checker pattern -- checkered -- checked
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: checker pattern (geometric patterns,
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Fort Reno Ledger Drawing, 1887
Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 251.Unknown]
Identifier: 4526.11.40
Description
Bird Chief on horseback and carrying a feather fan, talks with two women. One of the women carries an axe indicating that the two have been out collecting firewood. She wears a cloth dress with a shawl around her waist and a concho belt. The other woman has a plaid shawl wrapped around her waist. In courtship, men often tried to meet women who were away from the camp doing chores such as getting water or collecting firewood for moments of privacy. From the article: Preserving...
Dates:
1887
Fort Reno Ledger Drawing, 1887
Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 251.Unknown]
Identifier: 4526.11.64
Description
Red Eagle depicts a courtship scene with both parties on horseback. The woman, in an elk tooth dress, rides a horse with a high cantle saddle, beaded saddle bags, and a martingale. The man in a cloth shirt, hair pipe breastplate, and painted hide leggings rides his paint horse carrying an eagle feather fan and bow case and quiver. From the article: Preserving History in the Southern Plains: Cheyenne and Arapaho Ledger Drawings from Fort Reno, Plains Indian Art, Created...
Dates:
1887
Kiowa women, 1850 - 1900
Item — Folder Kiowa.5: [Barcode: 3.Kiowa.5]
Identifier: 4326.4053
Description
Inscription(s)
Folder 5
Inscription(s)
Inscribed, "Kiowa Squaws" on verso
Dates:
1850 - 1900