Beaded panel bag. Bag is rectangular in shape, rounded on top corners, with a braided green and blue wool handle attached to the interior edge. The top half, front and back, has a black stroud background covered in beading in a large floral pattern in pink, blue, red and tan glass beads. A dark orange silk-like fabric lines the edges, along with rows of white beads. The interior is lined with black fabric at top, and a light floral pattern deeper in the bag. The lower exterior is a panel made entirely of beads (woven on a loom), in a floral design on white, with a green border. Wool tassels hang from bottom and sides of the panel, attached to blue and white beads.

• Narrative

  Possibly from the Red River area in Manitoba; the upper design appears to be Metis in style, wheres the lower design is thought to be Cree?. Diane Anderson purchased the bag from a gallery in Ontario in 1993.

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• Type of Item bag
• Culture Metis, Cree
• Material wool fibre, glass, cotton fibre, silk fibre
• Measurements height 37.5 cm, width 29.0 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Diane J. Anderson, Craig Anderson, Reid Anderson, Dana Anderson-Breau
• Received from Craig Anderson, Reid Anderson, Dana Anderson-Breau

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• Made in Manitoba

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• Creation Date between 1870 and 1890
• Ownership Date before October 2, 2015
• Acquisition Date on October 2, 2015

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• Item Classes textiles; beadwork
• Condition good
• Accession Number 3131/0004