bag, charm

bag, charm

bag, charm

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Nation of Maker: Odawa
Place of Origin: Cross Village, Emmett County, MI
Date Made or Date Range: 1870
Materials

Plant fiber, glass beads

Techniques or Format

Small rectangular bag of loom-woven beadwork. Warp and weft are S plied vegetable fiber. Loom woven beadwork. Two strand weft twining (bead replaces twist); continuous warp. Finish at top end: warps replied/grouped/twisted. Buttonhole stitch. Uneven tension.

Motifs and Patterns

Design on recto consists of two rows of figures with joined hands (as in paper doll cutouts) in red, green and black on a white background. Verso design consists of six rows of interlocking red and white triangles.

Additional Context

DP describes the figures holding hands as wearing 'thunder skirts' (a half-hourglass shape), with horned figures formed by the white spaces between them. The sandy red and blue comes into use in the 1870s (CW). The triangle shapes on the verso may be half-hourglasses, ridges on the back of the underwater creature (AC), or an ambiguous design.

Dimensions: 5 × 3 × 0 in
Condition: loss damage at upper end and one side.
Current Location: Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 81.282
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1981
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Richard A. Pohrt
Collection Narratives and Histories

A hand written note (dated September 27-30, 1982) by Pohrt, "A small beaded charm bag which I purchased from Milford Chandler. He obtained it, I'm sure, from Albert Heath."

Sources to Learn More

Article by Alice Kehoe describes this type of loom weaving? (CW)

GKS Reference Number: 1184
Approximate Place of Origin

45.6426, -85.036

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