stroud, navy and red; silk ribbon, red and blue; cotton textile, printed; seed beads (sizes 10, 11, 13), opaque white and other colours; Russian faceted beads, blue, green and opalescent; woolen yarn, red, navy blue and brown

One side of the bag is navy blue stroud and the other is red stroud. The seams are edged with red and faded blue silk ribbon. The bag is lined with a printed cotton textile. The bag has 8 tabs, 4 on each side. There are tassels on the bottom of the bag, strung with Russian faceted beads that terminate in red, navy blue, and brown woolen yarn. The strap is made of braided brown woolen yarn.

The bag is decorated with stylized floral motifs.

The beads found on the lower tassels are classically North West coast.

Donated to the Pitt Rivers Museum in 1954 by Irene Marguerite Beasley. Her husband, Harry Geoffrey Beasley acquired this item from the Reading Museum in 1937. (Pitt Rivers Museum Object Catalogue)

This record was created as part of a Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures (GRASAC) research trip to the Pitt Rivers Museum and British Museum, December 8-22 2007, funded by a grant from the International Opportunities fund of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

researchers present: Heidi Bohaker (HB), Al Corbiere (AC), Stacey Loyer (SL), Janis Monture (JM), Laura Peers (LP), Ruth Phillips (RP), Anne De Stecher (AS), Cory Willmott (CW).