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1992.22.14.2

Leather armlet.

1992.22.14.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Leather armlet.
Long description
One of a pair of leather armlets, covered with blue, white and orange-red beadwork in lane stitch. The beadwork was worked on hessian and then backed with leather. The armlets fasten by means of thongs threaded through holes in the leather. Sewn with commercial yarn.
Person
Maker Newton David Munro Turvey
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Kathleen Turvey
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1992
Date collected
By 1992
Acquisition information
Donated: 28/08/1992
Materials and processes
Material Animal Skin, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Bead, Material Textile, Process Beadwork, Process Woven
Dimensions
Width: max 139 mm, Length: max 240 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1992.22.14.2
Research and responses

It seems likely that these were made by collector. The collection includes supplies of all the beads used, as well as an offcut of this type of leather. Lines were drawn on the hessian to help position the beads. These may have been inspired by the armbands worn by Oglala Lakota during their visit to London in 1925-26 (DOC).

Search terms: Ornament, Arm Ornament

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