Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Frederick Landsberg (1861-1935, a Victoria, British Columbia, dealer in Indian artifacts with a shop called Landsberg's Free Museum); purchased by MAI from Frederick Landsberg in 1920 using funds donated by Edith Hendricks (ca. 1849-1921, sister of MAI trustee Harmon W. Hendricks).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Plains Cree (Prairie Cree) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Frederick Landsberg (F. Landsberg), Non-Indian, 1861-1935
- Seller
- Frederick Landsberg (F. Landsberg), Non-Indian, 1861-1935
- Presenter/funding source
- Edith Hendricks, Non-Indian, ca. 1849-1921
- Object Name
- Shoulder bag/Bandolier bag
- Media/Materials
- Wool cloth, wool twill tape, glass bead/beads, wool yarn, thread
- Techniques
- Overlay beadwork, sewn, appliquéd, overlay beadwork, strung, tasseled
- Object Type
- Bags/Pouches (and parts)
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