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beaded bandolier bag
beaded bandolier bag
beaded bandolier bag
Beaded bandolier bag made of red stroud, printed cotton cloth, glass beads, and teal blue and red woollen yarn fringe. On the front of the bag, there are two vertical bands of zigzag lines formed of 7 parallel rows of linked lozenges in alternating colours. The central panel has vertical rows of various geometric shapes. There are embroidered beaded borders made of chains of lozenges and otter tail motifs. The binding is made of green cotton ribbon, otherwise known as tape, and possibly beige and sark grey cotton ribbon (tape).
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Made of red stroud, printed cotton cloth, glass beads, green cotton tape (binding), beige and dark grey cotton (?) tape, and teal blue and red woollen yarn fringe.
Two pieces of stroud with no lining, woven panel of beads sewn to front, with bead embroidery edging and applique cotton tape. The red stroud strap also has applique woven bead work, edged with beads and green cotton tape and lined with brown printed cotton.
On the bag front there are two vertical bands of zigzag lines formed of parallel rows (7) of linked lozenges in alternating colours. The central panel has vertical rows of star shapes, triangles, and various geometric shapes. The embroidered beaded borders are chains of lozenges and otter tail motifs.
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Unknown Anishinaabe artist, beaded bandolier bag. Currently in the Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna, Austria, 9177. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip January 2016; GRASAC item id 58994.
In January of 2016, a small team of GRASAC researchers visited the collection to study and photograph it: Ruth Phillips, Lisa Truong, Naomi Recollet (Anishinaabe (Odawa/Ojibwe), Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory) and Wahsontiio Cross (Mohawk, Kahnawake). This GKS record was created in November of 2021 by GRASAC RA Aidan Mitchell-Boudreau.