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bag, beaded
bag, beaded
bag, beaded
A Haudenosaunee/Hodenosaunee chatelaine bag with beaded floral designs. This type of bag was popular during the 1850s and third quarter of the 19th century. Currently held at the Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
Based on style. This type of bag was made by Haudenosaunee/Hodenosaunee beadwork artists during the latter half of the nineteenth century.
Museum documentation and the GRASAC research team.
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brown velveteen; red cloth tape; beige rick rack; light brown coarsely woven cotton lining; brown woolen (?) tape handle; glass beads, opaque white, light blue, greasy blue, red, green, pink and clear.
This bag is made in the shape of a chatelaine bag, with separate front and back pieces that have flaps attached at the top. The bag is trimmed with red cotton tape and rick rack, and the bottom edge has a looped bead fringe. The woolen tape handle is tied in a knot at the centre.
Floral motifs.
Inside the bag are 15 wooden beads strung on sinew with loop of glass beads attached to one.
A drawing of a similar bag was published in the London Lady's Newspaper in 1857.
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About This GRASAC Record
Unknown Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee artist, bag, beaded. Currently in the Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Z 35134. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip May 2009; GRASAC item id 26745.
This record was created as part of a GRASAC visit to Cambridge University's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, May 4-9 2009.
Researchers present: Trudy Nicks, Stacey Loyer, Ruth Phillips, and Rachel Hand.