Woven dance belt in blue and white horizontal stripes / Louis Fish
Essay/Description
Belt is heddle/loom woven. Tassels are braided in a three-ply technique. A yarn dance belt with three tasseled cords at its middle point and two on each end. Blue and white yarn woven to produce horizontal stripes. Two panels are joined with three braided tassels at the mid-point (which is worn at one hip). The pairs of tassels at each end are knotted together at the other hip, closing the belt around the waist.
Curatorial Remarks
This belt is constructed using the heddle weave technique. The yarn used to make the belt is a worsted weight yarn.
Karen Berry, Cherokee artist, 2019.
Karen Berry, Cherokee artist, 2019.