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Exhibition History"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.
ProvenanceGreg Charles, Telegraph Creek, British Columbia; Toby Herbst, Galisteo, New Mexico
BibliographyNative Peoples Arts & Lifeways.May/June 2004, pg 16.
Crank, Mikaela. "On the Wind: Shards." Native Peoples (May/June 2004), p.16.
Gustafson, Eleanor H. "Museum Accessions". Magazine Antiques. Vol CLXV, no 3, March 2004: 34.
"Tenth Anniversary of the Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, 1995-2005" in Heritage magazine, 2005, vol 20. pg. 48-49.
Fognell, Eva. “Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection.” Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2010, p. 163.
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. 453.
Culture
Tahltan
Bag
Datec. 1875
DimensionsOverall: 28 3/4 × 6 1/2 in. (73 × 16.5 cm)
Object numberT0801
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextIn the early nineteenth century men used firebags to carry tobacco and fire-making equipment such as flint and tinder. Later the bags carried ammunition for muzzle-loading guns. By the 1900s firebags had become an important part of ceremonial dress.Exhibition History"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.
ProvenanceGreg Charles, Telegraph Creek, British Columbia; Toby Herbst, Galisteo, New Mexico
BibliographyNative Peoples Arts & Lifeways.May/June 2004, pg 16.
Crank, Mikaela. "On the Wind: Shards." Native Peoples (May/June 2004), p.16.
Gustafson, Eleanor H. "Museum Accessions". Magazine Antiques. Vol CLXV, no 3, March 2004: 34.
"Tenth Anniversary of the Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, 1995-2005" in Heritage magazine, 2005, vol 20. pg. 48-49.
Fognell, Eva. “Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection.” Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2010, p. 163.
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. 453.
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