AN OSAGE LOOM-BEADED SASH. . c. 1890. ...

Description

AN OSAGE LOOM-BEADED SASH

c. 1890

loom-woven with red wool yarn warps, decorated with a geometric and leaf pattern in various shades of glass seed beads, red and green wool yarn fringe

Osage bead workers preferred a relatively spare design field and frequently used red yarn warps for the subtle shading effect it produced. See Bailey, Garrick, and Swan, Daniel, Art of the Osage, St. Louis Art Museum and U. of Washington Press, 2004, pp. 156, 183, and 184.

Length: 25 ½ inches overall

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