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Catalog Number CAS 0260-0001   CAS 0260-0001; Bandolier bag
Category Bead & Leatherwork
Object Name Bandolier bag
Culture Chippewa, Ojibwe
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Wisconsin
County Douglas
Other Geographic Data Superior
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. late 1800s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Commercial cotton (blue and white) and velvet (black) cloth; Glass beads; Cotton thread; Wool yarn
Description Bandolier style bag sewn from rectangular piece of black velvet that is doubled over at top and bottom; Intervening space between the two ends covered with a pocket made from white cotton cloth; Edges of larger velvet cloth are bound with reddish-brown bias strip and edged in dark blue beads; Front of pocket is covered with loom-woven beaded panel with central pattern of diamond and X's in blue, red, and green on white background, and end borders in red and blue; Beaded fringes (blue, red, green, black, and white) with orange wool yarn at ends are pendant from pocket; Loom-woven beaded strap with hourglass and star shapes in red, black, green, blue, yellow on white background is attached to upper corners of bag.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 25.3, Thickness = 0.7, Length = 47.7