Octopus bag
name: label: Culture/People
content: Cree
label: Previous owner
content: Ernest E. Murray (E. E. Murray), Non-Indian, 1868-1952
label: Seller
content: Ernest E. Murray (E. E. Murray), Non-Indian, 1868-1952
label: Seller agent
content: James H. Murray, Non-Indian, b. 1904
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Ernest E. Murray (1868-1952, an Indian artifact collector in Billings, Montana); purchased by MAI from Ernest E. Murray through his son James H. Murray (of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) in 1948.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Western Canada; Canada (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: 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: 21/1435
label: Barcode
content: 211435.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bags/Pouches (and parts)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Octopus bag
label: Media/Materials
content: Wool cloth, glass bead/beads, wool yarn, twine/string
label: Techniques
content: Sewn, overlay beadwork, edge beaded