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Exhibition History"Art Des Indiens D'Amerique Du Nord Dans La Collection D'Eugene Thaw," Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France, Somogy Editions D'Art, January 21, 2000 - March 18, 2000.
"Treasures from the Thaw Collection," Wheelwright Museum of American Indian Art. Santa Fe, NM, May 1, 2000 - December 31, 2000.
ProvenanceJohn Welsch, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; Richard Pohrt, Jr.; Morning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyAdvertisement for Morning Star Gallery. ANTIQUES. June 1996: 799.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Colleciton. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.77.
Perriot, Francoise, and Slim Batteux, trans. Arts des Indiens d'Amerique du Nord: Dans la Collection d'Eugene et Clare Thaw. Paris: Somogy editions d'Art, 1999. p. 41, fig. 29.
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. 82.
Possibly
Potawatomi
Possibly
Mesquakie
Bandolier Bag
Datec. 1900
DimensionsOverall: 14 1/2 × 38 in. (36.8 × 96.5 cm)
Object numberT0220
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextA bag decorated with a similar composition of maple leaves and fruit vines is in the collection of the Milwaukee Public Museum. Its creation is attributed to a Mesquakie woman named Sau Ki Ta Ne Qua, or Mrs. Bill Leaf, about 1910. Long ago, Alanson Skinner noticed that fruit vines were a most popular design unit in beadwork of these people. Nevertheless, maple leaves with fruit vines have also been observed in woven beadwork of the Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk, and Menominee of about the turn of the century. The small flower motif among the maple leaves on this bag was popular among these nations as well. The larger central tab on the bottom and the curvilinear floral pattern worked in beads on the top panel are usually considered design elements found in Potawatomi work. Within this general geographic region, many of these designs are presumably more indicative of a certain time period than of a particular Native community. Although still referred to as a bandolier bag, this is an example of the change that took place about the turn of the century: the bandoliers became mere decorative panels, no longer having a pocket to carry anything. (From the Catalog of the Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, 2nd ed.)Exhibition History"Art Des Indiens D'Amerique Du Nord Dans La Collection D'Eugene Thaw," Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France, Somogy Editions D'Art, January 21, 2000 - March 18, 2000.
"Treasures from the Thaw Collection," Wheelwright Museum of American Indian Art. Santa Fe, NM, May 1, 2000 - December 31, 2000.
ProvenanceJohn Welsch, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; Richard Pohrt, Jr.; Morning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyAdvertisement for Morning Star Gallery. ANTIQUES. June 1996: 799.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Colleciton. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.77.
Perriot, Francoise, and Slim Batteux, trans. Arts des Indiens d'Amerique du Nord: Dans la Collection d'Eugene et Clare Thaw. Paris: Somogy editions d'Art, 1999. p. 41, fig. 29.
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. 82.
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