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Collection: Warnock
Item Number: WC8609007
Category: Bag - Octopus Bag
Region: Plains
Tribe: Cree - Swampy Cree
Period: 1850-1875
Materials: Navy blue trade cloth; silk cloth; multi-colored glass seed beads; red wool yarn; porcupine quills (on red yarn tassels); thread sewn,
Description: Elaborate floral motifs in beadwork on a navy blue cloth background.
Condition: Very good: very minor bead loss; a few moth holes; some dirt and dust on beads red yarn. All consistent with age.
Dimensions: Length 23.5 inches 60 cm: Width 11 inches 28 cm.
Provenance:
Alexander Gallery
Epic Fine Arts Co./Masco Corp.
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