Octopus bag
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Plains Cree (Prairie Cree) (attributed)
label: Possible owner
content: W. J. Thompson, Non-Indian
label: Possible seller
content: W. J. Thompson, Non-Indian
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from an unknown source (possibly antique dealer W. J. Thompson) in London, England, in 1934.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Manitoba; Canada
setName: label: See related items
content: Plains Cree (Prairie Cree)
label: See related items
content: Bags/Pouches (and parts)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 18/6519
label: Barcode
content: 186519.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bags/Pouches (and parts)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Octopus bag
label: Media/Materials
content: Wool cloth, hide, hide thong/babiche, glass bead/beads, wool yarn
label: Techniques
content: Overlay beadwork, sewn, appliquéd, edge beaded, tied, tasseled, strung