Fright Night
Artist
Jamie Okuma
(North American Indian, Luiseño/Shoshone-Bannock, Okinawan, and Hawaiian, California, born 1977)
Date2019
MediumItalian and native tanned leather, glass beads, and commercial metal zipper and spikes
DimensionsOverall: 11 5/8 × 2 3/8 inches (29.53 × 6.03 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the generosity of the Jedel Family Foundation
Object number2019.27
SignedDesinger's label - black metal plaque attached above the zipper on the backside that reads: J. OKUMA
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionSolf, circular-shaped bag with metal spikes attached around the perimeter, and a beaded image of the female vampire, Lucy Westenra, from the 1992 film "Dracula" on one side.Exhibition History"Radical Stitch," Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 14 - August 8, 2025, no cat.
Purchased from the artist by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2019.
Torrence, Gaylord, ed. Continuum: North American Native Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Copyright© Jamie Okuma
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