Finger-Woven, Quilled, and Beaded Sash

Place of OriginNorth America

Datelate 18th century

Dimensions73 × 5 × 3/8 in. (185.4 × 12.7 × 1 cm)

Mediumwool, natural dyes, glass beads, porcupine quills

ClassificationTextiles and Fiber

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey, by exchange

Object number

2023.361

On View

Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 18

DescriptionFinely and intricately finger woven in black wool, interspersed with opaque, white glass pony beads, in a concentric zigzag pattern. The warps extended to form tightly plaited and twisted fringe; decorated with porcupine quillwork on the panel and fringe.

Published ReferencesPhillips, Ruth B. and Dale Idiens, “‘A Casket of Savage Curiosities’: Eighteenth-century Objects from Northeastern North America in the Farquharson Collection,” Journal of the History of Collections, 1994, vol. 6, no. 1.Comparative ReferencesSee also Brasser, Ted J., “Bo’jou, Neejee!”: Profiles of Canadian Indian Art, Ottawa: The National Museum of Man, 1976, pl. 102. [A comparable sash, dated to circa 1780]