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Datec. 1870
DimensionsOverall: 16 × 8 1/2 × 1 in. (40.6 × 21.6 × 2.5 cm)
Object numberT0291
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Exhibition History"Brilliantly Beaded: Northeastern Native American Beadwork," Hudson Museum, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, May 18, 1998 - October 31, 1998.

Arrows of the Spirit: North American Indian Adornment from Prehistoric to Present, Mingei International, San Diego, California, August 27, 1999 - April 1, 2000.

Coming Home, Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine, January 20, 2015 - January 20, 2016.
ProvenanceWalter Banko, Montreal, Quebec
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.83.

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. 96.
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Cap
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
1847-1854
Moccasins
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
c. 1840
Mat
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
c. 1870
Bag
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
c. 1840-1850
Bag
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
c. 1840-1850
Leggings
Potawatomi
c. 1870
Panel Bag
Red River Metis
c. 1800
Leggings
Plateau Cree-Metis
c. 1860
Bag
Mi'kmaq (Micmac) or Maliseet
c. 1860-1890
Bandolier Bag
Anishinaabe (Ojibwa)
c. 1860
Breechcloth
Omaha
c. 1890
Case
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
c. 1870

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