Fright Night

Artist Jamie Okuma (North American Indian, Luiseño/Shoshone-Bannock, Okinawan, and Hawaiian, California, born 1977)

Date2019

MediumItalian and native tanned leather with glass beads

DimensionsOverall: 3 3/4 × 4 1/2 × 3/4 inches (9.53 × 11.43 × 1.91 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the generosity of the Jedel Family Foundation

Object number2019.28

On View

Not on view

Collections

North American Indian Art

Terms

DescriptionLeather wallet beaded on the outside in glass beads with portraits of Hannibal Lector and Buffalo Bill from the movie, "Silence of the Lambs"Exhibition History

Exhibition History

"Radical Stitch," Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 14 - August 8, 2025, no cat.

Provenance

Purchased from the artist by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2019.

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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