Bandolier Bag
Osage
Prairie
Plains
1850s (collected about 1877-1879)
Cloth, glass beads, silk, cord, wool, and thread
Overall: 37 in. (94 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Edward W. Bush, Jr., Class of 1945, Tuck 1947
47.12.10808
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Personal Gear: Bag
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Plains
Not on view
Exhibition History
Native American Designs of the Northern Woodlands, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 20, 1995-February 9, 1997.
Provenance
Collected by Captain Charles Akers Johnson (1840-1893) [during the time he was assigned to the Red Cloud Agency and Fort Robinson, Nebraska between 1877 and 1879]; by descent to his grand nephew Edward W. Bush, Jr. (1923-2006, Class of 1945, Tuck 1947), West Hartford, Connecticut; given to present collection, 1947.
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