Beaded leather puzzle bag

Titles: Beaded leather puzzle bag (Supplied title)

Description: Leather puzzle bag with spot-stitched glass seed beads in a floral design and beaded edging. Possibly Ojibwe or Dakota in origin.

Dates

• Approximately 1860 - Approximately 1901 (Date range based on time Bishop Whipple spent in Minnesota working for various government commissions for Indian Affairs) (Creation)

Creation

• collected by: Whipple, Henry Benjamin

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 1502

Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Gift of the Sibley House Association of the Minnesota Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 8 5/8 inches height
• 4 inches width

Subjects

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