Leg Band Item Number: 579/2 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Pair of matching bands of beadwork with long, multicoloured wool fringes at each end. Beadwork is multicoloured and geometric, with recurrent diamond shapes and an emphasis on the colour pink. Wool fringes are predominantly blue, green and red, and all but one are knotted.
Narrative
Collected by Stephen Foster in St. Louis c. 1880; they later passed to his neice (the donor's mother), Katherine Foster Aikins of Naramata, B.C, and after that to the donor.
Item History
- Made in Missouri, USA ? before 1900
- Collected during 1880
- Owned by Harriet Aikins Beichman before December 10, 1979
- Received from Harriet Aikins Beichman (Donor) on December 10, 1979
What
- Name
- Leg Band
- Identification Number
- 579/2 a-b
- Type of Item
- band
- Material
- glass, wool fibre ?, cotton fibre ? and dye
- Part A
- height 5.8 cm, width 38.8 cm
- Part B
- height 5.3 cm, width 38.6 cm
Who
- Culture
- Sioux ?
- Previous Owner
- Harriet Aikins Beichman
- Received from
- Harriet Aikins Beichman (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Missouri, USA ?
When
- Creation Date
- before 1900
- Collection Date
- during 1880
- Ownership Date
- before December 10, 1979
- Acquisition Date
- on December 10, 1979
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles; beadwork
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 44
- Accession Number
- 0579/0002 a-b