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Beaded panel bag or fire bag.
Object Number 99-12-10/53024
Display Title Beaded panel bag or fire bag.
Descriptions
Object Description Beaded panel bag
Inventory Description Bag, red felt with cruciform and triangle applique, beaded flap with fringe
Classification
  • Bag
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1840
Culture
  • Cree?
  • Montagnais?
  • Blackfoot?
  • Metis?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada
Materials Bast Silk Wool cloth Worsted yarn? Thread Glass beads
Dimensions Overall: 57.5 x 38 x 1 cm (22 5/8 x 14 15/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53024
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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