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Introduction

A bead-woven band decorated with silk ribbons and brass beads, collected by William Jones from a Mesquakie woman near Tama, Iowa.

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

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Place of Origin: Tama, IA
Materials

beige thread, silk ribbons (red, green, blue, violet, yellow), seed beads (black, white, red/white inside, light and dark blue, translucent green, corn yellow), hollow brass beads

Techniques or Format

A long bead-woven band. The middle part is a rectengular bead-woven stripe with its undecorated warps braided and again woven at both ends in diagonal bead-bands, which are parted in two separate bands, ending in brass beads with attached silk ribbons.

Motifs and Patterns

7 mm (brass beads)

Dimensions: 144 × 2 × 0 cm
Condition: very good
Current Location: Ethnologisches Museum Berlin, Germany
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: IV-B-6364 b
Collection at Current Location: William Jones
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Purchase from William Jones
Collection Narratives and Histories

Other Catalogue Identifiers: original list no.: 353; file no.: 113/04

GKS Reference Number: 27065
Record Creation Context

Created by Nikolaus Stolle during a research visit to the museum commissioned by Ruth Phillips and supported by her research funds.

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