Sash/Belt

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Culture/People
Eastern Band of Cherokee [Qualla Boundary]
Artist/Maker
Sally Tramper George (Mrs. Guy George), Eastern Band of Cherokee, 1923-2000
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
Artist/Maker
Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual (Qualla Arts & Crafts Cooperative/Qualla Arts & Crafts Coop/Qualla Crafts), 1946-
Object Name
Sash/Belt
Media/Materials
Felt, commercially tanned leather, glass bead/beads, thread
Techniques
Loom beadwork, sewn, fringed
Dimensions
178.0 x 7.0 x 0.6 cm
Object Type
Clothing/Garments: Accessories
Place
Cherokee, Eastern Cherokee Reservation, Qualla Boundary; Swain County; North Carolina; USA
Date created
1960-1980
Collection History
Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Qualla Arts and Crafts Cooperative (Cherokee, North Carolina) at an unknown date; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
Catalog Number
26/1202
Barcode
261202.000
See related items
Eastern Band of Cherokee [Qualla Boundary]
Clothing/Garments: Accessories
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
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