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  • Gray tweed purse with black and white geometric patterning and one black leather handle on the front and back. A black brand label with white text in the center reads, “EMME Studio. Lenapehoking.”
  • Back of a gray tweed bag with geometric patterning. Black leather vertically lines the center body of the bag and extends to create the handles on the front and back.

Emme Studio

Carry a Little Handbag
Recent Acquisition

Description

Maker

Emme Studio (Native American)
Korina Emmerich (b. 1985)

Title

Carry a Little Handbag
Misshapen Chaos of Well Seeming Forms Collection

Year

Fall 2022

Medium

  • Pendleton® fabric (wool and cotton),
  • leather straps,
  • metal hardware; handmade

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Pendleton® fabric (wool and cotton),
  • leather straps,
  • metal hardware; handmade

Dimensions

Height and top width: 21.6 x 30.5 cm (8 1/2 x 12 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum purchase: gift of Frances Middendorf

Object Number

2023.3.5

Type

  • Costume

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Diné Textiles
Nizhónígo Hadadít’eh, They are Beautifully Dressed
Sep 02, 2023 – Sep 29, 2024

Label copy

Korina Emmerich founded her slow-fashion brand, Emme Studio, to “expose and dismantle systems of oppression in the fashion industry and challenge colonial ways of thinking.” She grew up in Oregon, where Pendleton Woolen Mills is based. As an Indigenous designer of Puyallup heritage (Washington State), Emmerich uses Pendleton fabric to reclaim Native American patterns.

Pendleton frequently stole designs from Diné weavers; this example includes the Spider Woman cross, seen in the chief-style blanket also in this case. Pendleton named this textile “Kiva Steps” in reference to the terraced steps of Hopi and Pueblo underground ceremonial rooms.

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Emme Studio (Native American)
Korina Emmerich (b. 1985)
Carry a Little Handbag ; Misshapen Chaos of Well Seeming Forms Collection, Fall 2022
Pendleton® fabric (wool and cotton), leather straps, metal hardware; handmade
Height and top width: 21.6 x 30.5 cm (8 1/2 x 12 inches)
Museum purchase: gift of Frances Middendorf 2023.3.5

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