27/internal/media/dispatcher/713/fullSashc. 183081.6513549798AccessoriesNative American Minds of Colonial America CopyFounders Society PurchaseFirst NationsThe wide sash has long, partially braided fringes. It is woven of wool yarn in stripes of varying width in ochre, red and navy blue. Each stripe has a zigzag pattern worked in white beads. In the central red stripe the zigzag lines overlap to form a lattice or interlace effect.woven area: 9 5/8 x 55 3/4 inches (24.45 x 141.6 cm) length of one fringe: 28 1/2 inches (72.4 cm)Wool yarn, glass beadstrue/internal/media/dispatcher/1066/fullGarterc. 184581.76.113552801AccessoriesNative American Minds of Colonial America CopyFounders Society PurchaseFirst NationsThe garter, of loom-woven beadwork, has long thick fringes with supplementary red, green and blue wool yarn strung at intervals with white beads. The complex geometric design of pink and green on a white background is repeated with subtle variations four times. The design is a pink and black checkerboard butterfly shape at its crossing, four pink squares outlined in black at the corners, green or pink triangles at midpoint between the squares, and, at left and right, vertical bands composed of interlocked alternating diamonds and X's for a positive/negative effect.overall with fringes: 2 3/16 x 31 1/4 inches (5.56 x 79.38 cm)glass beads, cotton fabric and twine, wool yarn, brass hook-eyestrue/internal/media/dispatcher/1305/fullShoulder Bagc. 186081.21613556807AccessoriesAmerican Design Team: Charles and Ray Eames - Formerly owned by tmsadminNative American Minds of Colonial America CopyFounders Society PurchaseFirst NationsThe shoulder bag, with a wide strap, is covered with beadwork embroidery. The strap is attached to the bag on the left side. Each end of the strap has three finger shaped appendages, bound with cloth and beaded in a pattern of four attached diamonds. The left half of the strap (as viewed) is beaded in a stylized floral pattern; the right half is beaded with fat wavy-edged X's with diamond centers. The spaces between the X's form the negative design of an elaborate +, creating a positive / negative effect. The bag recto has the following sequence of designs from top to bottom: a row of six winged shapes; a narrow red band; a row of pink, ochre and black triangles; fifteen metal cones with red yarn tufts; a red band; a symmetrical repetition (mirror image) of an abstract leaf design; a narrow red band; seventeen metal cones and yarn tufts. Colors of beadwork: pink, blue, maroon, ochre, black, most elements outlined in white. The strap is lined in beige cloth.Bag: 8 5/8 x 7 3/4 inches (21.91 x 19.69 cm) Fringe: 2 inches (5.1 cm) Band: 5 x 49 inches (12.7 x 124.5 cm)Wool fabric, cotton fabric and thread, silk ribbon, glass beadstrue/internal/media/dispatcher/723/fullBagc. 188081.35213565821AccessoriesNative American Minds of Colonial America CopyFounders Society PurchaseFirst NationsThe small, almost rectangular bag (slightly narrower at bottom) is of loom-woven beadwork, woven in a geometric design recto: diagonal lines in red and ochre from each corner toward the center, where there is a blue diamond with a black grid. On the sides are vertical bands with geometric designs: green with one black cross outlined in white and two white diamonds outlined in red, and black and white interlocking bands. On the verso is a black underwater panther with yellow eyes and nose on white background; at sides are blue stripes with yellow and red diamonds and X's, and black/white scalloped stripe as recto. At bottom, stripe of fine alternating red and blue vertical lines.3 7/8 x 5 3/8 inches (9.8 x 13.7 cm)Wool yarn, cotton cord, glass beadstrue/internal/media/dispatcher/727/fullBagc. 