bag, charm

bag, charm

bag, charm

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Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Place of Origin: Saganing, Standish Twp, MI
Date Made or Date Range: 1850
Materials

wool, silk, beads

Techniques or Format

Tiny bag of black wool broadcloth with blue silk ribbon binding. Bag has a long rectangular flap with the remains of a tie.

Motifs and Patterns

Front of bag is covered with a loom-woven beaded panel in a geometric design of zigag vertical stripes framing alternating hourglass and diamond shapes in black, brown and white. Along the bottom of the bag are looped beaded fringes striped in the same color scheme.

Additional Context

The beads are exceptionally small, of a size consistent with an 1840s date (DP), when these beads sizes became available. Might be a hanging wall piece rather than a bag. The beadwork here shows subtle shading in a way that beading of this period usually did not (high-contrast instead). The piece has also been created on a loom, in the same way as most wampum belts.

Other Notes

length of fringe: 2½ in., length of triangular flap: 2 7/8 in., length of end tie: 2 3/8 in.

Dimensions: 0 × 4 × 7.875 in
Condition: Top of beaded panel must have been lined with beads in the same way as the sides, though it's now gone.
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 81.283
Collection at Current Location: Chandler Pohrt Collection
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1981
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Richard A. Pohrt
GKS Reference Number: 26854
Approximate Place of Origin

43.9244, -83.923