beaded strip

unrecorded Ndee (Apache) or Diné (Navajo) artist, artist

beaded strip, 1922–1928

Where object was made: Fort Apache, Arizona, United States

Material/technique: beading

Dimensions:
Object Length/Width (Length x Width): 25 x 2.5 cm
Object Length/Width (Length x Width): 1 x 9 13/16 in

Credit line: Gift of Eva F. Bennett

Accession number: 2007.1668

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Separate and Not Equal: A History of Race and Education in America

Loom-woven beadwork such as these strips, hatbands, lamp pulls, and napkin rings were produced by Diné (Navajo) and Apache students at the Theodore Roosevelt School in Fort Apache, Arizona. Its administrators sold these pieces to fund the school’s daily operations.