Shawl
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 Feb 2017
label: Collection Date
content: 2 Jul 2006
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 shawl was acquired at the Kiowa Tiah Piah Society's dance at Chieftain's Park on July 2, 2006. It was auctioned during the evening set of dancing. Mr. Ricky Geionety was serving as the arena director that day. He walked around the arena with the shawl, soliciting bids from dancers seated at the benches and the spectators seated behind them. After making several complete rounds and eliminating all but a handful of bidders, Mr. Geionety started moving back and forth between these individuals until he had the winning bid. Mr. Geionety was initially under the impression that the shawl had been donated for auction by the Kiowa Tiah Piah Society. Upon inquiry to locate the maker for interview, he discovered that the shawl was actually auctioned by Virginia Sullivan. Ms. Sullivan was organizing the raffles for the Kiowa Tiah Piah Society, and they had agreed to allow her to run a limited number of raffles/ auctions for her own benefit to compensate her for her efforts. The shawl had been given to her “a couple of years ago” and she could not recall from whom. Description: Pink shawl with plum colored double knotted fringe. The shawl is decorated with a ribbon of commercial embroidered lace with alternating pink and purple flowers sewn 2” above the bottom of the shawl. Both the fabric and the trim suggest an origin 20 or more years prior to collecting, per Candace Greene.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 Dec 2016
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: E434671-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dance Garment
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 226 cm
label: Width
content: 208 cm