Smoked tanned moose hide, opaque and semi-translucent round beads, cotton thread.

Smoked tanned moose hide, Two panels with fish-tail opening sewn along sides with thread, two rounded tabs per panel, Tabs are beaded, light blue, navy blue and green circles and 'X's, Side seams and tabs have loop stitch edging of red and light blue beads, Two beaded panels completely covered with opaque and semi-translucent round beads applied with spot-stitch technique, Covering the seams along top and bottom edges is a row of beads placed in pairs, one side has two light green rows, other side has one light green row and one red row, Sides have couched stitch edging of light green and red beads placed in alternating blocks of colour, Along bottom edge are fringes approximately 21 cm in length, hand sewn with beige cotton thread.

Both side panels have multi-coloured geometric designs on white background, One side has a large red, navy blue, green checkerboard 'X' with two small light blue, navy blue and red crosses, Other side has stacked navy blue and red triangles with three green and red diamonds and one blue diamond, Circumference of each design has two row border, one side is navy blue and the other side is red.

"Fire bag-Long Lac area (for tobacco & pipe) about 1912, Ojibway design, Kishkibitagan"

from catalogue records

Handwritten note in collection record.

Manitoba Museum