Wool, glass beads, polished cotton tape.

Bag made of two pieces of twined fabric, including the straps, stitched together at the sides. Entirely finger-woven, and lined in the pouch part with fabric. Finished at the top edge of the pouch by folding the loose ends back into the lining. The top edge by the straps was finished by folding the ends neatly into the blue polished cotton tape edging. Fringe from the bottom is twined with beads.

Characteristic Ottawa color sensibility and design are visible in the narrow, vertical stripes alternating red with light green with a close-knit pattern of wavy, parallel lines in white glass beads.

Pohrt notes: "This shoulder bag represents the earliest type of fully decorative shoulder bag produced in the Great Lakes region. It derives from a smaller variety of pouch and strap made of deerskin common during the 18th century. By the turn of the century these had evolved into somewhat larger bags twined of yarn raveled from wool trade blankets with patterns of glass beads woven into the fabric. This is the same technique used for the manufacture of woolen garters and sashes of the same period. With the combined influence of Cree panel bags to the north and southeastern bandolier bags, the central Great Lakes bag form continued to grow in size with wider straps and became less functional and more a decorative element of costume. This bag is absolutely unique of its kind since it represents the transition in technique from finger twined bags to fully decorative shoulder bags made of wool or cotton fabric and decorated with loom or heddle-woven beadwork...This is a masterpiece of Ottawa textile arts and an extremely important artistic document relating to the history of Great Lakes Native American Art."