Object type: ethnography / Collection place: Northern Great Lakes, United States / Culture or time period: Great Lakes cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-45411, described as Beaded cloth "Friendship bag": Multilayered cloth with multicolored floral design in glass "seed" beads. Bottom section square, edged with green ribbon, fringed with purple, blue and red wool yarn, backed with cloth. Two rectangular top strips edged with green ribbon, backed with cloth. Seam between 2 rectangles reddened on inside green ribbon. Rip in lining at upper right edge of bottom piece. Beads missing from lower left corner. 3500 written on lining bottom left corner. Ribbon stained.

Hearst Museum object titled Band, accession number 2-62126, described as Woven beadwork. White ground with blue and red-on-white glass seed beads in linear geometric design; ends joined to form continuous circle; some beads missing. Square weave.

Hearst Museum object titled Band, accession number 2-62139, described as Woven beadwork. Light blue and red-on-white glass seed beads in linear geometric design on white ground, red and yellow wool yarn fringe mixed with cotton warp threads at one end, braided warp threads and small amount of yarn at opposite end. Square weave.

Hearst Museum object titled Band, accession number 2-62152, described as Woven beadwork. Repeated geometric and stylized floral design using blue, black, yellow, green and rose-on-white glass seed beads on white ground, ends joined to form continuous circle. Cotton thread, square weave.

Hearst Museum object titled Band, accession number 2-62137, described as Woven beadwork. Multi-colored glass seed beads in geometric design on white ground, loose warp threads at each end, small number of beads missing. Cotton thread, square weave.

Hearst Museum object titled Band, accession number 2-62130, described as Woven beadwork. Repeated geometric design using multicolored glass seed beads on white ground. Each end divided into 4 separate bands. At end of each band a multi-sided dark blue bead with a magenta-colored cotton thread tassel. Square weave.

Hearst Museum object titled Band, accession number 2-62128, described as Woven beadwork. White ground with blue, yellow, green and red glass seed beads in geometric design, warp ends braided at each end. Some beads missing. Square weave, cotton thread.