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Chair, Ah-Day: The Favorite One's Chair
This is a chair. It was made by Teri Greeves and Dennis Esquivel. It is dated 2002 and we acquired it in 2022. Its medium is cherry wood, glass beads, deer hide, metal, and brass tacks. It is a part of the department.
Teri Greeves and Dennis Esquivel created the Ah-Day chair to commemorate the birth of their first child. The title references their son’s position as the ah-day, the favorite child within a Kiowa family representing hope and familial legacy. Greeves believes the custom relates to the trauma of colonial genocide, since the ah-day may have had the greatest chance of surviving the brutality of conquest. The chair’s design also honors the artistry of Kiowa women.
It is credited Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 96.5 × 33 × 48.3 cm (38 × 13 × 19 in.)
Cite this object as
Chair, Ah-Day: The Favorite One's Chair; Made by Teri Greeves (American (Kiowa), born 1970), Dennis Esquivel (American (Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa), born 1970); cherry wood, glass beads, deer hide, metal, and brass tacks; H x W x D: 96.5 × 33 × 48.3 cm (38 × 13 × 19 in.); Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund; 2022-16-1
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Acquired! Shaping the National Design Collection.
