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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.
Dimensions: Length 23.5 inches 60 cm: Width 11 inches 28 cm.
Provenance:
Alexander Gallery
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:
Warnock, John and Marva Warnock, eds, Splendid Heritage: Perspectives on American Indian Art, University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, 2009, pp 172
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