Fragment of textile with a floral beadwork design.

Collection type: Object
Description: Fragment of textile with a floral beadwork design.
Long description: Fragment of textile with a floral beadwork design. The fragment is a rectangular piece of dark brown fabric which flares at one end. On one face is a flowing beadwork design of leaves, stems and flowers in green, red, pink, blue and yellow beads in different hues and levels of translucency.
Geographical reference: United States of America
Northern America > North America > United States of America
Cultural groups: Chippewa
Person: Field collector Raymond Wilkes; PRM source David Wilkes
Date / Period: Date made: 1860-1950
Acquisition information: Donated: 30/08/2016
Materials and processes: Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Bead, Process Woven, Process Stitched, Process Beadwork
Dimensions: Width: max 58 mm, Length: max 165 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2017.103.36 Other numbers: 31
Research and responses: This object is part of a collection put together by English Hobbyist Raymond Wilkes. The collection combines English, European or North American-made hobbyist material, some objects made by Wilkes himself, and some Native American-made objects. This beaded fragment was probably made by the Ojibwa in the late 19th or early 20th century, perhaps in Minnesota. [JMC 25/2/2019]

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