Pair of Armbands
Artist
Bruce Caesar
(North American Indian, Pawnee; Meskwaki, born 1952)
CultureSac and Fox/Pawnee, Oklahoma
Dateca. 1980
MediumGerman silver (tin and nickel) and commercial hide
Dimensions.1 (Left Armband): 1 5/8 × 4 5/8 × 4 1/2 inches (4.13 × 11.75 × 11.43 cm)
.2 (Right Armband): 1 5/8 × 4 3/4 × 4 1/2 inches (4.13 × 12.07 × 11.43 cm)
.2 (Right Armband): 1 5/8 × 4 3/4 × 4 1/2 inches (4.13 × 12.07 × 11.43 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025
Object number2025.56.53.1,2
Signed"Made by Bruce Caesar 1979" on interior of both cuffs
MarkingsSticker on one: "42.00"
On View
Not on viewPurchased from Southern Plains Indian Museum shop, Anadarko, OK by Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010), 1977-1983;
His bequest to the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM, 2010-2025;
The Coe Center's gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2025.
Coe, Ralph T., Lost and Found Traditions: Native American Art, 1965–1985, Seattle, WA, University of Washington Press, 1988), 144, no. 172.
Dubin, Lois Scherr, "North American Indian Jewelry and Adornment," (New York City: Harry N. Abrams Press, Inc., 1999), 144, fig. 1194.
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