Quilled Fringe Item Number: 50.67.34 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
This fringe is made from a partially tanned strip of buffalo hide that is wrapped at the top with bird quills. Several lines of this quill wrapped fringe combine to form repeated blocks of color. Usually quillwork comes down longer. The top of the quilled section has a row of white beads that resemble olivella shells.Usually quillwork comes down longer.From left to right the blocks are: blue, black, and brown (perhaps once orange) repeated in sequence. .The shell beads are unusual and the porcupine quill and white beads come from over in the Minnesota area. It is too wide for a pipe bag. Possibly Mandan-Hidatsa area or Sioux.
Credit Line
Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund
Item History
- Made between 1800 and 1825
What
- Name
- Quilled Fringe
- Identification Number
- 50.67.34
- Type of Item
- fringe
- Material
- buffalo hide, buckskin, porcupine quill and shell bead
- Overall
- length 16.0 in, width 9.0 in
Who
- Culture
- Sioux and Mandan Hidatsa
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1800 and 1825
Other
- Classification
- Accessory