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Woven yarn belt made of commerical yarn colored in maroon and white worn during a stick ball game / Wilma Harley Bear

Essay/Description

A yarn belt with two tassled cords at each end. Red and white yarn woven to produce horizontal stripes. The belt is heddle/loom woven. The pairs of tassels are knotted together at the one hip, closing the belt around the waist. The tassels are braided in a three-ply technique.

Curatorial Remarks

This belt is constructed using the heddle weave technique.

Karen Berry, Cherokee artist, 2019.

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Title(s): 
Woven yarn belt made of commerical yarn colored in maroon and white worn during a stick ball game
Creator(s): 
Wilma Harley Bear (Artist)
Culture: 
Native American; Muscogee (Creek)
Date: 
1999
Place: 
Muskogee, Oklahoma
Materials/Techniques: 
wool
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Accession No: 
95.31
Previous Number(s): 
TL1999.24.4
Department: 
Not On View

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