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Exhibition History"Arrows of the Spirit: North American Indian Adornment from Prehistoric to Present," 2000. Mingei International, San Diego, CA, August 27, 1999 - January 31, 2000.
ProvenanceSaunders Collection, Washington, D.C.; Brandt Saunders, Charleston, South Carolina; Richard Pohrt, Jr., Flint, Michigan
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.40.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 16.
Culture
Choctaw
Sash
Datec. 1830
DimensionsOverall: 3 × 56 1/4 in. (7.6 × 142.9 cm)
Object numberT0240
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextChoctaw women emphasized their beadwork designs by using bright white beads against a dark blue cloth background. This contrast created a strong graphic element in their compositions. Curvilinear motifs, scrolls and sun symbols relating to cosmological beliefs dominate the designs worked on sashes. Such imagery can be traced back to ancient Mississippian cultures (1000-1600 A.D.). Choctaw men wore one or two sashes diagonally across their chests as an emblem of their high rank.Exhibition History"Arrows of the Spirit: North American Indian Adornment from Prehistoric to Present," 2000. Mingei International, San Diego, CA, August 27, 1999 - January 31, 2000.
ProvenanceSaunders Collection, Washington, D.C.; Brandt Saunders, Charleston, South Carolina; Richard Pohrt, Jr., Flint, Michigan
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.40.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 16.
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