 | | Culture | Ojibwe | | | | Description | This bag has a fully beaded shoulder strap and pocket. It exhibits a floral pattern, with a red elasticized twill tape as trim. The material at the sides and above the pocket is black velvet, edged with white beaded geometric lines that may be an otter motif. The nine loom-beaded fringes have red and black yarn tassels. The bag is lined with polyester; the strap is lined with flour sack. | | | | Catalog # | N1297 | | | | Accession # | | | | | Accession Date | 12/31/1969 | | | | Dimensions | | | | | Medium | Glass beads, cotton, velvet, and wool | | | | Region | Great Lakes Region (Wisconsin) | | | | Source | Purchased with the Nunnemacher Fund | | | | Comments | A.B. Skinner, Museum Anthropology curator from 1920-1924, changed the catalogue description from "Ponca Sioux medicine bag" to "Wisconsin" and "Chippewa (Ojibwe) bag." |
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