sash of Metacomet

sash of Metacomet

sash of Metacomet

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Introduction

Narrow sash made from red wool that incorporates blue wool and nearly 1900 white glass beads embroidered using plant fiber to create a curvilinear design. The selvedges, or edges of the fabric which include wax resist lines, are visible at the edges of the belt. The sash’s 19th-century label reads “Belt of the Indian King Philip”, suggesting that this object was owned and worn by the Wampanoag sachem Metacomet, called "King Philip" by the English.

Name of Maker(s): Anonymous Wampanoag artist
Nation of Maker: Other
Nation of Origin

Sash is Wampanoag.

Place of Origin: Massachusetts, USA
Date Made or Date Range: Mid 17 C to Late 17 C
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Peabody Museum catalogue record, GRASAC RA Autumn Epple

Materials

Sheep wool, glass beads, plant fibre (possibly Indian hemp Apocynum cannabinum), Madder dye (possibly Rubia tinctorium L.), Indigo dye.

Dimensions: 131 × 9.5 × 0 cm
Condition: Fair. Many beads are missing.
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

PMAE catalogue record

Current Location: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 90-17-10/49333
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1890
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Gift of the American Antiquarian Society
Previous Collectors: Col. Keyes
GKS Reference Number: 58925
How to Cite this Item

Image © President and Fellows of Harvard College, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 90-17-10/49333

Record Creation Context

Record created by Autumn Epple GRASAC RA June 3 2021

Approximate Place of Origin

41.774, -70.816

Source of Information about Places

Wampanoag territory is in Massachusetts.

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