Great Lakes finger woven bag made of vegetable fibre and buffalo hair. On one side is a Thunderbird with three linked diamond motifs; on the other side is an Underwater Panther.
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative
GRASAC generated
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Materials
Vegetable fibre, Buffalo Hair (black), vegetable fibre cord dyed red and blue, now faded.
Techniques or Format
Finger woven
Motifs and Patterns
Recto: Thunderbird with three linked diamond motifs. Verso: Underwater Panther with possible offering dish(?)
Additional Context
Underwater being's tail wraps around and becomes bottom and side border (AN).
Visit to National Museum of Denmark of Ruth Phillips, Norman Vorano and Alex Nahwegahbow assisted by Mille Gabriel and Anja Blok Jespersen on June 24, 2016.
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