bag (containers);bag (containers)


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From The Collection Of
Horniman Museum and Gardens
Discipline
Humanities
Culture
Cree
Date
1760 – 1860 (creation date)
Materials and Techniques
leather (material)
pigment (material)
beads (material)
wool (material)
quill (material)
Place
Hudson Bay, Canada, North America, Americas (creation)
Description
Oblong leather bag with a rounded base, decorated with two bands of quillwork forming a geometric design edged at the sides with two rows of blue beads. Leather and woollen tassels bound with quills/vegetable fibre (?) are attached to the base of the quillwork bands and the edges of the bag.;Oblong leather bag with a rounded base, decorated with two bands of quillwork forming a geometric design edged at the sides with two rows of blue beads. Leather and woolen tassels bound with quills/vegetable fibre (?) are attached to the base of the quillwork bands and the edges of the bag.
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Record Rights
Horniman Museum and Gardens
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