Collection: Warnock

Item Number: WC8708472

Category: Bag, Bandolier

Region: Plains

Tribe: Métis - Plains Cree?

Period: 1850-1875 - ca. 1870

Materials: Multi-colored glass seed beads; red, navy blue and black wool cloth; cotton cloth; silk ribbon; sinew and thread sewn.

Description: Strap is partially beaded with abstract floral designs in various colors against a red wool background. Oval shaped pouch is decorated with an abstract floral motif against a navy blue background.

Dimensions: Length 35 inches 89 cm.

Provenance:

Lessard Collection- SD 480
Epic Fine Arts Co./Masco Corp.

Exhibitions:

Splendid Heritage, The Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, February 10, 2009 - March 1, 2010
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wy, May 1, 2010 - October 31, 2010
Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Mo, Febuary 12, 2010 - April 24, 2010

References:

Skinner's Auction House
Warnock, John and Marva Warnock, eds, Splendid Heritage: Perspectives on American Indian Art, University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, 2009, pp 164

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