bag panel

bag panel

bag panel

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Introduction

Bag panel with floral motifs. Mi'kmaq or Mahican.

Nation of Maker: Other
Nation of Origin

Square flowered motifs and beadwork style resemble examples identified as Mi'kmaq and Mahican.

Materials

Dark brown velvet, pink, brown and cream printed calico lining with green stroud interlining, black and finer beige thread; small cut bronze metallic beads, size 17 or 20 seed beads in bronze metallic, translucent green, dusty rose, medium pink; size 13 translucent gold, clear, burgundy; size 13 opaque white, mustard, dusty rose; greasy yellow, light green, teal. Paper.

Techniques or Format

Beading goes through the three layers, the thinner thread is the beading thread, the coarser black thread was used to sew the fabric layers together. Beadwork over paper pattern, lazy stitch and couched/applique beadwork, running edge stitch.

Motifs and Patterns

Design field broken into two parts and an edge field, three rows of diamonds on upper field, lower field vertically symmetrical (with exception of colour and one small element) motif of three leaves or arrows and two 7 petal flowers, edge field consists of pair of white lines around both fields with additional pink and green lines around lower fields, two parallel lines of dusty rose beads divide upper and lower fields.

Other Notes

Cory Willmott notes the beading thread is thinner than usual.

Dimensions: 0 × 13 × 14 cm
Condition: Good, some bead loss/
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 989.274.26
GKS Reference Number: 26345
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, bag panel. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, 989.274.26. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2008; GRASAC item id 26345.

Approximate Place of Origin

44.736, -88.788