186081.39013568825AccessoriesNative American Minds of Colonial America CopyFounders Society PurchaseFirst NationsThe rectangular bag with suede end tie has a tan background and vertical red and black stripes framing the design field. Recto: off-center toward bottom right is an underwater panther/deer creature with antlers and a very long tail, surrounded by groups of parallel, but not continuous, black zigzag and angular lines. Verso: centered below 2 1/2 bands of black fretted lines is a black thunderbird with two small thunderbirds attached to its wing-tips.Overall: 7 x 10 1/2 inches (17.8 x 26.7 cm) Length of leather end ties: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)Vegetal fiber, wool yarn, buckskin tietrue/internal/media/dispatcher/734/fullTurbanc. 188081.46513575836AccessoriesNative American Minds of Colonial America CopyFounders Society Purchase with funds from Flint Ink CorporationFirst NationsTurban is formed as a headband wrapped with fur (otter?) with a triangular appendage on one side and a long vertical tail on the other side. A beaded band of green, red, blue and navy with white edging ornaments the upper edge; a beaded rosette in orange, navy, white, red and blue is located on the triangular projection, along with a pendant bear claw. The tail is worked in a beaded pattern of diamonds in white, red, pink, blue and navy with paired yellow beads situated around the edges.17 x 16 inches (43.2 x 40.6 cm)Otter pelt, cotton fabric, silk ribbon, glass beads, bearclawfalseFormerly in the collection of: M. G. Chandler /internal/media/dispatcher/735/fullBagc. 187581.47613576837AccessoriesNative American Minds of Colonial America CopyFounders Society PurchaseFirst NationsThe small, rectangular wool bag has an end tie of green and white wool yarns. On the recto are two four-legged animals, one red, one green, facing a red human figure between horizontal bands of diamonds. On the verso is a row of four human figures, one red, three green, in compartments of their complimentary color, with their hands joined. Above and below the figures are rows of diamonds: red/green, yellow/black.3 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (8.9 x 11.4 cm)Wool yarntrue/internal/media/dispatcher/736/fullPouchc. 182081.48813577838AccessoriesNative American Minds of Colonial America CopyFounders Society Purchase with funds from Flint Ink CorporationFirst NationsDeerskin bag decorated with porcupine quill work, thunderbird designs on quilled panel, quill wrapped fringe tin cones and deer hair. Lower front panel is comprised of the head and neck feathers of a mallard duck.10 5/8 x 5 inches (27 x 12.7 cm)The Thunderbirds visible in the center correspond to the four cardinal directions and serve as powerful guardian spirits of the sky. The scalps of many mallard ducks are used for the rich green of the lower portion of the pouch, representing the watery underworld.Buckskin, mallard duck scalp, porcupine quills, tin cones, dyed deer hairThe symbolism indicates that this pouch is a very powerful object.trueFormerly in the collection of: Mrs. Joseph Tesson, Tama, Iowa; M. G. Chandler /internal/media/dispatcher/1355/fullShoulder Bagc. 18201988.2913603942AccessoriesNative American Minds of Colonial America CopyFounders Society Purchase with funds from Flint Ink CorporationFirst NationsWool fabric bag with a triangular flap and broad shoulder strap with tabs. Beaded design applied to the face of the bag, the triangular flap and strap with spot-stitch applique. Design motifs are floral-like, but abstracted forms.Strap: 35 1/4 x 7/8 inches (89.5 x 2.2 cm) Bag: 7 5/8 x 4 inches (19.4 x 10.2 cm)Wool, silk, yarn, glass beads, cotton fabrictrue/internal/media/dispatcher/1359/fullTobacco Bagc. 18601988.4113607948AccessoriesNative American Minds of Colonial America CopyFounders Society Purchase with funds from Flint Ink CorporationFirst NationsTobacco bag decorated at base with three vertical columns of turquoise and white bands alternating with two vertical columns of navy stacked triangles against a yellow background. Along the left, front