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This bag with strap is made of tanned deerskin with two panels and gusseted side gore. The front and back panels of the bag are ornamented in geometric designs in single quill and zigzag band techniques. The strap is decorated with appliquéd silk ribbon and edged with white glass beads. Due to its similarity in design to later Seneca beaded bags, it is possible this bag is Seneca, Haudenosuanee (RP).
Possible attribution based on style. This bag seems to relate to later beaded Seneca bags (RP).
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tanned deerskin, beige muslin, porcupine quill, silk ribbon
This bag is made of three separate pieces of native tanned deerskin: front/back/side gore that's folded and gusseted where it is attached to back. The front and back pieces are ornamented with appliquéd quillwork designs, and edged with blue silk ribbon. At the top edge of one side of the bag are fragmentary ribbon tassels. The strap is made of hide with appliquéd green, blue, and red silk ribbon in linked oval pattern. The strap and front and back panels are edged in white glass beads. The quilled panels of the bag have geometric designs. Recto: concentric/wavy curvilinear designs in single quill, with outer border of zigzag band. Verso: concentric trapezoid designs in zigzag band with single line. The bag is lined with beige muslin.
Recto: concentric/wavy curvilinear designs. Verso: concentric trapezoid designs.
There is a tag attached to the strap that has a number '8' written on it.
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isit 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.