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hair binder, pendant, woven ornament
hair binder, pendant, woven ornament
hair binder, pendant, woven ornament
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Introduction
A bead-woven band decorated with silk ribbons, collected by William Jones from a Mesquakie woman near Tama, Iowa.
Nation of Maker:
Other
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)
obtained from a Mesquakie woman
Place of Origin:
Tama, IA
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative
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Materials
cotton yarn, seed beads (red/white inside, translucent blue, white, yellow and dark blue), wool tassles (violet, red), faded red silk ribbon
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.
Condition:
good, ribbons faded, missing beads
Provenance
Current Location:
Ethnologisches Museum Berlin, Germany
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
IV-B-6365 b
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
1083
Record Creation Context
This record was created as part of a SSHRC-funded research trip to Berlin November 10-13, 2009.
Approximate Place of Origin