Common stroud (blue), black broadcloth, sz. 10 seed beads (greasy teal, turquoise and yellow, clear transparent, gold, dark green, opalescent, and salmon, opaque turquoise, dusty rose, mustard, medium blue and medium green; paper, cotton thread.

Cloth cut with raw edges; black broadcloth inserted betweeen front and back of stroud with overlapped cloth attached with running stitch seam. Beadwork sewn directly on the cloth from a paper pattern on top of the cloth, of which the exposed part was later cut away. There was also a layer of paper on the back side that was cut or torn away after the beadworking was complete.

1" wide white selvedge of stroud forms the front and back bottom edge. Beadwork design is identical re design and color front and back. It is composed of floral motifs that are symetrical vertically from the center. At the base are three elaborated "tulip" shapes joined by stems. Out of the center of the two side ones is a single stem with one five petal flower. The central tulip sprouts three stems, each of which further subdivide. The outer ones divide into two stems, one with a unidentified curvy blob, the other with a five petal flower with spiraling tenticles. The central stem divides into three further stems that terminate in circles topped with bud-like shapes.

NMAI records of acquisition.

Neave, James L.; Boswell, Mrs. Margaret, etc.; Gift/Presentation.

This record was created on site at NMAI by the GRASAC members listed below. Ann McMullen and Pat Nietfeld of NMAI supported the research onsite. Cory Willmott's research was funded by a grant from the American Philosophical Society. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville provided Cory with an RA, Ceara Horsley, in Fall 2008 to work on GRASAC data entry. (CH)