Beaded Cellphone Bag
name: label: Donor Name
content: Jennie Kappenman
notes: label: Notes
content: Cellphone/mobile phone bag done in floral beadwork by artist Jennie Kappenman. Rectangular leather bag decorated with beads and a beaded shoulder strap. The face of the bag is decorated with a multi-colored beaded floral pattern with rows of white beads forming the background to the pattern. The top, bottom and sides of the bag are decorated in alternating white, blue and gold beads. The bottom edge of the bag is scalloped with four semi-circular tabs; tabs are edge beaded with gold beads. The semi-circular flap at the top of the bag is edged in gold beads. The shoulder strap is entirely encased in alternating, wound bands of blue white and gold beads. A hide thong is bound to the ends of the shoulder strap where it attaches to the bag with a strand of gold beads; the thong is tied at the back of the bag over the opening flap.
label: Notes
content: Artist Jennie Kappenman can be seen wearing what appears to be this bag hanging around her neck in a photo by Jaida Grey Eagle taken at the Anishinaabe Art Festival, Bemidji, Minnesota, July 22-23, 2022 - see https://www.craftcouncil.org/post/scenes-anishinaabe-art-festival , direct link to image https://www.craftcouncil.org/sites/default/files/2022-08/_3_81A1812.jpg , published online Wednesday, August 17, 2022.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Minnesota, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chippewa (Ojibwe, Anishinaabe), Red Lake
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2090185
label: USNM Number
content: E437514-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 8.1 cm
label: Height
content: 16.18 cm
label: Depth
content: 1.09 cm