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Shoulder Bag

Datec. 1890
Object PlaceWisconsin, United States, North America
MediumWool fabric and yarn, cotton fabric and thread, glass beads
ClassificationsAccessories
Dimensions15 1/2 x 33 1/8 inches (39.4 x 84.1 cm)
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase
Object number81.429
DescriptionFront panel of bag, strap and extensions are of loom- woven beadwork. The bag is black, the strap, white. The design is a complex combination of triangles, hexagons, diamonds and parallelograms worked into an elaborate grid of quadrilateral symmetry featuring the following colors: pink, yellow, red, dark blue-green, navy, black, white and turquoise. The extension designs alternate as follows: two red diamonds on white, then navy/gold/navy vertical stripes edged in white.
On View
On view
Collections
  • Native American Minds of Colonial America Copy
Locations
  • (not entered)   Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Conservation
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of: M. G. Chandler