id:			151017
accession number:	1982.61
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.61
updated:		2023-01-11 05:34:08.813000

Bandolier (Shoulder) Bag, 1880s?. Northeastern Woodlands, Great Lakes Region, Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) People. Plain weave cotton, twill weave wool, velvet, plaited wool binding, wool tassels, glass beads; average: 107.3 x 33 cm (42 1/4 x 13 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Albert and Mary Gardiner Ford Memorial Fund 1982.61

title:				Bandolier (Shoulder) Bag
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series:				
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creation date:			1880s?
creation date earliest:		1880
creation date latest:		1900
current location:		
creditline:			James Albert and Mary Gardiner Ford Memorial Fund
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culture:	Northeastern Woodlands, Great Lakes Region, Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) People
technique:	plain weave cotton, twill weave wool, velvet, plaited wool binding, wool tassels, glass beads
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Native North American
type:		Textile
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Average: 107.3 x 33 cm (42 1/4 x 13 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1982
	opening date:   1983-01-05T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1982</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).

	title:		Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection
	opening date:   2010-03-07T00:00:00
	<i>Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (March 7-May 30, 2010).

	title:		Gallery 231 - Native North American Textile Rotation
	opening date:   2018-08-27T04:00:00
	<i>Gallery 231 - Native North American Textile Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27, 2018-August 26, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Eleanor Tulman Hancock, New York).
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digital description:
Inspired perhaps by British ammunition pouches, bandolier bags evolved from smaller native bags to become one of the flashiest, most important items of Woodlands formal attire during the 1800s. Europeans introduced floral motifs to Woodlands imagery, but artists’ enthusiastic response suggests the motifs struck a chord in native thought, which holds plants to be animate and powerful. This example features blueberries, literally “soul food” that refreshes the spirit of the living and the dead, and alludes to new seasonal growth.

wall description:
Inspired perhaps by British ammunition pouches, bandolier bags evolved from smaller native bags, similar to another in this case, to become one of the flashiest, most important items of Woodlands formal attire during the 1800s. Europeans introduced floral motifs to Woodlands imagery, but artists’ enthusiastic response suggests the motifs struck a chord in native thought, which holds plants to be animate and powerful. This example features blueberries, literally “soul food” that refreshes the spirit of the living and the dead, and alludes to new seasonal growth.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. "Year in Review for 1982." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 70, no. 1 (1983)
	page number: 	p. 53, Cat. No. 77
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159799

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IMAGES

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