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Bandolier Bag

Dakota:
wac̣uṫc̣’iƞ
Ojibwe:
gashkibidaagan; aazhoningwa'igan
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Ojibwa, 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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Bandolier Bag

Dakota:
wac̣uṫc̣’iƞ
Ojibwe:
gashkibidaagan; aazhoningwa'igan
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Bandolier or shoulder bags

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Bandolier Bag

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gashkibidaagan; aazhoningwa'igan
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