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French Canadian Metis Native American (culture)

Sash (ceinture fléchée), 1800s

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

French Canadian

Title

Sash (ceinture fléchée)

Year

1800s

Medium

Wool

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • wool

Dimensions

Length: 193 cm (76 inches)

Type

  • Fashion,
  • Costume Accessories

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Jesse H. Metcalf

Object Number

23.092

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Form, Pattern, and Function

December 4, 1992 - January 24, 1993

As the Europeans came in contact with the Indians of the Northwest through the fur trade they not only introduced new ideas to the Indians but were in turn influenced by them. The Indians had long produced sashes finger woven in the technique known as oblique interlace, a type of braiding. These sashes were adopted by many traders and Metis involved in the fur trade, who replaced the plant fibers and cotton originally used with a variety of colored wool threads, creating finely woven bright sashes.

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