black velveteen; dark blue printed cloth with gold paisley motifs; striped cotton liner; beige cotton backing (bag); maroon printed cloth with stylized geometric floral motifs in cream; blue silk ribbon; red wool tape; size 8 or 10 glass seed beads opaque in various colours; greasy white glass beads; cotton thread; medium blue woolen yarn

The bag has a large front pocket of loomed beadwork lined with blue printed cotton. The back is made of the same blue printed cloth sewn to a panel of black velvet that extends above and is embroidered with beadwork. A floral design is appliqued to the centre and bordered with two rows of the otter tail motif. The pocket is held closed by a single glass button in centre back and a thread loop. The loom woven front has eleven tabs. The strap is a continuous piece of loom-woven beadwork divided in the top centre into floral beadwork on one side and large parallel zig-zag lines formed of small diamonds on the other.

Floral, geometric, and otter-tail motifs.

This bag has been looked at by Laura Peers, Amy Lonetree, and Marcia Anderson in 1999. They put the date to 1890 to 1920s.

Based on style, in particular, the loom woven front. The printed textile lining the strap and bag should be dated to check this attribution.

Donated to the Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology by Miss S.A. Griffith in 1959.

Unknown Anishinaabe artist, bag, beaded bandolier. Currently in the Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 1957.17. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip May 2009; GRASAC item id 25974.

This record was created as part of a GRASAC research trip to Cambridge University's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, May 4-9 2009.

Researchers present: Trudy Nicks, Stacey Loyer, Ruth Phillips, and Rachel Hand.