quill (spine)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Art & Architecture Thesaurus\MATERIALS FACET\Materials\materials\materials by origin\animal material\keratinous material\
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Fort Reno Ledger Drawing, 1887
Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 251.Unknown]
Identifier: 4526.11.43
Description
While his horse stands by, Big Horse – wearing an otter skin turban, German silver hair plates, painted and beaded and painted hide leggings and wrapped in a red and blue blanket with a beaded or quillwork strip – courts a woman. The woman is beautifully attired in an elk tooth dress, concho belt with a drop, a printed cloth shawl, and yellow painted moccasins with attached leggings. The yellow and green pigments on the moccasins and leggings were used extensively in the Southern Plains....
Dates:
1887