| Collection | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Human Culture Collection |
| Object Name | Sash |
| band |
| belt |
| garter |
| 301 |
| Object Number | ABDUA:5518 |
| Other Number | E130D |
| Other Number Type | old number |
| Brief Description | Loom-woven beaded sash with background of white beads, and black beads in a geometric 'H'-like motif which appears nine times. The motifs are placed with the long sides of the ‘H’-es running parallel to the length of the sash. The sash is 26 beads wide. The motifs have three white beads on each side, and the black lines forming the ‘H’ are two beads wide. The motifs are filled in with white – four beads wide, and the short line in the centre of the H is three beads high. The beads are of somewhat irregular size.
The warp is red/dark orange wool which appears to have been dyed irregularly as it is mottled with a tan colour and there is only one warp between each ‘column’ of beads. The twisted fibre weft goes over-under-over-under.
There is no weft underneath the final rows of beads. Instead, two warps from each side of a bead are twisted together, holding the bead in place. Some of these twists – specifically the shorter ones, have come undone. Some of the longer ones are knotted in several places.
Roughly 9,670 beads |
| Dimensions | Overall length (including fringe): 1695 mm; width: 88 mm. Length without fringe: 1335 mm. |
| Materials | wool, glass (bead) |
| Condition | Fair |
| Completeness Note | Roughly 9,670 beads |
| Technique | finger weaving, beadwork |
| Maker | Creek Cherokee |
| Object Production Date | 1700-1800 |
| Place Key | North America, United States of America, South East |
| Publication Note | Reid, R W (1912) Illustrated Catalogue of the Anthropological Museum, University of Aberdeen, p263 (one illustrated p264) |