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| Titles |
Ojibwe bandolier bag |
|---|---|
| Description |
Ojibwe cloth bandolier bag with front pocket, decorated with multicolored spot-stitched glass seed beads in curvilinear floral designs on a translucent bead background. Bag is bound with purple silk ribbon and has netted thread fringe with green glass bugle beads. Made by Sophia Smith for Minnesota's Episcopal Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple. |
| Quantity |
1 item |
| Format |
Content Category: artifacts |
| Measurements |
45 inches length (bag overall length, including binding extensions) 5 3/4 inches width (strap at widest) 13 1/8 inches width (pocket panel) 13 1/2 inches height (pocket panel) 6 3/4 inches height (area above pocket panel) 12 inches width (pocket opening width) 2 1/4 inches length (average fringe length) 45 1/2 inches length (strap) |
| Nomenclature |
bandolier bag |
| Materials |
cotton (textile) silk (textile) glass (material) |
| Creation |
Made by: Smith, Sophia Made by: Ojibwe Indians Made in: Minnesota, United States |
| Subjects |
Owned by: Whipple, Henry Benjamin Indian. Clothing. Accessories. Bags & Pouches. Bandolier |
| Dates |
Creation: Approximately 1895 - Approximately 1901 |
| Credit Line |
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 |
| Identifiers |
1520 (Accession Number) |