 | | Culture | Winnebago/Ho-Chunk | | | | Description | The bag has a loomed geometric design in white, blue pink, green, yellow, orange, and black. It has green and brown silk appliqué on the edges, with beaded tabs that end in red and blue yarn tassels. There is a pouch in the front. | | | | Catalog # | 65950 | | | | Accession # | 28217 | | | | Accession Date | 04/01/1990 | | | | Dimensions | | | | | Medium | Glass beads, cotton cloth, silk ribbon, wool | | | | Region | Great Lakes Area (Wisconsin) | | | | Source | Donated by Charles H. Laflin of New Berlin, WI. Collected by John Laflin, the donor’s great grandfather, in New Lisbon, WI in the mid-19th century. | | | | Comments | Remarks from Nancy Lurie, MPM curator of Anthropology 1972-1992: “John Laflin was Charles Laflin’s great grandfather, who in the 1860s had a general store in Green Bay but had moved there from New Lisbon. The bag is much more likely to be from New Lisbon which was and is Winnebago country.” |
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 | | Culture | Woodland | | | | Description | This bag has a beaded leaf and vine motif on a tan cloth background. The designs are similar on both strap and pouch, with a tab fringe along the bottom ending with red yarn tassels. A beaded ball hangs from the center of the bag. | | | | Catalog # | 66814 | | | | Accession # | 29056 | | | | Accession Date | 12/06/2004 | | | | Dimensions | | | | | Medium | Glass beads,cotton cloth, wool yarn. | | | | Region | Woodland (Wisconsin?) | | | | Source | Donated by Rebecca Schwartz of Milwaukee, WI. Collected by Reva Previant, the donor’s grandmother, c. 1930s-1940s. | | | | Comments | |
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