Native American Indian artifact from the Artistry & Identity collection - Plateau - Cayuse? Strip

Exhibit Area: Artistry & Identity

Case Number: 6E

Item Number: WC8803020

Category: Strip - Blanket Strip

Region: Plateau

Tribe: Plateau - Cayuse?

Period: 1880

Materials: Native tanned buffalo hide; multi-colored glass pony beads; red wool trade cloth; brass hawk bells; sinew sewn.

Description: This blanket strip is made of native tanned buffalo hide and decorated with glass pony beads, red wool trade cloth and brass bells. There is photograph of this strip sewn onto a Navaho blanket.

Condition: Very good

Dimensions: Length 68.5 inches; Diameter of rosettes 6 inches

Provenance:

Photo of a Nez Perce women with this blanket strip in files. Slickpoo family, Lapwai, Idaho Duane Alderman, Pendleton, Oregon Jerry VanderHowen, Yakima, Washington Note: Duane Alderman states in an email, The Pony beaded strip I collected from the Slickpoo family at Lapwai, Idaho in the early 1980's. It was sewn on a 3rd phase navajo blanket but no one wanted the two together as the price was too dear. I separated the blanket from the strip and sold the blanket to Murray Arrowsmith and the beaded strip to Jerry VanderHowen of Yakima. Alexander Gallery Epic Fine Arts Co. - Masco Corp.