Ojibwe bandolier bag

Titles: Ojibwe bandolier bag (Supplied title)

Description: Ojibwe bandolier bag with back pocket, spot-stitch decorated entirely with multi-colored glass beads in a floral motif on a white bead background. Bag bound with yellow ribbon and red wool tape. Loop thread fringe consists of red and yellow bugle beads and blue wool tassels.

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: 1827

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

• 45 1/4 inches length (bag overall length, including binding extensions)
• 6 3/8 inches width (strap at widest)
• 16 inches width (pocket panel)
• 20 inches height (pocket panel)
• 15 inches width (pocket opening)
• 3 1/2 inches length (average fringe length)

Subjects

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