COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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AMICO~1~1
The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
BCM_.36.1.12
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BCM_.36.1.12
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
2003
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2003
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Object Type
false
Description:
Flat, leather bag entirely covered with square weave bead work using a spiral weft, and thus having no seam; beadwork design consisting of four horizontal registers of standing man, standing woman and horse motifs done with blue and red beads on one side and green and black beads on the other, both having a white background; mouth edged with black beads; drawstring is thin leather thong ending in tab with black beaded edge; another, similar thong evidently broken off; looped, beadwork fringe of yellow beads at bottom.
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Flat, leather bag entirely covered with square weave bead work using a spiral weft, and thus having no seam; beadwork design consisting of four horizontal registers of standing man, standing woman and horse motifs done with blue and red beads on one side and green and black beads on the other, both having a white background; mouth edged with black beads; drawstring is thin leather thong ending in tab with black beaded edge; another, similar thong evidently broken off; looped, beadwork fringe of yellow beads at bottom.
Description
false
Creator Nationality:
Native American
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Native American
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Kiowa Apache, Oklahoma
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Kiowa Apache, Oklahoma
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Beaded Pouch
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Beaded Pouch
Title
false
View:
Full view
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Full view
View
false
Creation Date:
1930s
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1930s
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1930
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1930
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1936
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1936
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
Leather, beads (glass), thread (cotton)
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Leather, beads (glass), thread (cotton)
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Container
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Container
Classification Term
false
Classification Term:
Beadwork
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Beadwork
Classification Term
false
Creation Place:
Oklahoma, United States
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Oklahoma, United States
Creation Place
false
Dimensions:
Length: 6"; width: 3 5/8"
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Length: 6"; width: 3 5/8"
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
Brooklyn Children's Museum
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Brooklyn Children's Museum
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Brooklyn, New York, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
36.1.12
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36.1.12
ID Number
false
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Frederic B. Pratt, 1936
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Gift of Mrs. Frederic B. Pratt, 1936
Credit Line
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.amico.org/rights/bcm_.html"target="_new">http://www.amico.org/rights/bcm_.html</a>
Rights
false
Context:
In the absence of pockets, small bags were fastened to belts for strike-a-light equipment, food ration tickets, daily necessities. Tanned deerskin, rectangular drawstring (through slits in skin), glass seed bead purses with geometric and floral designs were common as women's purses from 1890-present. Small bags were part of powwow dancing costumes. In the earliest bags only the design was beaded, not the background.
This piece was produced for the curio trade. The use of the standing man motif is a direct response to white demand and is not traditional. These motifs, because of their popularity, were used by many North American Indian groups involved in the curio industry, so determining provenance is tricky. The color scheme, plus the fact that the shape corresponds to Plains Indian tinder and strike-a-light bags suggests a Plains Indian reservation origin. Whites favored bead fringing in the 1920s.
This piece was produced for the curio trade. The use of the standing man motif is a direct response to white demand and is not traditional. These motifs, because of their popularity, were used by many North American Indian groups involved in the curio industry, so determining provenance is tricky. The color scheme, plus the fact that the shape corresponds to Plains Indian tinder and strike-a-light bags suggests a Plains Indian reservation origin. Whites favored bead fringing in the 1920s.
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In the absence of pockets, small bags were fastened to belts for strike-a-light equipment, food ration tickets, daily necessities. Tanned deerskin, rectangular drawstring (through slits in skin), glass seed bead purses with geometric and floral designs were common as women's purses from 1890-present. Small bags were part of powwow dancing costumes. In the earliest bags only the design was beaded, not the background.<br><br>This piece was produced for the curio trade. The use of the standing man motif is a direct response to white demand and is not traditional. These motifs, because of their popularity, were used by many North American Indian groups involved in the curio industry, so determining provenance is tricky. The color scheme, plus the fact that the shape corresponds to Plains Indian tinder and strike-a-light bags suggests a Plains Indian reservation origin. Whites favored bead fringing in the 1920s.
Context
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
BCM_.36-1-12.tif
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BCM_.36-1-12.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
false