Firebag

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Date created: 1860-1880

Culture/People: Cree

Collection History: Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1947.
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Place: Manitoba; Canada (inferred)

See related items: Cree; Bags/Pouches (and parts)
On View: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Arctic & Subarctic

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 21/573
Barcode: 210573.000

Object Type: Bags/Pouches (and parts)

Object Name: Firebag
Media/Materials: Wool cloth, cordage, glass bead/beads, thread
Techniques: Sewn, loom beadwork, overlay beadwork, edge beaded, strung, fringed
Dimensions: 38 x 30 x 1.5 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws62506d540-2641-407f-baa2-4c248b5832b9

Record ID: NMAI_224804