woven bag

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Introduction

Finger woven bag made of commercial string and wool yarn with rows of quadrupeds and zigzag line and diamond motif border on one side, and trapezoidal motifs possibly depicting underwater beings with zigzag line border on the other. Likely Anishinaabe.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe

Nation of Origin

Observations; similarity in design to Anishinaabe finger woven bags

Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

GRASAC generated

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Materials

commercial string; wool yarn in red, turquoise and black; metal hooks (likely added later for hanging)

Techniques or Format

The bag is finger woven.

Motifs and Patterns

Rows of quadrupeds with borders of zigzag lines and diamond motifs on one side; trapezoidal motifs possibly an underwater being head(?) with borders of zigzag lines on verso.

Dimensions: 45 × 36 × 0 cm

Provenance

Current Location: Denver Art Museum, CO, USA

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 1946.28

About This GRASAC Record

GKS Reference Number: 26740

Record Creation Context

Visit to Denver Art Museum of Alex Nahwegahbow and Ruth Phillips, assisted by Eric Berkemeyer and Kristin Strid on 22 Jan 2014.

Approximate Place of Origin

43.0703, -80.1184

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