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Costume jewelry

Jewelry made to complement current fashions usually made of inexpensive materials and often set with imitation or semiprecious stones

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4 images from works
  • Cornplanter, a leader of the Seneca tribe, holding a smoking pipe with pipe attachments and axe-blades. Colour lithograph by J.T. Bowen after F. Bartoli, 1836.
  • Eagle of Delight, a native American woman of the Oto (Otoe) tribe. Coloured lithograph by Childs & Inman after C. B. King, 1833.
  • Shaumonekusse, a chief of the Oto (Otoe) tribe, wearing a crown hair piece with horns, a bear-claw necklace and a medallion. Colour lithograph by C. G. Childs after C. B. King, 1833.
  • Female Flying Pigeon, a native American woman with plaits, wearing a pink dress with flower decor and shawl, necklaces and holding a feather fan. Colour lithograph by Lehman & Duval after C. B. King, 1837.

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    Cornplanter, a leader of the Seneca tribe, holding a smoking pipe with pipe attachments and axe-blades. Colour lithograph by J.T. Bowen after F. Bartoli, 1836.

    Bartoli, F. (Painter) | Date: [1836], ©1836 | Reference: 640707i
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    Female Flying Pigeon, a native American woman with plaits, wearing a pink dress with flower decor and shawl, necklaces and holding a feather fan. Colour lithograph by Lehman & Duval after C. B. King, 1837.

    Charles Bird King | Date: [1837], ©1837 | Reference: 640706i
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    Shaumonekusse, a chief of the Oto (Otoe) tribe, wearing a crown hair piece with horns, a bear-claw necklace and a medallion. Colour lithograph by C. G. Childs after C. B. King, 1833.

    Charles Bird King | Date: [1833], ©1833 | Reference: 640703i
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    Eagle of Delight, a native American woman of the Oto (Otoe) tribe. Coloured lithograph by Childs & Inman after C. B. King, 1833.

    Charles Bird King | Date: [1833], ©1833 | Reference: 640702i

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Costume
Ethnology

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