of the bag is a vertical column of turquoise, white, yellow and navy bands. Quill wrapped fringe hangs from the bottom. Four tabs at the top are decorated with pink, black and white bars and red, white and black diamond motifs.Length with fringe by width: 5 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches (14 x 72.4 cm)Deerskin, beads, quillsfalsetitlex2000zzzDU11375110361mediumxAccessoriescreditlinexcultureAfrica1x2x3notestrue/internal/media/dispatcher/412/fullWoman's Headband1890s1903.03.07813794115AccessoriesGift of Phoebe Apperson HearstMaya (language group: Quiché)First NationsHeadband with weft bands of various colors. Eccentric wefts create bands of various geometric and animal (rabbit, swan) designs.3.5 × 287 cm (1 3/8 inches × 113 inches)Treadle headribbon-loomed, two-faced twill, basket and tapestry weaves, one piece, cut warps at 2 end selvedges tied, 14 in. tassels attached to both ends. Weft ppi 151, ppc 60 Cotton handspun: singles, white, hand dyed red, green, dark blue; 2 singles, white, hand dyed red, green; silk floss: yellow, purple, royal blue. Warp epi 25, epc 11 Cotton commercially spun, 3 singles, white. Tassels: silk floss, yellow, purple, turquoise, magenta, red, white, gold. Wilk handspun, 2-ply singles, white, gold yellow, medium blue, magenta. Mercerized cotton warps. Four wire covered maguey loops, 5 figure-eights.true/internal/media/dispatcher/413/fullWoman's Headband1890s1903.03.08013795116AccessoriesGift of Phoebe Apperson HearstMaya (language group: Quiché)First NationsHeadband with alternating colored weft bands at two ends, solid color in center; contrast between solid, basket weave, and two-colored twill bands. magenta and gold silk floss tied at ends.3.2 × 205.7 cm (1 1/4 inches × 81 inches)Treadle headribbon-loomed, two-faced twill and basket weaves, one piece, cut warps at 2 ends selvedges tied, 4 in. silk floss tied at ends. Weft ppi 112 ppc 44 Cotton handspun: singles, white, hand dyed red, yellow, green, dark blue, medium blue; 2 singles, white, hand dyed purple, dark blue, medium blue, green; silk floss, royal blue; wool handspun, singles, red. Warp epi 26, epc 11 Cotton commercially spun, 2 singles, white.Woven by male professional weavers in Totonicapán. Warps may be string.true/internal/media/dispatcher/414/fullSash1900-19021903.03.016913798119AccessoriesGift of Phoebe Apperson HearstMaya (language group: Mam)First NationsWaistband with warp stripes, 3 solid color zones.5.1 × 106.7 cm (2 × 42 inches)Backstrap belt-loomed, warp-faced plain weave, 1 piece, looped warps at 2 end selvedges braided, creates a 7 in. and 4 in. fringe. Weft ppi 19, ppc 8 Maguey, multiple singles. Warp epi 72, epc 29 Cotton handspun, 2 singles, hand dyed medium blue, red, yellow. Probably town specific.true/internal/media/dispatcher/1063/fullBagc. 187081.3713880797AccessoriesNative American Minds of Colonial America CopyFounders Society PurchaseFirst NationsThe flat rectangular bag is woven of tan cotton fiber and has designs woven in reddish-brown, bordered by vertical stripes of ochre, green and reddish-brown. Design recto: two pairs of confronting underwater panthers, the tips of their tails joined. Design verso: the outline of a large schematic thunderbird, with its body and tail forming an hour glass with stepped triangles along the inner edges and on top of its shoulders.22 inches × 13 5/8 inches (55.9 × 34.6 cm)trueFormerly in the collection of: Mary Shurtleff, Cross Village, Michigan, 1966 /internal/media/dispatcher/714/fullRoachc. 