Materials

Buckskin leather used for base material and tie closures. Glass beads, trade cloth (possibly cotton) used to cover outer and inner sides of wristlets, respectively.

Techniques or Format

Beads sewn on to buckskin using "lazy stitch" technique, cloth lining folded over edges of buckskin and stitched on, ties appear to be threaded through holes in one side of the wristlet and attached to the other.

Motifs and Patterns

Red geometric crosses, black-on-yellow checkerboard pattern, black "v" shape filled with blue field, blue and red stripes along base.

Original and Subsequent Uses

Believed to be made for tourist trade due to minimal amount of wear; possibly originated from Grass Dance tradition

Condition: Overall good, some loosened rows of beading, some fraying on edges of cloth lining.

Current Location: Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA, USA

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: P2042

Exhibition History

"Ways of Seeing/Exhibiting American Indian Art: The Pomona College Collection," Montgomery Gallery, 1/19-3/20/94.

GKS Reference Number: 25097