bag with slightly bulbous bottom; short handle with predominantly red quillwork, trimmed with blue beads and backed with blue floral-print fabric; one side of bag has quillwork with multicolored flowers against red stripes; other side has multicolored beadwork with floral motif and maroon and yellow beadwork trim; four stripes of hide with gold thimbles and yellow, blue, and green ribbons; tin cones around edges with red feathers;

© Holly Young

Floral Legacy, 2019

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Floral Legacy, created by Dakota artist Holly Young, is a contemporary purse that pays tribute to historic brain-tanned hide bags adorned with quill and beadwork made by Dakota women.. On one side of this purse, the hide is embellished by a beaded floral stem with delicate and symmetrical flowers and tendrils. The other side features 20 thin horizontal bands of crimson colored quillwork and a tightly quilled floral design, bursting with color. Young then further embellishes the bag with wrapped tin cones, fire-red feathers, brass bells and thimbles tied with satin ribbon. Every seam and the entire handle of the purse is adorned with quills, a finishing technique that requires extraordinary patience and persistence, personal qualities highly valued in Dakota societies.

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Title
Floral Legacy
Artist Life
(Standing Rock Dakhóta), born 1977
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2019.65
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bag with slightly bulbous bottom; short handle with predominantly red quillwork, trimmed with blue beads and backed with blue floral-print fabric; one side of bag has quillwork with multicolored flowers against red stripes; other side has multicolored beadwork with floral motif and maroon and yellow beadwork trim; four stripes of hide with gold thimbles and yellow, blue, and green ribbons; tin cones around edges with red feathers;

© Holly Young

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