Ojibwe bandolier bag

Titles: Ojibwe bandolier bag (Supplied title)

Description: Ojibwe loom-woven and spot-stitched bandolier bag with front pocket. Exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 as part of the Becker County Indian Exhibit and attributed to the "Becker County Indian Industries." This bandolier bag is shown hanging on the left in a photograph of the "American Indian collection of Mrs. Jessie C. Yeats, Becker County, Minnesota" (#4969) from the Becker County Historical Society. Mrs. Jessie C West (misspelling for photograph) was Becker County's representative at the Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893.

Dates

• Not later than 1893 (Creation)

Creation

• made by: Becker County Indian Industries
• owned by: West, Mrs. Jessie Campbell

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 532.E157

Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 36 3/4 inches length (overall length)
• 11 inches width (overall width)
• 41 1/2 inches length (strap length)
• 3 3/4 inches width (strap width)
• 15 1/4 inches length (pocket length)
• 11 inches width (pocket width)
• 4 inches length (fringe length; integrated tabs)
• 25.8 ounces weight
• 4 3/4 inches height (velvet panel above pocket)
• 9 7/8 inches width (velvet panel above pocket)

Subjects

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