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| Titles |
Ojibwe bandolier bag |
|---|---|
| Description |
Miniature, Ojibwe cloth bandolier bag with spot-stitched front pocket decorated with white and yellow glass seed beads in a repeated otter trail and trials through the woods pattern. Bag is bound with brown wool tape and finished with a two-beaded edging. Bag features integrated white bead fringe tabs, that are a succession of diamonds finished with a loop of red beads. Slip in bag reads, "From Car ka be she gue two bags for Mrs. Whipple." |
| Quantity |
1 item |
| Format |
Content Category: artifacts |
| Measurements |
18 3/4 inches length (bag overall length, including binding extensions) 2 1/8 inches width (strap at widest) 6 7/8 inches width (pocket panel) 6 3/4 inches height (pocket panel) 3 inches height (area above pocket panel) 5 1/2 inches width (pocket opening) 1 3/4 inches length (average fringe length) |
| Nomenclature |
bandolier bag |
| Materials |
glass (material) cotton (textile) velvet (fabric weave) ribbon (material) wool (textile) |
| Creation |
Made by: Ojibwe Indians Made in: Minnesota, United States |
| Subjects |
Presented by: Car-ka-be-she-gue Received by: Whipple, Mrs. Henry Benjamin Collected by: Whipple, Henry Benjamin Indian. Clothing. Accessories. Bags & Pouches. Bandolier |
| Dates |
Creation: Approximately 1860 - Approximately 1901 (Date range based on time Bishop Whipple spent in Minnesota working for various government commissions for Indian Affairs) |
| 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 |
1844 (Accession Number) |