Bracelets of Dyed Wool
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Jan 1867
name: label: Donor Name
content: John Varden
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "WOVEN CIRCLETS WITH LONG TASSELS ON ONE SIDE. WOVEN OF WHITE COTTON, AND RED AND BLUE WOOL IN DIAMOND DESIGNS. SOMEWHAT WORN. (FRAYED)." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "BRACELETS [sic] (2).-BANDS WOVEN OF RED, WHITE, AND BLUE WOOLS; ENDS FRINGED AND TASSELED. SIOUX INDIANS. LENGTH, 2 FT. 3 INS. WIDTH, 2 INS. DAKOTA, 1867. 5,431. FROM COLLECTION OF J. VARDEN."
label: Notes
content: These may be garters rather than bracelets or armbands. Dr. JoAllyn Archambault, Standing Rock Sioux, NMNH Department of Anthropology, identified as garters also.
label: Notes
content: Finger woven. The weave would technically be "plain oblique interlacing" - meaning, a plain weave on the diagonal. It has twisted fringe, and tassels attached to the fringe. The thread is handspun.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 May 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Missouri River, Plains (Northern), United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 68A00002
label: USNM Number
content: E5431-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Garter
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 69 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 5 cm