Vegetal fiber, animal wool yarn, buffalo hair

Rectangular bag with design consisting of a stylized thunderbird with a shape like a sheath of wheat (or shortened hourglass) above each shoulder and a zigzag dark line above its head and framed at side by vertical black and red lines. Verso: two underwater panthers, one above the other, facing the same direction, with a row of six dark X's above the back of the panther.

The two underwater creatures on this bags may be a male and a female, with the smaller, hornless creature being female and the heftier, horned creature being male (CW). Or it could be one creature rising from the depths to poke its horns above the water, with the shapes above the top creature being the waves (AC).

Pohrt purchased this bag from Angeline Kowegoma, Cross Village, MI, Sept 1971.

Item was de-installed and photographed by Kelly Konieczki while on exhibit at the DIA, prior to the team's visit. During the GRASAC visit discussion of this item was captured exclusively on video by Crystal Migwans during a walk-through of the galleries; members did not have access to internet/GKS at the time to enter information.