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Beaded Panel
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About this work
In the 1800s, native peoples began to use European fabrics to fashion fine formal garments; they favored sturdy cloth, such as velvet and wool broadcloth, which provided support for heavy decorative beadwork that was added by hand. Often the fabric was a dark color, providing dramatic contrast for the multicolored beads. Rather than encrusting the entire garment, beadwork was confined to cuffs, “epaulettes,” bib-like plackets and yokes, rectangular panels sewn to leggings, shirts, and dresses, and the like.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineBeaded Panel, late 1800s. Northeast Woodlands, Great Lakes Region, Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) or Nehiyawak (Cree) People?. Glass beads on wool; overall: 38.9 x 11.4 cm (15 5/16 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. F. J. Fertig, 1939.210.2
