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Catalog Number CAS 1988-0005-0042   CAS 1988-0005-0042; Beadwork
Category Bead & Leatherwork
Object Name Beadwork
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 early 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Leather; Glass beads; Thread
Description Leather band beaded on one side in lazy stitch; Pattern consists of pairs of right triangles in red, yellow, light and dark blue separated by stacked squares in blue; Pairs divided by red crosses tipped in red and blue right triangles; Collected by American artist Maynard Dixon (1875-1946) prior to 1940.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 5.7, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 42.0