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Potawatomi and Bum Onad Oke (Grandfather Joe Andy)

Trinket Bag

Potawatomi, 1899

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Trinket Bag

Potawatomi, 1899

Physical Qualities Cotton, wool, leather, dyes, 3 × 3 1/4 in. (7.6 × 8.3 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Dena S. Katzenberg, Baltimore
Object Number 1978.95.16
Woven by native for self use to transport small articles, wampus, etc. Design of vertical red and blue narrow stripes on tan ground. Interesting use of twisted cotton horizontal threads.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1978; Dena S. Katzenberg, Baltimore.

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