Loom-woven beaded arm bands with fringe

Titles: Loom-woven beaded arm bands with fringe (Supplied title)

Description: A pair of loom-woven beaded arm bands with multicolored glass seed beads in geometric design. Ends are bound with red wool tape with red and blue yarn fringe sewn on both ends. Possibly Dakota, Ojibwe or Ho Chunk.

Dates

• Approximately 1860 - Approximately 1901 (Date range based on time Bishop Whipple spent in Minnesota working for various government commissions for Indian Affairs) (Creation)

Creation

• collected by: Whipple, Henry Benjamin

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 1846.A,B

Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Gift of the Sibley House Association of the Minnesota Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 pair items

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 13 1/2 inches length (A)
• 3 1/2 inches width (A)
• 10 1/2 inches length (A. fringe length)
• 13 1/4 inches length (B)
• 3 5/8 inches width (B)
• 11 inches length (B. fringe length)

Subjects

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