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Collection: Warnock
Item Number: WC8308068
Category: Strap - burden strap
Region: Northeast
Tribe: Iroquois
Period: 1775-1800
Materials: Vegetable fiber; dyed moosehair; white glass beads
Description: Braided and twined burden strap, the central section decorated with moosehair. Intricate units of geometric designs repeat each other along the length, the alternating units being inverted
Dimensions: Length (overall) 188.75 inches 479.5 cm; Length (decorative panel) 21.75 inches 55.2 cm
Provenance:
Charles Messiter Collection
Alexander Gallery
Epic Fine Arts Co./Masco Corp.
Exhibitions:
Akicita, The Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, May 17 1983 - July 10, 1983
Splendid Heritage, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, May 27, 1995 - September 27, 1995,
Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, October 23, 1998 - October 3, 1999
References:
Sotheby's Auction Catalogue, Sotheby's, New York, Sale 4842Y, Lot 278, April 24, 1982
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