Bag Item Number: D2.96 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Cotton backed with red wool and beaded on. The upper portion has a design that consists of an alternating yellow and green five-branched tree-like form with white, pink, and blue going upward along the middle. The lower portion has a similar green-tipped white seven-branched tree-like form with alternating yellow, green, and pink v-lines going upward along the middle. Curving upward from either bottom side, there is a blue line with a yellow flower at the upper corner end. The upper portion has a pale yellow, dark blue, and white border while the lower portion has a green and white border.
History Of Use
Badge bag of women's society. (Turtle motif a badge used by women's society.)
Narrative
Bought at auction.
Item History
- Made in North America
- Collected between 1940 and 1962
- Owned by Edith Bevan Cross before July 30, 1962
- Received from Edith Bevan Cross (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) on July 30, 1962
What
- Name
- Bag
- Identification Number
- D2.96
- Type of Item
- bag
- Material
- cotton fibre, wool fibre and glass
- Manufacturing Technique
- sewn and embroidered
- Overall
- height 14.7 cm, width 10.5 cm, depth 1.1 cm
Who
- Culture
- Sioux
- Previous Owner
- Edith Bevan Cross
- Received from
- Edith Bevan Cross (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- North America
When
- Collection Date
- between 1940 and 1962
- Ownership Date
- before July 30, 1962
- Acquisition Date
- on July 30, 1962
Other
- Item Classes
- beadwork; textiles
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 44
- Accession Number
- 0081/0126