Beaded Leather Strap

Beaded Leather Strap

Beaded leather strap ( ?-skin), elongated rectangle, lazy stitch, geometric pattern on one side only, glass seed beads, pink field, pattern colors - green, yellow and translucent red, design is 5 triangles, evenly spaced, half the triangles are green and half is yellow, triangle is boardered in red, three red rectangles on each end of strap. One row of pink field is missing in one spot. Thick leather, backing thread is sinew. Stitching on back is 6 straight rows of stitching. US or SA is written on back.
  • Object: Beaded Leather Strap
  • Artist: Unknown
  • Circa: 1800's
  • Dimensions: 28 x 2 3/4"
  • Culture Area: Plateau
  • Cultural Group: Crow
  • Cultural Context: -
  • Donor: Betty B. Goshay
  • Catalog #: 97.299