Lot 38
  • 38

Eastern Woodlands Finger-Woven Beaded Sash

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • cloth
finely woven in wool, the broad central panel with a series of stacked chevrons, each outlined with glass beads, the ends with long beaded fringe. 

Provenance

Collection of Herbert G. Wellington

Literature

Pleasing the Spirits, Douglas C. Ewing, New York, 1982, p. 215, pl. 210, illustrated

Condition

Typical wear for its age with areas of broken warp resulting in fraying. The ends are in raveling in places.
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