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Exhibition History"Across Borders: Beadwork in Iroquois Life," Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Canada, Unknown Dates; Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Ledyard, CT, November 23, 2002 - February 16, 2003; Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, June 21, 2002 - October 13, 2002; National Museum of American Indian, Washington, D.C., December 9, 2001 - May 19, 2002; Canadian Museum of Civilization, Quebec, Canada, May 25, 2001 - October 28, 2001; Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University, New York, July 2, 2000 - November 19, 2000; McCord Museum, Montreal, Canada, June 1999 - January 2000.
"Art of the American Indian: The Thaw Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, March 2, 2010 - May 30, 2010; Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN, October 24, 2010 - January 9, 2011; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, April 24, 2011 - September 23, 2011; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, December 4, 2011 - February 12, 2012.
"American Indian Art from the Fenimore Art Museum: The Thaw Collection," Mitchell Gallery, St John's College, Annapolis, MD, February 28, 2020 - April 26, 2020.
ProvenanceWilliam Channing, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.50.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 46.
Culture
Seneca (Haudenosaunee)
Bag
Datec. 1840-1860
DimensionsOverall: 6 3/4 × 6 1/4 in. (17.1 × 15.9 cm)
Object numberT0690
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextTrade goods such as wool, cotton calico and velvet cloth and glass beads offered new artistic possibilities once they had been introduced to Native artists. The space on this bag is divided into four quadrants reflecting the four cardinal directions in the eastern woodlands cosmos. Small beaded bags such as this were very popular with European-American women and provided a source of income for the Native artists who made them.Exhibition History"Across Borders: Beadwork in Iroquois Life," Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Canada, Unknown Dates; Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Ledyard, CT, November 23, 2002 - February 16, 2003; Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, June 21, 2002 - October 13, 2002; National Museum of American Indian, Washington, D.C., December 9, 2001 - May 19, 2002; Canadian Museum of Civilization, Quebec, Canada, May 25, 2001 - October 28, 2001; Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University, New York, July 2, 2000 - November 19, 2000; McCord Museum, Montreal, Canada, June 1999 - January 2000.
"Art of the American Indian: The Thaw Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, March 2, 2010 - May 30, 2010; Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN, October 24, 2010 - January 9, 2011; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, April 24, 2011 - September 23, 2011; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, December 4, 2011 - February 12, 2012.
"American Indian Art from the Fenimore Art Museum: The Thaw Collection," Mitchell Gallery, St John's College, Annapolis, MD, February 28, 2020 - April 26, 2020.
ProvenanceWilliam Channing, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.50.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 46.
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