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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marshall Ellis, post: 9792159, member: 86784&quot;]Poor quality modern reproduction of a blanket strip.&nbsp; Age is impossible to determine, but probably in the last 20 or so years.&nbsp; The cheap wooden beads and modern cordage that looks like shoe lacing are giveaways that that this is a modern item.&nbsp; No Native-made blanket strip would have rosette drops like that.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The craftsmanship and design are poor, and the design is not easily attributable to a particular tribe.&nbsp; The navy blue sections are classic Sioux motifs and are ubiquitous on vintage Sioux blanket strips.&nbsp; The rosettes are a mess both stylistically and technically, and have been done in a combination of flat lazy stitch and appliqué.&nbsp; The colors are garish, and the designs are weird,&nbsp; particularly on the rosettes.&nbsp; It is almost certainly non-Native made, probably by a Boy Scout or other similar Indian hobbyist.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It appears to have been dirtied up in an attempt to antique it, but the bead colors are far too vibrant to be vintage.&nbsp; They are almost certainly modern Czechoslovakian or Japanese, and are probably sewn with Nymo thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sioux blanket strips are done in lazy stitch that is typically strongly ridged.&nbsp; This strip is done in flattened lazy stitch that looks on first impression as if it was meant to resemble appliqué or Crow stitch, which produces a very flat effect.&nbsp; Neither of these techniques is appropriate for a Sioux style blanket strip.&nbsp; Cheyenne beadworkers often make very flat lazy stitched beadwork, but nothing about this strip is Cheyenne.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom line:&nbsp; A not terribly talented beadworker spent a LOT of time producing a poor quality knockoff.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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