black velvet; black cotton; natural cotton; glass beads; green cotton tape; blue cotton tape; white/yellow yarn tassels; larger tubular glass beads

Bag has a bandolier pouch construction. Front panel is fully beaded natural cotton with beaded black velvet strip on the top, and backed with black cotton. The back panel of the pouch is made of black cotton with the top flap made of beaded black velvet. The top edge of the front panel that forms the slit opening is bound with green cotton tape. Strips of beaded black velvet bound with green cotton tape are sewn along the sides of the bag and end at the bottom of the bag to form tabs on either side of a fringe of large tubular glass beads with white/yellow yarn tassels. The top edge of the bag is bound with blue cotton tape with tied ends that form a handle. The pouch is lined with black cotton.

Floral and foliate motifs, beaded border of double zig-zag lines

The cotton tape handle does not seem strong enough for the weight of the bag. This may have been intended to be a bandolier bag?

Museum documentation

Purchased by Ted Brasser in 1969 who bought it from Mr. Pommerehnke in Calgary while on a field trip, who collected the bag in Vancouver in 1969.