bag, woven

bag, woven

bag, woven

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Introduction

A rectangular bag, woven of cedar strips. Anishinaabe or from the Northwest Coast. Purchased by anthropologist Beatrice Blackwood on behalf of the Pitt Rivers Museum in June, 1939.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe Other
Nation of Origin

The bag's weave is unusual for the Great Lakes region, and cedar is a material typically used by people living on the Northwest Coast. It is possible that this bag is actually from the Northwest Coast, and purchased from a dealer in the Minnesota region.

Date Made or Date Range: 1900s to 1939
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Museum documentation and observations made by the GRASAC research team.

Materials

cedar strips

Techniques or Format

This flat, rectangular bag is woven in 1-1 diagonal plain weave with an opening at the top and no fastening. The cedar strips are of irregular widths from one eighth to one quarter inch.

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Made by 1939, as this is when the bag was collected.

Current Location: Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 1939.6.17 B
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1939
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Mr. Fake, Park Studio, Park Rapids, Minnesota
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1939
Collection Narratives and Histories

This bag was purchased by anthropologist Beatrice Blackwood on behalf of the Pitt Rivers Museum in June, 1939, for $1.00. The Pitt Rivers Museum has receipts that state it was purchased from 'Mr. Fake... Park Studi, Park Rapids, Minnesota."

GKS Reference Number: 26375
Record Creation Context

This record was created as part of a Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures (GRASAC) research trip to the Pitt Rivers Museum and British Museum, December 8-22 2007, funded by a grant from the International Opportunities fund of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

Record Creation Notes/Observations

researchers present: Heidi Bohaker (HB), Al Corbiere (AC), Stacey Loyer (SL), Janis Monture (JM), Laura Peers (LP), Ruth Phillips (RP), Anne De Stecher (AS), Cory Willmott (CW).

Approximate Place of Origin

46.2, -90.9

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