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Object Number
995-29-10/74020
Display Title
Finger-woven sash/belt, chevron pattern in red, green, and yellow
Descriptions
Object Description
Finger-woven sash/belt of central panel in double chevron pattern and side strips with a curved wave design outlined in beading. The center is 10.5 cm wide, red, green, and yellow aniline dyed commercial z-spun s-twist acrylic yarns obliquely interlaced to make a double-chevron pattern, yellow portions of the design a little wider than the red and green. The side strips are sewn on after the interlacing is completed, in a blue yarn slightly darker and finer than that used in the body of the piece. The sides are also finger-woven, in a bright royal blue commercial z-spun s-twisted yarn, 3.7 cm wide at each side of the sash. Zig-zagging the length of the blue strips is a red element, twined over the blue base elements as the strips were being made. On either side of th[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description
Sash, finger-woven, in blue, red, green, yellow with white seed beads
Classification
- Sash
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1950s-1980s
Culture
- Osage
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Additional Geographic Terms
Great Lakes region
Materials
Acrylic, Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 236 x 17.5 x 0.3 cm (92 15/16 x 6 7/8 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/74020
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(01/01/1950-01/01/1993)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(10/23/1995)
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