Early Cree Quilled Shoulder Bag

mid-19th century

softly tanned, thick hide; finely loomed quilled panels finished with quill-wrapped hide fringe and wool tufts; thin strap quilled with differing designs at midpoint

overall length 23-1/2 inches x width 7 inches

cf. Art of the Great Lakes Indians (Flint Institute of Arts 1973: pg 7, fig. 14)

Property from the Collection of Kurt Anderson, Owatonna, Minnesota