Ojibwe, Great Lakes region
Circa 1860
Glass beads, trade cloth, velvet
Height 39" (99.1 cm) Width 9 1/2" (24.1 cm)
Provenance: Personal collection of Richard Pohrt, Wisconsin
This Ojibwe bandolier bag is worked in teal, white, and red glass seed beads with a geometric strap composition transitioning to a floral and leaf motif on the lower pouch panel. The strap carries repeating angular forms in tightly controlled loom beading, while the dark velvet ground of the pouch sets off a more naturalistic design of leaves and blossoms in spot stitching. The contrast between the two design registers gives the bag a strong visual structure characteristic of accomplished Great Lakes work of this period.
The Richard Pohrt provenance again distinguishes this piece within the broader market for Great Lakes beadwork, as Pohrt was among the foremost collectors and scholars of this material in the twentieth century. Bandolier bags were prestige objects produced by women and worn ceremonially, considered among the most culturally significant textile productions of the communities that made them. This is a well preserved and finely worked example from one of the most respected collections of Great Lakes Native American material.
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Ojibwe, Great Lakes region
Circa 1860
Glass beads, trade cloth, velvet
Height 39" (99.1 cm) Width 9 1/2" (24.1 cm)
Provenance: Personal collection of Richard Pohrt, Wisconsin
This Ojibwe bandolier bag is worked in teal, white, and red glass seed beads with a geometric strap composition transitioning to a floral and leaf motif on the lower pouch panel. The strap carries repeating angular forms in tightly controlled loom beading, while the dark velvet ground of the pouch sets off a more naturalistic design of leaves and blossoms in spot stitching. The contrast between the two design registers gives the bag a strong visual structure characteristic of accomplished Great Lakes work of this period.
The Richard Pohrt provenance again distinguishes this piece within the broader market for Great Lakes beadwork, as Pohrt was among the foremost collectors and scholars of this material in the twentieth century. Bandolier bags were prestige objects produced by women and worn ceremonially, considered among the most culturally significant textile productions of the communities that made them. This is a well preserved and finely worked example from one of the most respected collections of Great Lakes Native American material.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
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