191081.9413881802AccessoriesNative American Minds of Colonial America CopyFounders Society PurchaseFirst NationsRoach composed of a strip of porcupine and dyed deer hair trimmed to have three lengths, each of different color, of natural and dyed hair. Longest is natural brown with tan tips; middle is dyed bright deep rose; outermost is deep yellow-gold. Hair emerges from narrow strip edged with rows of dyed quills of ochre, green, white and red. An off-white suede tie found on wider end; a longer knotted tan tie is attached about 1/4 of the way in from narrow end.11 1/2 x 8 inches (29.2 x 20.3 cm)Porcupine and deer hairtrueFormerly in the collection of: John Young Bear; M. G. Chandler /internal/media/dispatcher/721/fullBeaded Bagc. 187081.28213884817AccessoriesNative American Minds of Colonial America CopyFounders Society PurchaseFirst NationsSmall rectangular bag of loom-woven beadwork. Design on recto consists of two rows of figures with joined hands (as in paper doll cutouts) in red, green and black on a white background. Verso design consists of six rows of interlocking red and white triangles.3 1/16 x 5 1/16 inches (7.8 x 12.9 cm)true/internal/media/dispatcher/1312/fullShoulder Bagc. 188581.29713885818AccessoriesNative American Minds of Colonial America CopyFounders Society PurchaseFirst NationsRectangular bag with wide shoulder strap made of navy blue wool (plain weave) and red wool commercial edging (oblique 2/2 interlacing). At top of bag, on red band, are three floral embroidery motifs and two metal buttons. Panels of loom-woven beadwork (two strand weft twining, bead replace twist) are attached to shoulder strap and bag. The panels have complex geometric motifs on a white background. The panel on the bag is bordered by a narrow black stripe. The panel on the strap is bordered by two blue bands with a twisted yellow ribbon motif. Thirteen beaded appendages, each ending in red and blue necklace beads and a red yarn tassel, fringe the bottom of the bag. Bag and strap are backed by beige fabric. Red commercial edging borders the strap on both sides and extends down the sides of the bag to the bottom of the fringe. Colors of beadwork: pink, blue, yellow, green, red, orange, white, black and turquoise.Overall, including fringe: 10 1/2 x 11 7/8 inches (26.7 x 30.2 cm) Bag: 15 x 11 7/8 inches (38.1 x 30.2 cm) Width of strap: 5 3/4 inches (14.6 cm) Length of fringe: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)This elaborately decorated pouch, with a broad shoulder strap, was worn as part of an ensemble for ceremonial and social events.Wool fabric and yarn, cotton fabric and thread, glass beads, metal buttonstrue/internal/media/dispatcher/1313/fullRoach Spreaderc. 188081.35113887820AccessoriesNative American Minds of Colonial America CopyFounders Society PurchaseFirst NationsRoach spreader made from a thin section of elk antler; rounded narrow end with circular perforation for roach. Ornamental pierce-work throughout the middle section consisting of arrowhead forms and a band of interlocking heart motifs. Three long prongs carved in long arrowhead shape. The pierce-work designs are bordered with engraved lines heightened with red pigment.1 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (4.4 x 22.2 cm)Elk antlertrueFormerly in the collection of: M. G. Chandler/internal/media/dispatcher/728/fullBagc. 189081.40113890827AccessoriesNative American Minds of Colonial America CopyFounders Society PurchaseFirst NationsFlat rectangular bag woven of red, yellow, green, blue black, brown and white yarns in two designs, recto and verso. Recto design features checkered vertical bands framing two underwater panthers facing opposite directions. On verso bands with hourglass motifs frame concentric diamonds with a crustacean (?) at the center. Stepped diagonal lines radiate at forty five degree angles from the edge of the bag toward the edge of the diamond. A leather tie is attached.On label with bag: A2877; Shkebaque, wife of Joe Tesson, Fox interp. bag c. 1890Wool yarn, nettle fiber, buckskin tietrue/internal/media/dispatcher/731/fullSashc. 