Bandolier Bag, Shoulder Bag
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Feb 1991
label: Collection Date
content: 1887
name: label: Collector
content: Mrs. C. M. Clarke
label: Donor Name
content: Essex County Historical Society
notes: label: Notes
content: CONSTRUCTED OF DARK BLUE WOOL CLOTH WITH COTTON CALICO CLOTH LINING INTERIOR OF POUCH FRONT AND BACK OF STRAP. LOOM-WOVEN BEADWORK ON POUCH FRONT, FRINGE, AND STRAP. GEOMETRIC DESIGN (DIAMOND SHAPES) IN BLUE, YELLOW, & WHITE ON POUCH FRONT. GEOMETRIC FLORAL FORMS IN BLUE, YELLOW, PINK, GREEN, BLACK, & WHITE ON STRAP. VARIOUS GEOMETRIC FORMS ON FRINGE. CURVILINEAR FLORAL FORMS IN APPLIQUE BEADWORK ON CLOTH SECTION AT TOP OF POUCH FRONT. POUCH EDGED WITH FADED GREEN WOOL CLOTH. STRAP EDGED WITH BRIGHTER GREEN SILK RIBBON AND SHANKED BRASS BUTTONS. FRINGE ENDS IN TASSELS OF WOOL YARN. SAID BY DONOR TO HAVE BEEN "OBTAINED" BY MRS. C. M. CLARKE FROM "WHITE CLOUD, CHIEF OF THE CHIPPEWAY INDIANS LIVING AT WHITE EARTH", WHO REPORTEDLY GAVE A PONY FOR THE BAG TO THE FAMILY OF THE ORIGINAL OWNER, A SIOUX "CHIEF" WHO HAD USED IT AS A CARTRIDGE BAG.
label: Notes
content: White Cloud may refer to the Ojibwe man named Wabanquot, Wabonaquod, Wah-bon-ah-quot, Wau-bon-a-quat or Wa-bon-o-quot (ca. 1828-1830 to1898). He was a signatory to the Treaty of Washington (1867), and on June 14, 1868, he led his band to the White Earth Indian Reservation, where he lived until his death 30 years later.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Mar 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, White Earth Reservation, Minnesota, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chippewa (Ojibwe, Anishinaabe)
label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 379937
label: USNM Number
content: E425643-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 100 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 33 cm