Anishinaabe (Ojibwa), Gawababiganikak. <em>Bandolier Bag</em>, late 19th - early 20th century. Beads, cloth, silk, wool, 35 × 14 1/4 in. (88.9 × 36.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 30.1471. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.30.1471.jpg)

Anishinaabe (Ojibwa), Gawababiganikak. Bandolier Bag, late 19th - early 20th century. Beads, cloth, silk, wool, 35 × 14 1/4 in. (88.9 × 36.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 30.1471. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.30.1471.jpg)

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Bandolier bags were worn across the body. They were popular with Woodlands/Great Lakes tribes in the 19th century. The shape of such bags is based upon 18th century ammunition cartridge bags carried by European soldiers!

Bandolier Bag

Arts of the Americas

CULTURES Anishinaabe (Ojibwa), Gawababiganikak or Naskapi

MEDIUM Beads, cloth, silk, wool

DATES late 19th - early 20th century

DIMENSIONS 35 × 14 1/4 in. (88.9 × 36.2 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

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ACCESSION NUMBER 30.1471

CREDIT LINE Museum Collection Fund

RIGHTS STATEMENT Creative Commons-BY

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CAPTION Anishinaabe (Ojibwa), Gawababiganikak. Bandolier Bag, late 19th - early 20th century. Beads, cloth, silk, wool, 35 × 14 1/4 in. (88.9 × 36.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 30.1471. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.30.1471.jpg)

IMAGE overall, CUR.30.1471.jpg., 2019

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