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1939.6.30B

Bead work band with design of chevrons, some beads are sparkling.


1939.6.30B

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bead work band with design of chevrons, some beads are sparkling.
Cultural groups
Chippewa
Person
Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood
PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1939
Date collected
1939
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Bead, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Glass, Process Beadwork, Process Stitched
Dimensions
Width: max 32 mm, Length: max 835 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1939.6.30B
Research and responses

Related Documents File - Includes 'List of objects bought for the Pitt Rivers Museum by Beatrice Blackwood, Summer 1939' and receipts from 'Mr. Fake . . . Park Studio, Park Rapids, Minnesota.' [GI 11/12/2001]

Description by Marcia Anderson, Chief Curator, Minnesota Historical Society, at 1999 visit: [This information applies to 1939.6.28, 1939.6.29, 1939.6.30 ] Loomed beaded bands. Original description as 'three bead chains' is incorrect. All in good to excellent condition. These strips were usually made either as decorative hangings or belts. All three purchased for $5.75. On 1939.6.30 the pattern is of chevrons going in two directions pointing away from the centre of the belt towards the ends. The chevrons are in repeated colours of pink, green, silver (looks like silvered glass intended to mimic cut steel beads), purple and light blue. All beads apart from the blue and silver beads are transparent. Uses small and larger seed beads. The ends are finished in soft leather tabs. [MdeA 8/3/2000]

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