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bag, charm
bag, charm
bag, charm
This ancestor is a woven bag, made from nettle fiber and commercial yarn. This bag is decorated with four animal designs, woven in black thread. Alongside these, vertical stripes of red and black can be found. On the reverse side there is a webbed pattern. The top of the item has a string attached. This bag held various items that are now housed in the Detroit Institute of Art such as a native cane whistle wrapped in cotton fabric; bone whistle and dyed plume wrapped in blue and white checked cloth; miniature catlinite pipe bowl wrapped in blue cotton cloth; piece of bone and small thimble wrapped in brown checked cloth; small woven bag made of red, yellow, and brown commercial yarn with thunderbird design on one side and geometric on reverse, and sweetgrass and feathers. This ancestor is currently located within the Detroit Institute of Arts
Winnebago artist, according to DIA record
Detroit Institute of Arts records
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Nettle fiber, commercial yarn
Woven bag of nettle fiber and commercial yarn.
Four animal figures on one side, spider web design on reverse.
Contents of bag (wrapped, labeled and stored separately in DIA storage): "small native cane whistle wrapped in cotton fabric; bone whistle and dyed plume wrapped in blue and white checked cloth; miniature catlinite pipe bowl wrapped in blue cotton cloth; piece of bone and small thimble wrapped in brown checked cloth; small woven bag made of red, yellow, and brown commercial yarn with thunderbird design on one side and geometric on reverse-- contains sweet grass and feathers."
As listed on the Detroit Institute of Arts Website.
Provenance
Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981]
purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA)
1981-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
According to DIA record
About This GRASAC Record
Unknown Winnebago Maker. "Bag, Charm". GRASAC ID 24645, located in the Detroit Institute of Arts, catalogue number 81.399.
Record augmented by Natasha Fares in December 2023. The photographs were removed by Natasha Fares on February 18th, 2024 to respect an agreement between the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Michigan Anishinaabeg Communities of Practice group.
Good images are not yet available for this item, as it was on exhibit at the time of the GRASAC visit and not on the list of objects to discuss. By request, Kelly Konieczki created a GKS profile after the visit. DIA Inventory photographs were added as temporary place-holder images. Kelly Konzieczki also added all available information about the item from TMS after the visit, however did not research its supplementary files.
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Detroit Institute of Arts records indicate "Northern Michigan," however it's unclear if this refers to the Upper Peninsula, or the northern parts of the Lower Peninsula. Given the identification as Winnebago, we have placed the map pin in the Upper Peninsula, nearer Lake Michigan and Green Bay. The specific place of origin is not currently known.