 | | Culture | Ojibwe | | | | Description | This bag is small, rectangular, and strapless. The square pocket is fully loom-beaded on a solid white background with a stylized flower and leaves. The horizontal band is spot-stitched onto a black backing in a floral design. There are eight wide, beaded tabs along the lower edge of the pocket ending in red wool tassels. It features red elasticized cotton tape piping and white beaded edging. | | | | Catalog # | 43614 | | | | Accession # | 12396 | | | | Accession Date | 01/14/1938 | | | | Dimensions | | | | | Medium | Glass beads, wool textile, wool yarn, cotton | | | | Region | Great Lakes region (no area specified) | | | | Source | Donated by Mrs. William Mitchell of Grosse Point, MI. Collected by Brigadier General William Mitchell. | | | | Comments | strap missing |
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 | | Culture | Potawatomi | | | | Description | This bag is lined with cotton calico textile and piped with yellow elasticized twill tape. The shoulder strap has a wide geometric (diamond) beaded panel. The edge of the strap is black velvet. The square panel has no pocket and exhibits an x-patterned geometric design with beaded tabs along the lower edge with wool tassels. The horizontal band about the main pouch has a floral design. | | | | Catalog # | 45695 | | | | Accession # | 12727 | | | | Accession Date | 11/10/1937 | | | | Dimensions | | | | | Medium | Glass beads, cotton textile, velvet, wool yar | | | | Region | Great Lakes Region (Star Lake, Vilas County, WI). | | | | Source | Donated and collected by John Thompson of Milwaukee, WI. | | | | Comments | Identified as Potawatomi by Ann McMullen, February 1998, MPM curator of Anthropology, 1994-2000. |
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 | | Culture | Potawatomi | | | | Description | This bag, with a red wool cloth backing, exhibits large geometric flower beaded designs on both the straps and pouch. The horizontal panel is red wool with a stylized floral pattern. The lower edge of the bag ends in yarn and beadwork tassels. | | | | Catalog # | 50354 | | | | Accession # | 14896 | | | | Accession Date | 10/07/1941 | | | | Dimensions | | | | | Medium | Glass beads, wool yarn, wool cloth | | | | Region | Western Great Lakes Area | | | | Source | Donated by Mrs. Samuel Meyer of Milwaukee, WI; collected by David Karger. | | | | Comments | Identified as Potawatomi by Ann McMullen, MPM curator of Anthropology 1994-2000, in March 1998; originally catalogued as simply "Woodland Indian". |
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