Bead Work Pouch, Shoulder Bag, Regalia Dress etc.
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
label: Collection Date
content: 1876
name: label: Collector
content: John P. Monteith
label: Donor Name
content: John B. Monteith
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "POUCH.---MADE OF BUCKSKIN WITH A WIDE BORDER OF RED FLANNEL AT THE BOTTOM. THE POCKET IS COMPARATIVELY SMALL, MADE OF BUCKSKIN, AND COVERED WITH BEADWORK. THE PATTERN IS RECTANGULAR, EACH OF THE FOUR CORNERS CONTAINING A SECTION OF BLUE BEADWORK. THE STRAPS ARE ORNAMENTED WITH ALTERNATE ROWS OF WHITE BEADWORK AND RED FLANNEL. NEZ PERCES INDIANS (SHAHAPTIAN STOCK). 23,853. COLLECTED BY J. B. MONTIETH." PURCHASED BY COLLECTOR FROM LUCY LAWYER. - STEVEN L. GRAFE 1997. SEE PROCESSING LAB ACCESSION FILE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. OBJECT IS SEWN WITH SINEW AND THREAD. - F. PICKERING 1-28-1999. Illus.: Hndbk. N. Amer. Ind., Vol. 12, Fig. 5, p. 428. Identified there as bandoleer bag horse collar. The geometric design beadwork of this piece is typical of the Eastern Plateau. the diamond designs on the pouch are in dark and light blue on a yellow background outlined in black. The rectangles on the straps are light blue with red, white, and black details. The elongated diamond strips are unbeaded appliqued areas of the red wool separated by white beaded hourglass shapes.
label: Notes
content: Illus. Fig. 1, p. 60 in Grafe, Steven L., 1999, "Nez Perce Decorative Art of the 1870s," American Indian Art Magazine, 24(4). Identified there as a bandoleer, buckskin, wool cloth, glass beads, sinew and cotton thread, 39" x 19 1/4" (99 x 49 cm.) On p. 62 Grafe notes that this bandoleer "... was decorated with seed beads in a classic post-1860 transmontane geometric design".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Jul 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Lapwai Reservation, Idaho, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Nez Perce (Nimiipuu)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005302
label: USNM Number
content: E23853-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 99 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 49 cm