183081.42113892831AccessoriesNative American Minds of Colonial America CopyFounders Society PurchaseFirst NationsWide sash with long fringed ends. Background colors are tan and soft blue-green. Sash features white beads which outline the central red barbed shaft and the ends of wavy red and black lines which terminate at the long edges. Some strands of the fringes are partially beaded.Maximum overall dimensions: 51 x 10 7/8 inches (129.5 x 27.6 cm) Maximum fringe length: 28 inches (71.1 cm)Wool yarn, glass beadstrue/internal/media/dispatcher/926/fullBagn.d.a.1993.33139201092AccessoriesNative American Minds of Colonial America CopyGift of Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. BurtonFirst NationsCotton and woolfalse/internal/media/dispatcher/1188/fullBelt Fragment400/60039.63614184450AccessoriesCity of Detroit PurchaseFirst Nationstrue/internal/media/dispatcher/1028/fullOrphrey15th Century60.4514297606AccessoriesFounders Society Purchase, Octavia W. Bates Fund and William Yawkey FundEuropean Sculpture and Decorative ArtsThe eight-sided orphrey panel depicts the standing figures of Saint Augustine and his mother Saint Monica, whose names are embroidered in the top border. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, carries the crozier, as well as his personal attribute, the heart. He wears the bishop's mitre and a gold cope fastened in front with a morse. Saint Monica is dressed as a nun, holding a heart and a book. Their names are embroidered in the frame above them. The figures stand against a lattice-patterned background and on a tiled floor.8 3/4 × 10 1/8 inches (22.23 × 25.72 cm)Embroidery: silk and metallic thread on linen plain weave.falseJacob Hirsch, New York; Adolph Loewi, Los Angeles. /internal/media/dispatcher/838/fullThe Blue GownWoman on the Couch1917De.19.3413445224womenoil paintingcanvasAccessoriesGallery Systems Demo - Formerly owned by tmsadminFounders Society Purchase, Special Membership and Donations Fund with contributions from Philip, David and Paul R. Gray, and their sister Mrs. William R. KalesAmerican ArtYoung woman dressed in a long, bright blue gown reclines on a neoclassical sofa. Floral wallpaper with two framed works behind her. Blue predominates throughout the composition.60 x 39 inches (152.4 x 99.06 cm)The blue dress focuses the viewer's eye on the subject rather than the surroundings.Oil on canvasfalseFounders Society Purchase, Special Membership and Donations Fund with contributions from Philip, David and Paul R. Gray, and their sister Mrs. William R. KalesSigned lower right: F. C. Frieseke 1917/internal/media/dispatcher/732/fullShoulder Bagc. 189081.42913572833Winnebagoshoulder bagsAccessoriesNative American Minds of Colonial America CopyFounders Society PurchaseFirst NationsFront panel of bag, strap and extensions are of loom- woven beadwork. The bag is black, the strap, white. The design is a complex combination of triangles, hexagons, diamonds and parallelograms worked into an elaborate grid of quadrilateral symmetry featuring the following colors: pink, yellow, red, dark blue-green, navy, black, white and turquoise. The extension designs alternate as follows: two red diamonds on white, then navy/gold/navy vertical stripes edged in white.15 1/2 x 33 1/8 inches (39.4 x 84.1 cm)Wool fabric and yarn, cotton fabric and thread, glass beadstrueFormerly in the collection of: M. G. Chandler /internal/media/dispatcher/415/fullSash1900-19021970.03.017013797118MamwomenAccessoriesNative American Minds of Colonial America CopyGift of Phoebe Apperson HearstMaya (language group: Mam)First NationsWaistband with 2 color zones divided by solid warp stripes; weft stripes of alternating colors; warp floats create human and geometric forms. Side border checked.2 inches × 55 1/2 inches (5.1 × 141 cm)Backstrap belt-loomed, warp-faced plain weave, single-faced warp floats, 1 piece, looped warps at 2 end selvedges, braided, creates a 1 in. and 5 in. fringe. Weft ppi 14, ppc 6 Maguey, multiple singles. Warp epi 101, epc 43 Cotton handspun, 2 singles, white, hand dyed purple, aqua, royal blue, dark blue, red, yellow, green. true