Black velveteen, black linen plain weave, black cotton sateen, wool tape (purple, dark green), sz. 10 seed beads (clear: gold, dark green, transparent, lime green, dusty rose, grey, light blue; greasy turquoise and blue, color-lined salmon, opalescent pink and bluish grey; opaque dusty rose, white, turquoise, two tones of lime green, yellow, medium green, light brown, periwinkle blue, navy.

Fabric base is machine sewn with sateen at center flanked by linen and then velvet base for beadwork. The linen and velvet parts are lined with linen and bound all around with wool tape with green on the sides and purple at both front and back ends. The sateen is unlined, with the edges folded over and machine-stitched down. The beadwork is sewn directly on to the velvet following a line pattern drawn on the fabric with flour or paste. Sewing is not visible on the back (underneath lining).

Asymetrical floral or pseudo symetrical typically Ojibwa floral motifs linked by meandering lines. Entirely different pattern on front and back. Large leaves, various flowers, circular berryish motifs, composite floral motifs. On one side, some motifs are symetrical from center axis, particularly those that are in four corners of design field. On the other side, there is a pseudo symetrical effect based around a diagonal line from bottom left to top right.

NMAI catalog card states: "Made expressly for Frederick Schaefer, (Sinta Maza), by Indian members of the Buffalo Bill troupe about 1908, during appearances at Madison Square Garden, New York City."

NMAI records indicate that this item was made expressly for Frederick Schaefer (Sinta Maza) by Indian members of the Buffalo Bill troupe around 1908 during their appearences at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Schaefer, Frederick M. E.; Gift/Presentation.

Indian Art Travel Exhibit, 1973

NMAI card catalogue.

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)