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Introduction

Beaded bag with floral motifs. Beads are rare and unusual colours, as is the unusually high quality blue broadcloth used for the strap.

Materials

Rare and unusual purple beads, not same as other ROM pieces (mauve and clear plum colour).

Techniques or Format

Unusual high quality blue stroud (broadcloth) on reverse of bag as backing, pieced together from something else. Two pocket bag; strap is 2 layers of wool tap and has been reinforced with 2 rows of machine stitching running the length of the strap.(suggests actual use as bag)

Other Notes

Bag without strap is 28, bag with strap is 66cm, width at widest point is 15.5.

Dimensions: 0 × 15.5 × 0 cm
Condition: Fair.
Current Location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 913.15.22; HD22
Collection at Current Location: Edmund Morris Collection
GKS Reference Number: 26836
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, bag. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, 913.15.22. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2008; GRASAC item id 26836.

Record Creation Context

GRASAC team research trip to the Royal Ontario Museum, Dec 15-19 2008, funded by SSHRC Aboriginal Research & American Philosphical Society (Cory Willmott)

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Researchers present: Heidi Bohaker (HB), Trudy Nicks (TN), Cory Willmott (CW)

Approximate Place of Origin

44.2, -84.4

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