Diagonal plaiting on horsehair. Zig-zag design done with white, black, and light red glass beads. Each end attached to a buckskin thong. Broken with some beads missing.
Donor:
Frederick V. Kellogg Jr.
Collection place:
McAlester, Pittsburg, Oklahoma
Verbatim coll. place:
Oklahoma; Pittsburg; McAlester
Culture or time period:
Plains and Prairie tribes
Collector:
Frederick V. Kellogg Sr.
Collection date:
late 1800 - 1899
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 53 centimeters
Comment:
References: Whiteford, Andrew Hunter. North American Indian Arts, A Golden Science Guide, p 90.