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ProvenancePaul Grey, Lebannon, Ohio; Donald Ellis, Dundas, Ontario
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.63.
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. 70.
Culture
Mesquakie
Heddle
Datec. 1850
MediumWood (maple?)
DimensionsOverall: 10 1/4 × 10 × 3/4 in. (26 × 25.4 × 1.9 cm)
Object numberT0310
Credit LineLoan from the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextThis heddle, a device used in the loom-woven beadworking process, has two extremely stylized underwater panthers symmetrically framing its upper edge. The circle in the top center marks the division between the panthers’ heads. Their elongated bodies run the length of the upper edge and the graduated semi-circles indicate their legs. Their tails hang down the sides of the heddle and reach the wavy carving at the bottom edge, alluding to the watery depths where the panthers reside.ProvenancePaul Grey, Lebannon, Ohio; Donald Ellis, Dundas, Ontario
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.63.
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. 70.
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