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Possible Bags

Unknown

Northern Plains, Cree

circa 1900

Leather, trade cloth, glass beads

1991.01.1483a,b

On View

Daily Life

Joe Grandee Collection

Native artists and crafts people are great recyclers. It is a common practice to rework an item when it is worn or even to use parts of an object to produce something else needed. The beaded panels on these bags have been married with a top flap and newer canvas backing.

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