18, No.4, (Autumn 1993):2.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.122.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 125.
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