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Exhibition HistoryMuseum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, MA, December 6, 1994 - May 2, 1995.
The Flag in American Indian Art, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ. August 30, 1998 - January 18, 1998; High Museum of Art, Atlanta GA. February 21, 1998 - June 13, 1998 Historical Society of Saginaw County, (Castle Museum), Saginaw, MI, August 1, 1998 - September 27, 1998; Houston Museum of Natural Science, October 1998 - March, 1999; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE. July 3, 1999 - August 29, 1999; Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Mashantucket, CT, October 1999 – December 1999.
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.
ProvenanceMorning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyHerbst, Toby, and Joel Kopp. The Flag in American Indian Art. Cooperstown, NY: New York State Association, 1993, p. 70, pl. 57.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.150.
Fognell, Eva, ed. "Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection." Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2010, p. 77.
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. 158.
Culture
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
Culture
Yankton or Yanktonai Sioux
Possible Bag
Date1890-1910
DimensionsOverall: 15 1/4 × 21 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (38.7 × 54.6 × 8.9 cm)
Object numberT0360
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextEarly 19th century traders called these rectangular soft-skin containers “Possible Bags.” A more accurate term might be storage or tipi bag, as they held personal items and were placed inside the tipi where they doubled as pillows. When moving camp the bags were hung on the side of a saddle, where their decorations could be seen and admired.Exhibition HistoryMuseum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, MA, December 6, 1994 - May 2, 1995.
The Flag in American Indian Art, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ. August 30, 1998 - January 18, 1998; High Museum of Art, Atlanta GA. February 21, 1998 - June 13, 1998 Historical Society of Saginaw County, (Castle Museum), Saginaw, MI, August 1, 1998 - September 27, 1998; Houston Museum of Natural Science, October 1998 - March, 1999; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE. July 3, 1999 - August 29, 1999; Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Mashantucket, CT, October 1999 – December 1999.
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.
ProvenanceMorning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyHerbst, Toby, and Joel Kopp. The Flag in American Indian Art. Cooperstown, NY: New York State Association, 1993, p. 70, pl. 57.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.150.
Fognell, Eva, ed. "Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection." Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2010, p. 77.
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. 158.
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