Shoulder Bag
Datec. 1890
MediumWool fabric and yarn, cotton fabric and thread, glass beads
Dimensions15 1/2 x 33 1/8 inches (39.4 x 84.1 cm)
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase
Object number81.429
ClassificationsAccessories
Curator NotesFront 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 viewCollections
- Native American Minds of Colonial America Copy
Locations
- (not entered) Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Conservation
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of:
M. G. Chandler
Exhibitions
Text EntriesRepresentatives from the Winnebago tribe reviewed this shoulder bag.
Tribal elders preformed ceremony.
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