Bag, Bandolier
Bag, Bandolier
Bag, Bandolier
This bandolier bag was made with stroud, cotton, and has loom woven beadwork. It has repetitive arrows and rectangles layered in the beads in white, black, greasy green, greasy rose, and navy. This bag appears to be Anishinaabe from the Central Great Lakes 1860s-1870s. It was given to the Missouri History Museum from an educational institution.
Ojibwe or Menominee (needs further research)
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Purple faded woolen tape on back of strap, canvas backing, 2-2 twill woven course red stroud 1.5" margin on border (possibly American-made stroud); tassel made of red and 'fugitive' blue yarn, red and aqua beads (from fur trade), terminate warped threads of the loom; Size 11 seed beads in white, black, greasy green, greasy rose, navy, with no variations within the colors. Faded cotton binding and trim on the rim of the pouch. Glass button on inside of pouch. Various cotton threads: loom thread, around the tassel thread, . Cotton lining in the pouch, cotton backing and lining.
Entire bag symmetrical from top to bottom, reversal on the apex/midpoint of strap. Strap, panel, tab loom-woven. Hand-sewn button hole with functional button. Stroud 2-2/2-1 twill-woven (likely American-made)
Beaded arrow shapes, all uniform in size, figure-ground play with white arrow shapes going the opposite direction. Four direction colors, fundamental colors. Connected rectangles; half hour glass/half diamond alternating split along axis, or alternating serrated-triangles with some deviations.
AGG and CW based on stroud, loom-woven technique, colors, and geometric design.