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silver (metal)

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Scope Note: Art & Architecture Thesaurus\MATERIALS FACET\Materials\materials\materials by composition\inorganic material\metal and metal products\metal\metal by composition or origin\nonferrous metal\silver and silver alloy\

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

A tan leather coin purse with silver clasp, early 20th Century

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.107
Description

A tan, leather coin purse with silver clasp. It has the profile of a Native American on one side and the words "Lake McDonald" on the other side.

Dates: early 20th Century
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Charles M. Russell Research Collection (Britzman)

Buffalo skull handkerchief slide, 1916

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.158
Description

Metal buffalo skull, inscribed "JCR 1916".



Inscription(s)

Inscribed on skull, "JCR 1916"

Dates: 1916
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Charles M. Russell Research Collection (Britzman)

Buffalo skull handkerchief slide, 1865

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.159
Description

Metal buffalo skull, inscribed "CMR 1865".



Inscription(s)

CMR 1865

Dates: 1865
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Charles M. Russell Research Collection (Britzman)

Colt .45 revolver with ivory handle with a carved image of a steer, late 19th-early 20th century

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.12
Description

Colt .45 with ivory handle; there is a carved image of a steer with horizontal horns in the handle, along with an inscription reading, 'You need not fear a man that walks beneath the skies that he be strong...you be weak I will equalize.'



Inscription(s)

Inscribed on handle, "You need not fear a man that walks beneath the skies that he be strong...you be weak I will equalize."

Dates: late 19th-early 20th century
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Charles M. Russell Research Collection (Britzman)

Dark brown leather collar with silver buckle and four holes, early 20th century

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.79
Description

Dark brown leather collar with silver buckle and four holes. It is two pieces connected in the middle with thread.

Dates: early 20th century
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Charles M. Russell Research Collection (Britzman)

Eyeglasses and Case, late 19th century - early 20th century

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.170a-c
Description

Glasses: round, bifocal lenses with silver trim, includes nose piece, but no ear pieces; Case: black leather, blue velvet inside with plaque reading "Wacker and Downs"; pink cloth also included.



Inscription(s)

Inscribed on plaque, "Wacker and Downs"

Dates: late 19th century - early 20th century
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Charles M. Russell Research Collection (Britzman)

First official decree issued by Hernán Cortés after the conquest of Mexico Tenochtitlán, August 14, 1521

 Item — Box 45
Identifier: 4075.3916
Desription First official decree issued by Hernán Cortés after the conquest of Mexico Tenochtitlán.Title/description created by Clevy Lloyd Strout, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Spanish, University of Tulsa, 1962. Label Text Signed by Hernán Cortés, Juan de Ribera, and Hernán Sánchez de Aguilar on August 14, 1521, this decree is possibly the first official document issued following Cortés's subjugation of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlán. It...
Dates: August 14, 1521
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Spanish Colonial Manuscript Collection

Fort Reno Ledger Drawing, 1879

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 251.Unknown]
Identifier: 4526.19.46
Description In this drawing from the 1879 ledger book, a Cheyenne warrior counts coup on a fallen adversary as he attempts to shoot his arrow. The artist drew the enemy with few details while his own self-portrait includes identifying features – the black shirt and hat with a silver pin, German silver pendant, bandana with a silver slide, silver arm bands and hair plates, and a shield with images of the sun and full and crescent moons. From the article: Preserving History in the Southern...
Dates: 1879
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: Fort Reno Ledger Drawings / Creel Fort Reno Ledger Drawings

Fort Reno Ledger Drawing, 1887

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 251.Unknown]
Identifier: 4526.11.41
Description This courtship drawing shows a meeting of a finely-dressed couple. The woman wears a blue wool elk tooth dress with a shawl wrapped around her waist, a hair pipe choker and hair ornament, a German silver concho belt with a drop, and traditional beaded moccasins with attached leggings. The man is wrapped in a blanket with a beaded strip and wears painted and fringed leggings, beaded moccasins, and a red wool breechcloth. His hair ornament consists of a roach, eagle feather, and German silver...
Dates: 1887
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: Fort Reno Ledger Drawings / Evans Fort Reno Ledger Drawings

From Stephen H. Brown to Charles M. Russell, October 10, 1917

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.689.1-4
Description

Letter from Stephen H. Brown to Charles Russell; about his inspection of the silver dollar collection, with a poem on the second page with lines that start with the letters "CMRUSSELL." Handwritten on two pages: TU2009.39.689.1-TU2009.39.689.4.

Dates: October 10, 1917
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Charles M. Russell Research Collection (Britzman)

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