2 Silver Bracelets
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1932
name: label: Donor Name
content: Tom Bacon Rind
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Decorated with etched figures of eagle and floral design. Loaned to Osage Agency. Bu. Ind. Affairs 10/1/37. Returned Fall 1968." "
label: Notes
content: One illus. p. 171 in Bailey, Garrick A., and Daniel C. Swan. 2004. Art of the Osage. Seattle: University of Washington Press/Saint Louis Art Museum. Identified there: "German silver armbands and bracelets were originally used as a form of armor to deflect the blows of the enemy. This bracelet from the late 19th century shows an eagle bearing a Christian cross on its chest. The eight-pointed elliptical stars bordering the eagle may represent the morning and evening stars - heralds of the sun and moon. The Osages' first exposure to Christian symbolism, particularly the cross, would have occurred in 1673 at the time Father Jacques Marquette explored the Mississippi River and its tributaries."
label: Notes
content: The spread winged eagle resembles the one used on the Great Seal of the United States, which has also appeared on early U.S. Peace Medals and on the reverse of various U.S. coins, etc...
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Aug 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Pawhuska, Osage County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Osage (Wazhazhe)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 120063
label: USNM Number
content: E364537-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bracelet