Red and Green Beadwork Strap
date: label: Date
content: late 20th-early 21st Century
name: label: Artist
content: Ira Blount
notes: label: Caption
content: Local artist Ira Blount designed this beadwork strap in a repeating pattern of rectangles, geometric shapes, and stripes in alternating red and green seed beads. When viewed from a distance, the central design resembles a diamond with small green embellishments in each corner. When viewed up close, the diamond shape becomes a cross. The elongated strap demonstrates how perspective shapes a work of art.
label: Caption
content: After moving to Washington, DC following World War II, Ira Blount mastered dozens of artisanal crafts. His love for crafting, learning, and community engagement would endure over the course of his long life and career.
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content: Anacostia Community Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Cite As
content: Gift of Ira Blount
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Anacostia Community Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2011.0004.0124
objectType: label: Type
content: beadwork
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: glass beads, nylon thread
label: Dimensions
content: 16 1/4 × 1 3/16 × 1/4 in. (41.3 × 3 × 0.7 cm)