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Catalog Number

CAS 1988-0005-0040C   CAS 1988-0005-0040C; Beaded panel
Category Bead & Leatherwork
Object Name Beaded panel
Culture Lakota Sioux
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. unknown
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. late 1800s to early 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Leather; Glass beads; String
Description Small, rectangular panel with a symmetrical, beaded geometric pattern; This consists of a two stepped isosceles triangles in blue and red placed tip to tip and separated by a central diamond in blue, red and yellow; Evenly spaced along unequal sides of both triangles are four blue isosceles triangles; On either short edge are four crosses possible representing the four directions; Collected by American artist Maynard Dixon (1875-1946) prior to 1940.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 9.9, Thickness = 0.4, Length = 15.0