Beadwork"They in a very friendly manner, tied plenty of bead garters round my neck, arms and legs and decorated me a la mode America" -- James Adair "In the winter season the woman gather buffalos hair, a sort of coarse brown
curled wool: and having spun it as fine as they can and properly doubled it,
they put small beads of different colors upon the yarn as they work it.
The figures they work into those small webs are generally uniform, but
sometimes they diversify them on both sides." -- James Adair |
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"The women likewise make very pretty belts and collars of beads and wampum also belts and garters of worsted." -- Henry Timberlake  These items are done using a warp faced weaving technique. This style of
beadwork was done during the 18th century to make garters, sashes, hair
drops, and collars as well as shot bags. This style of work can be seen on
items from the great lakes to the South east but the majority of surviving
items of this type I know about have a south east attribution. Please check
back as I plan to add more beaded items to this page over the next few
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| The top garter in each picture is based of a pair in a Scottish collection with a southeastern attribution. They are done on red red yarn and are 13 1/2 inches long by 2 inches wide with 11 inch fringe. -- $130 The lower garter in each picture is based on a pair in a Russian collection I have handled. The center section is 9 inches long by 3 inches wide with 10 1/2 inch fringe. -- $130 |
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