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Woman's Beaded Bag

Woman's Beaded Bag - Bag
Accession #: 1780.544
Title: Woman's Beaded Bag
Object Type: Bag
Participants:
Physical Description: Bag front only, fully beaded with buckskin handles and beaded ties. Background is medium blue with pictorial rendition of a man holding a feather and a woman holding a cup. Three is a flag staff with eagle feathers in the center. Bag front is unfinished at edges.
Description: Collector "Chappie" Dunning nurtured a lifelong appreciation of the first people of the Columbia Plateau. Her friendships grew as she studied the craftsmanship, artistry, and unique skills of their hand work — and purchased, traded and received gifts of fine baskets, beadwork and clothing. In 1962 Dunning gave 1156 objects to the people of Washington State, choosing the Eastern Washington State Historical Society to care for them. Museum director Richard Conn termed it "the best single collection of local Indian material in existence."
Category: American Indian
Subjects/Topics/Concepts:
Beaded Bag (Personal Artifact->Personal Gear->Carrying & Storage), Smoking (Personal Artifact->Personal Gear)
Geographical Reference: Inland Northwest (Regional)
Dimensions:
Object H x W 12 x 11"
Materials/Techniques:
beaded (Technique)
bead (Material)
hide (Material)
satin (Material)
Related Exhibits:
Credit Line: The Chap C. Dunning Memorial Collection, Gift of Chap C. Dunning, 1962
Copyright:
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Copyright Holder: Eastern Washington State Historical Society (Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture), Spokane

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