Shawl
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 Feb 2017
label: Collection Date
content: 12 Mar 2010
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Candace S. Greene
label: Collector
content: Dr. Michael Jordan
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: This is an example of the shawls worn by members of the Native American Marine Corps Veterans (NAMCV) Auxiliary, which was organized in 1984. Membership is open to individuals of Native American ancestry who are currently serving or who have served in the United States Marine Corps. While it is an intertribal organization, the founding members and current officers are members of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma. The NAMCV Auxiliary is comprised of the wives of the organization's male members. This particular shawl belonged to Carrie Horse of Carnegie, Oklahoma. The shawl was purchased from her for $150.00. Carrie and her husband, Donald Horse, are members of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma. Donald served as the commander of the NAMCV for approximately ten years. At the time of acquisition in 2010 Carrie continued to take an active leadership role in the NAMCV auxiliary. Carrie indicated that she was willing to part with the shawl, as it was time to make a new one. However, the shawl appears to be in good repair and does not exhibit much wear. Carrie indicated that she made the shawl, sewing on the patch with the Marine Corps Emblem and fringing it. However, she recalled that her sewing machine broke during the process and that Maureen Yeahquo, another Kiowa woman, assisted her by hemming the shawl. Carrie explained that she had taught Maureen how to make shawls and that this was now one of Maureen's main sources of income. New members of the NAMCV Auxiliary are expected to make their own shawls. However, Carrie indicated that she and other members of the organization assist women who do not know how to make or fringe a shawl by doing these tasks for them. Some women choose to pay Maureen Yeahquo to assemble and fringe their shawls Carrie was interviewed regarding the materials needed to make a shawl and their cost. She indicated that a shawl required two yards of gabardine, which she estimated at $7.00/ yard. Three yards of chainette fringe are needed at an estimated cost of fringe at $6.00 yard. The commercially produced patch featuring the Marine Corps emblem was purchased from Sgt. Grit, a store in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma for $25.00. The store specializes in Marine Corps themed items and Carrie referred to it as a “Marine Corps Department Store.” The machine embroidery on the shawl was done by a local business, the Carnegie Embroidery Center, which charged $40.00 to embroider the name of the organization on the shawl. Some members pay extra to have their husband's name and rank embroidered on the shawl but she chose not to do this. Her name is embroidered on the lower left-hand corner of the shawl in order to ensure that her shawl did not get mixed up with another member's shawl at a dance. Adding up the expenses and factoring in sales tax, the components for a new shawl are estimated to cost approximately $110.00. Description: The shawl is made of red gabardine and is fringed in gold chainette fringe. The colors of the shawl echo the official colors of the United States Marine Corps - scarlet and gold. In the center of the shawl is a commercially produced, embroidered patch, featuring the official U.S. Marine Corps emblem - the eagle, globe, and anchor. The shawl measures 64 ½” by 59 ½”. When worn the shawl would be folded in half lengthwise and would measures 64 ½” by 29 ¾”. The fringe measures 13 ½” long. This information is an extract from more extended documentation provided by Carrie Horse in a 2010 interview, see attached.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Sep 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Carnegie, Oklahoma, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kiowa
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2076808
label: USNM Number
content: E434675-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dance Garment
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 150 cm
label: Width
content: 161 cm