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Dakota beaded blanket strip
64.155.30
Titles: Dakota beaded blanket strip (Supplied title)
Description: Tanned, sinew-sewn Dakota deerskin blanket strip embroidered with glass seed beads. The four-quadrant medallion or rosette design represents the four cardinal directions, and each medallion has a two-stranded center pendant of faceted glass bugle beads strung on each leather thong and finished with a deer dewclaw. Glass seed beads are applied using the lane or lazy stitch. The blanket strip was presented to Minnesota governor Andrew McGill.
Dates
- Not earlier than 1870 - Not later than 1890 (Creation)
Creation
- received by: McGill, A. R. (Andrew Ryan)
Identifiers
- Accession Number: 64.155.30
Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections
Holding Type: 3D Objects
Quantity: 1 item
Format
- Content Category: artifacts
Measurements
- 62 inches length
- 7 1/2 inches width
Subjects
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64.155.30
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