Title
Sash
Identifier
ABDUA:5516
Description
(loom?)-woven belt. Red wool warp and tan weft. There is one tan warp (one strand of a double warp) between beads 6/7 (or 8/9 and 9/10 when counted from the other side)
The majority of the belt has a double warp (one over and one under the weft) – and the pattern is the same within rows (over-under between each bead) but is staggered between neighbouring rows. In a few senctions there is a triple warp (over-under-over).
[for the purpose of this description, the end with the 12 strand fringe will be considered the top and the end with 14 strands the bottom]
The background is made of black beads (not of uniform size).
The pattern consists of 11 double rectangles in white beads (not of uniform size) – 6 small and 5 larger (alternating). The small rectangles are are 9 or 10 beads long and 8 or 9 wide, and the smaller inner square is 5 or 6 long and 4 or 5 wide and filled in entirely. The large rectangles are 12 or 14 long 12 or 13 wide and the inner 9 or 10 long 8 or 9 wide
The sash widens to 15 beads just underneath the first rectangle from the top and narrows back to 14 between the 6th and 7th rectangles.
Just underneath the first rectangle from the top there is a section with some irregularities: part of a row (weft) of black beads is missing leaving a narrow gap, and the width goes from 14 to 15 beads.
The sash has a fringe of white barrel beads with a single line (perpendicular to the lentgh of the sash) in black barrel beads in the middle (4 white, one black, four white). A knot in the red thread holds the beads in place, the rest of the string is left loose.
One fringe has 12 of these lines of barrel beads, the other has 14. The end with 12 has one empty strand (the 4th/9th)
Each line of barrel beads is strung on two warp threads – one from each side of a line of black beads. There is a double weft after the final row of beads, then about a centimetre until the first barrel bead. The barrel beads are not very uniform, espeically the edges, and some are dented or chipped.
Between 5700-5800 beads in total
The majority of the belt has a double warp (one over and one under the weft) – and the pattern is the same within rows (over-under between each bead) but is staggered between neighbouring rows. In a few senctions there is a triple warp (over-under-over).
[for the purpose of this description, the end with the 12 strand fringe will be considered the top and the end with 14 strands the bottom]
The background is made of black beads (not of uniform size).
The pattern consists of 11 double rectangles in white beads (not of uniform size) – 6 small and 5 larger (alternating). The small rectangles are are 9 or 10 beads long and 8 or 9 wide, and the smaller inner square is 5 or 6 long and 4 or 5 wide and filled in entirely. The large rectangles are 12 or 14 long 12 or 13 wide and the inner 9 or 10 long 8 or 9 wide
The sash widens to 15 beads just underneath the first rectangle from the top and narrows back to 14 between the 6th and 7th rectangles.
Just underneath the first rectangle from the top there is a section with some irregularities: part of a row (weft) of black beads is missing leaving a narrow gap, and the width goes from 14 to 15 beads.
The sash has a fringe of white barrel beads with a single line (perpendicular to the lentgh of the sash) in black barrel beads in the middle (4 white, one black, four white). A knot in the red thread holds the beads in place, the rest of the string is left loose.
One fringe has 12 of these lines of barrel beads, the other has 14. The end with 12 has one empty strand (the 4th/9th)
Each line of barrel beads is strung on two warp threads – one from each side of a line of black beads. There is a double weft after the final row of beads, then about a centimetre until the first barrel bead. The barrel beads are not very uniform, espeically the edges, and some are dented or chipped.
Between 5700-5800 beads in total
Date
1700-1800
Creator
Creek Cherokee
Physical Dimensions
Overall length (including fringe): 1651 mm; width: 45 mm. Length excluding fringe: 1166 mm. Small white squares (approximately): l: 100 mm, w: 80 mm Large white squares (approximately) l: 140 mm, w: 120 mm.
Materials
wool, glass (bead)
Location
North America, United States of America, South East
URL
https://calm.abdn.ac.uk/museums/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=ABDUA%3a5516&pos=1