Dakota "possibles" bag

Titles: Dakota "possibles" bag (Supplied title)

Description: A Dakota leather "possibles" bag with top flap closure and decorated with glass seed beads and metal cones with red dyed horsehair inserts, circa the early 20th century or earlier. An inscription on the top flap, written by hand in ink, reads: "Presented to Mrs Whipple / by Tamaza-win /Birch Coulee June 1902 / Grandmother / of Rev. Henry / Whipple St. Clair."

Dates

• Not later than 06/1902 (Presented to Mrs Whipple by Tamaza-win, Birch Coulee, June 1902.) (Use)

Creation

• given by: Timasa-Win
• received by: Whipple, Evangeline Marrs Simpson
• collected by: Whipple, Henry Benjamin

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 1847

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

• 7 inches height
• 8 3/4 inches width
• 4 1/4 inches length (handle)

Subjects

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