Plateau Indian / Beaded Leather Bag / 1940-1950s

Plateau Indian
Beaded Leather Bag
1940-1950s
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Creator Nationality: Native American
Creator Name-CRT: Plateau Indian
Title: Beaded Leather Bag
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Creation Start Date: 1940
Creation End Date: 1959
Creation Date: 1940-1950s
Creation Place: United States
Object Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Classification Term: Container
Classification Term: Beadwork
Materials and Techniques: Leather, glass beads, trade cloth, brass beads
Dimensions: Height: 17 3/4"; width: 8 3/4"
Description: Flat, rectangular beaded bag covered with solid beadwork on one side, and having a fringe at the bottom; interior is lined with a variety of trade cloths, predominately cotton prints; fringes have paired brass beads located at the base of the bag; beadwork is applied with spit stitching and the design consists of a fanciful, floral spray executed with light blue, dark blue, red, green, and yellow on a white background; leather straps each side of the top in center.
AMICA Contributor: Brooklyn Children's Museum
Owner Location: Brooklyn, New York, USA
ID Number: 60.21.35
Credit Line: Gift of International Business Machines, 1960
Rights: http://www.amico.org/rights/bcm_.html
Context: This bag is not very traditional in form and probably was made recently for sale or trade. Since it has no means of hanging from a belt, it was probably made for personal use. The style of the beadwork is sort of a North American "international" style, meaning that many individual Indian groups have taken it up. It has none of the grace common in Great Lakes beadwork, so a Plateau attribution seems more likely.
AMICA ID: BCM_.60.21.35
AMICA Library Year: 2003
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