Bandolier Bag
Dakota:
wac̣uṫc̣’iƞOjibwe:
gashkibidaagan; aazhoningwa'iganOjibwa, cloth bandolier bag with front pocket, spot-stitch decorated with multicolored glass seed beads in curvilinear floral designs on a white bead background. Strap is bound with brown wool tape and pocket panel with light tan ribbon. Pocket panel binding has spot-stitched blue bead zigzag design. Bag fringe is made of threaded blue glass bugle beads with orange and blue wool tassels.
Dimensions:
bag overall length, including binding extensions, length: 38 1/2 inches
strap at widest, width: 4 5/8 inches
pocket panel, width: 11 3/4 inches
pocket panel, height: 11 3/8 inches
area above pocket panel, height: 5 5/8 inches
pocket opening, width: 9 3/4 inches
average fringe length, length: 4 inches
Creation Location:
Minnesota, United States
Created Date:
Approximately 1860 to Approximately 1901
Source:
Gift of the Sibley House Association of the Minnesota Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Housed at:
Minnesota Historical Society
Catalog Number:
1496
Cultural Association:
Ojibwa Indians
Related Object Types:
Bags 
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