Kimimila Nation

Artist Kevin Pourier (North American Indian, Ogalala Lakota (Teton Sioux), South Dakota, born 1958)

Artist Valerie Pourier (American, born 1959)

Date2007

MediumBuffalo horn, gold, mother-of-pearl, lapis, and commercial leather

DimensionsOverall (plus leather extension): 31 1/2 inches (80.01 cm)

Credit LineGift of Ann and Sigurd Anderson

Object number2015.52.2

Inscribed©Lakel K. Pourier ‘07’ is located on the back of the buckle

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Collections

North American Indian Art

Terms

DescriptionLeather belt covered with black and yellow monarch butterlies carved from buffalo horn and inlaid with ground lapis crystals and mother-of-pearl.Published References

Published References

Torrence, Gaylord, ed. Continuum: North American Native Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

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