Beaded leather bag

Titles: Beaded leather bag (Supplied title)

Description: Small leather bag with top flap closure and long loom-woven bead strap. The front is spot-stitched with multicolored glass seed beads in a matching floral motif. It is bound with blue ribbon and includes a white beaded edging. The interior is lined with black cotton fabric. Possibly Ojibwe 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: 1500

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

• 5 1/2 inches height
• 4 3/4 inches width
• 22 inches length (strap length)

Subjects

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