Bag

Bag

Bag

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Introduction

Moose hide bag with fishtail opening, Loop stitch beaded edging, 2 beaded side panels, multi-coloured geometric designs in white background, 21 cm L fringes.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe Ojibwe
Nation of Origin

from catalogue records

Place of Origin: Long Lac, ON
Date Made or Date Range: Late 19th C; Early 20th C
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Based on catalogue records.

Materials

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

Techniques or Format

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.

Motifs and Patterns

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.

Original and Subsequent Uses

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

Dimensions: 64.4 × 13.9 × 0 cm
Condition: Good, Beads intact, Hide slightly dry
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

from catalogue records

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: HBC 005-23
Collection at Current Location: Hudson's Bay Company Museum Collection
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 2004/01/11
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1892-1916
Source for Provenance information

Handwritten note in collection record.

GKS Reference Number: 58881
How to Cite this Item

Manitoba Museum

Approximate Place of Origin

49.7789, -86.5286

Source of Information about Places

Northeast Great Lakes-Riverine