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1860-1920
GUSN-24155
Beaded door curtain suspended from two square wood dowels spaced 6 inches apart and held together w/ woven bamboo beads in criss-cross pattern. Curtain is composed of 4" bamboo beads interspersed w/ blue or brown glass beads. Apparently a work in progress, there is a cardboard box w/ large needles, coarse waxed cotton thread, bamboo and glass beads.
curtains
bamboo (material)
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
cotton (textile)
glass (material)
wood (plant material)
weaving
bamboo (material)
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
Bamboo
Cotton
Glass
Beaded
Woven
CURTAIN, DOOR
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
86 x 40 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.5059
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