Bag
Date:
c. 1880
Medium:
Wool yarn, cotton cord, glass beads
Dimensions:
3 7/8 x 5 3/8 inches (9.8 x 13.7 cm)
Credit Line:
Founders Society Purchase
Object number:
81.352
The small, almost rectangular bag (slightly narrower at bottom) is of loom-woven beadwork, woven in a geometric design recto: diagonal lines in red and ochre from each corner toward the center, where there is a blue diamond with a black grid. On the sides are vertical bands with geometric designs: green with one black cross outlined in white and two white diamonds outlined in red, and black and white interlocking bands. On the verso is a black underwater panther with yellow eyes and nose on white background; at sides are blue stripes with yellow and red diamonds and X's, and black/white scalloped stripe as recto. At bottom, stripe of fine alternating red and blue vertical lines.
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