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Beaded leather bag
Beaded leather bag
Titles: Beaded leather bag (Supplied title)
Description: A beaded leather bag, possibly Dakota, similar to the type called "sac-à-feu," used by voyageurs in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The bag is composed of a small ochre-colored leather pouch in the shape of a beaver's tail, with a cross in circle motif beaded on one side, and a striped cross motif beaded on the other. Donated by the Minnesota Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1996.
Dates
- Approximately 1800 (Use)
Identifiers
- Inventory Number: x.1.595
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
- 6 1/4 inches height
- 4 inches width
Subjects
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Beaded leather bag
Beaded leather bag