Bandolier Bag
Arts of the Americas
CULTURE
Delaware
MEDIUM
Cotton, wool, silk, glass beads
DATES
1850s
DIMENSIONS
28 1/4 × 21 1/4 × 2 1/4 in. (71.8 × 54 × 5.7 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER
2021.41
CREDIT LINE
Frank L. Babbott Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Bandolier bag of trade cloth covered with small glass beads, or seed beads, with designs of three different kinds of leaves. The leaf design on the strap is blue on a pink ground, on the flap it is pink on a blue ground, and on the bag it is blue on a white ground. All leaves, except for those on the white ground, are outlined with a row of white beads, which is characteristic of Delaware beadwork. The beaded fringes at the ends of the strap are decorated with vertical rows of pink and yellow diamonds, which are not outlined in white.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Delaware. Bandolier Bag, 1850s. Cotton, wool, silk, glass beads, 28 1/4 × 21 1/4 × 2 1/4 in. (71.8 × 54 × 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 2021.41 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2021.41_PS11.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 2021.41_PS11.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2023
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