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Shoulder bag (missing strap)

ca. 1800
Not on view
The images on this black-dyed bag, traditionally used to hold amulets and other personal possessions, are part of the pictorial language of Great Lakes cultures. The figures and abstractions express a complex universe alive with seen and unseen forces. In 1845 the Anishinaabe Methodist minister Peter Jones wore the pouch in Edinburgh, posing for a group of photographs that are considered the earliest of an identified Native North American. The strap is now missing.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Shoulder bag (missing strap)
  • Date: ca. 1800
  • Geography: Possibly made in Ontario, Canada; Possibly made in Michigan, United States; Possibly made in Wisconsin, United States
  • Culture: Anishinaabe, possibly Mississauga Ojibwa, Native American
  • Medium: Tanned leather, porcupine quills, dye, glass beads, silk ribbon, metal cones, and deer hair
  • Dimensions: 12 × 9 in. (30.5 × 22.9 cm)
  • Credit Line: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection of Native American Art, Gift of Charles and Valerie Diker, 2019
  • Object Number: 2019.456.3
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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