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Titles |
Ojibwe bandolier bag |
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Description |
Ojibwe bandolier bag with spot-stitched front pocket decorated with multi-colored glass seed beads in curvilinear floral designs on a white bead background. Strap is bound with brown wool tape and pocket panel with light tan ribbon. Pocket panel binding has spot-stitched blue bead zigzag design. Bag fringe is made of threaded blue glass beads with orange and blue wool tassels. |
Quantity |
1 item |
Format |
Content Category: artifacts |
Measurements |
38 1/2 inches length (bag overall length, including binding extensions) 4 5/8 inches width (strap at widest) 11 3/4 inches width (pocket panel) 11 3/8 inches height (pocket panel) 5 5/8 inches height (area above pocket panel) 9 3/4 inches width (pocket opening) 4 inches length (average fringe length) |
Nomenclature |
bandolier bag |
Materials |
silk (textile) glass (material) wool (textile) cotton (textile) |
Creation |
Made by: Ojibwe Indians Made in (possibly): Minnesota, United States |
Subjects |
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 |
1496 (Accession Number) |