lord_whimsy ([info]lord_whimsy) wrote,
@ 2008-06-24 21:44:00
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AMERICAN TEXTURES: NATIVE MEETS EUROPEAN, PART II




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[info]kementari2
2008-06-26 09:43 am UTC (link)
Many of them have a sort of medallion with a profile on it. Are they diplomatic medals, given to signify alliance and perhaps acknowledge regional authority?

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[info]lord_whimsy
2008-06-26 02:57 pm UTC (link)
Charles Bird King lived in Washington DC, and he was commissioned by the government to do portraits of Indian delegates as they visited the capitol. I assume that the medallions were gifts to the chiefs (as most of these were) upon their arrival.

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