Collection: Warnock

Item Number: WC8708257

Category: Bag, Charm

Region: Northeast

Tribe: Winnebago

Period: 1850-1875

Materials: Multi-colored glass seed beads; red yarn thread; cotton thread; satin cloth.

Description: Rectangular shaped finger woven bag with red wool warp threads and cotton weft thread. Design on front is of four thunderbirds; design on reverse is a cental geometric figure with small diamonds within. Bag is lined with purple cloth.

Dimensions: Height 4.75 inches 12 cm; Width 7.25 inches 18.3 cm.

Provenance:

Ed Haka, Hudson, Wisconsin
Lessard Collection- SD 244
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 113

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