thread-sewn and beaded on red wool using small white glass beads and edged with navy ribbon

with typed affidavit dating to March 13, 1926, remarking this sash belonged to Seneca Chief Red Jacket, Sagoyewatha (1750-1830) and was gifted to the grandparents of Jessie Enas Smith of Buffalo, New York:

Seneca Chief Red Jacket an Indian Chief lived near the village now City of Buffalo.  Seneca Chief Red Jacket was a warm friend of my Grandfather and Grandmother and was their guest a great many times.  In 1812 Seneca Chief Red Jacket gave my Grandmother this belt and later worn by her daughter, Silence Enas Sherman, at a reception tendered to Lafayette (as guest of the nation at Rathburns, Eagle Tavern) at Buffalo, June 4th, 1825.  My aunt Silence Enas Sherman gave the belt to me in 18--(?) asking me to keep it as a memento of my Grandmother and Seneca Chief Red Jacket.  I had the belt for forty years and about 10 years ago I gave it to C.A. Shepard.

length 25-1/2 inches x width 2-1/4 inches; (framed) 29-1/4 inches x 7-1/4 inches