Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1988-0005-0027A | |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Beaded shirt strips | |
| Culture | Arapaho | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Plains area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1900 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Leather; Glass beads; String | |
| Description | Long, narrow beaded panels, possibly intended for leggings; Design, on white background, consists of three stepped equilateral triangles primarily in light blue; A double border outlines the triangles, the first is beaded in solid red and the second is dark blue with yellow; Separating the triangles are two-bead width band s each with four diamonds placed perpendicularly to the bands; Diamonds are dark blue with yellow centers; Triangles stretch from top to bottom while bands only extend 1/4" from edges; Collected by American artist Maynard Dixon (1875-1946) prior to 1940. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 10.0, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 73.0 | |