sampler

Dublin Core

Title

sampler

Description

Sampler, tan background with black, gold, green, blue, and red script, five sets of the alphabet, separated with lines of decorative motifs. Signed at bottom "Victoria Whitehair Osage Mission / 1859."

According to the 1857 "Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs," M.C. Victoria Whitehair (transcribed as "H.C." in printed report) entered the school in 1852, and she was 10 years old in August 1857. She may be the "Mary Victory Cecile White Hair" born to Chief George White Hair and baptized by Father J.J. Bax, SJ, at 14 days old on January 2, 1848.

See LOREtto blog post: https://www.lorettocommunity.org/unraveling-the-background-of-victoria-whitehairs-sampler/

Creator

Victoria Whitehair

Date

1859

Format

16.5" x 19"

Type

Textiles

Identifier

0344

Files

0344.JPG

Citation

Victoria Whitehair, “sampler,” Loretto Heritage Center Artifacts, accessed May 15, 2024, https://lorettoheritagecenter.omeka.net/items/show/447.