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Bag

Datec. 1860
Object PlaceIowa, United States, North America
MediumVegetal fiber, wool yarn, buckskin tie
ClassificationsAccessories
DimensionsOverall: 7 x 10 1/2 inches (17.8 x 26.7 cm)
Length of leather end ties: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase
Object number81.390
DescriptionThe rectangular bag with suede end tie has a tan background and vertical red and black stripes framing the design field. Recto: off-center toward bottom right is an underwater panther/deer creature with antlers and a very long tail, surrounded by groups of parallel, but not continuous, black zigzag and angular lines. Verso: centered below 2 1/2 bands of black fretted lines is a black thunderbird with two small thunderbirds attached to its wing-tips.
On View
On view
Collections
  • Native American Minds of Colonial America Copy
Locations
  • Exhibition   Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Wing A, The Americas, Gallery 4
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