Description
NDN Armor is a regalia set.
Cuffs: Modern Woodland florals beaded with a variety of seed glass beads, including Czech, true cuts, and opalescent beads, ranging in sizes 11, 12, and 13. Beaded on red velvet cloth using the 2-needle bead embroidery method. Brass cuffs. Commercial buckskin leather backing.
Earrings: Modern Woodland florals beaded with a variety of seed glass beads, including Czech, true cuts, 24-karat gold, and opalescent, ranging in sizes 11, 12, and 13. Beaded on red velvet cloth using the 2-needle bead embroidery method. Gold colored findings. Commercial buckskin leather backing. Features never circulated Wilma Mankiller quarter dangles.
Materials
Velvet, leather, beads, sizes 11, 12, and 13, Wilma Mankiller quarters, brass cuffs.
Dimensions
Earrings: 4.75" x 1.75"
Cuffs: 1.75"
Crystal Rae Wabnum
Kansas Kickapoo Tribe, Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, Cherokee Nation
About the Artist
Master of Public Health, University of Minnesota
She/her/they/them
Crystal has dedicated two decades of her career to community organizing, policy advocacy, and grants management and administration on behalf of tribal communities and communities of color. Residing within occupied Dakota territory, she operates an in-home cultural design studio specializing in modern custom beadwork, uplifting themes of Indigenous beauty, joy, and resistance to white supremacy and U.S. imperialism. Her creative practice centers on healing from PTSD. In February 2023, she launched a consulting practice to provide event planning, strategic planning, project management, research and evaluation services to tribal communities and communities of color. Past clients include the Minnesota Native Artist Alliance, Racing Magpie, and United Southern and Eastern Tribes, to name a few.
