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Bag3131/4

Beaded panel bag. Bag is rectangular in shape, rounded on top corners, with a braided green and blue wool handle attached to the interior edge. The top half, front and back, has a black stroud background covered in beading in a large floral pattern in pink, blue, red and tan glass beads. A dark orange silk-like fabric lines the edges, along with rows of white beads. The interior is lined with black fabric at top, and a light floral pattern deeper in the bag. The lower exterior is a panel made entirely of beads (woven on a loom), in a floral design on white, with a green border. Wool tassels hang from bottom and sides of the panel, attached to blue and white beads.

Culture
Metis and Cree
Material
wool fibre, glass, cotton fibre and silk fibre
Made in
Manitoba, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Octopus Bag3131/2

Octopus type bag. Small bag is rectangular in shape, with four 'tentacle' extensions at the bottom that are split in two and lined with blue and cream plaid fabric. Bag and extensions are densely covered in glass beading in flower and foliage patterns on both sides; some of the beads are one-cut beads, and there is a small floral area on one side done in metal beads. The extensions have multicoloured fabric pom poms hanging from their scalloped tips. Translucent beads line the outer edges. The bag is lined in plaid fabric, and a red braided string with decorative pom pom is threaded through the velvet panels at the top opening.

Culture
Anishinaabe ? or Metis ?
Material
silk fibre ?, cotton fibre and glass
Made in
Manitoba, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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