bag, beaded

bag, beaded

bag, beaded

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Introduction

This relative is a beaded Hodenosaunee bag with a flower basket design. Through an exchange with the Philadelphia Museum in 1941, it was acquired by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology where it currently resides.

Name of Maker(s): Unrecorded
Maker role: Artist
Nation of Maker: Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee
Date Made or Date Range: 1830s to 1941
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

The GRASAC research team.

Materials

brown velvet; brown glazed cotton; brown silken ribbon; paper; size 10 clear beads; smokey grey tubular beads; beige thread; brown thread.

Techniques or Format

Made from brown velvet and lined with brown glazed cotton. Decorated with raised beadwork, beading along the edges and a looped beaded fringe along the bottom. A strap of brown silk ribbon is attached to the top.

Motifs and Patterns

The beading depicts a basket filled with flowers and leaves.

Original and Subsequent Uses

This type of beaded Chatelaine bag was often made by the Hodenosaunee to sell to Victorian tourists in the Niagara region. Chatelaine refers to a formal waist bag popular among 19th century women.

Dimensions: 11.9 × 14 × 0 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

This bag was acquired by the museum in 1941.

Current Location: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 41-24-16
Link to Institution's Collections Database: https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/236688
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1941
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Exchange with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1941
Collection Narratives and Histories

This relative was acquired by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology through an exchange with the Philadelphia Museum in 1941.

GKS Reference Number: 25630
How to Cite this Item

Maker, Name unrecorded. Bag, beaded GRASAC ID 25630. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 41-24-16.

Record Creation Context

GRASAC study visit, participants: David Penney, Ruth Phillips, Stacey Loyer, William Wierzbowski, December 3, 2009
This record was augmented by Joy Kruse on July 27, 2024.

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