Late Ojibwe
In the early 1900s Ojibwe artists began
to decorate their bags with appliqué decoration and asymmetrical curvilinear floral designs. The
veins on leaves are often marked. Usually the background is covered
with white beads, and the fill of the floral designs is contoured
and often concentric with the shape of the larger element. The
appliqué border may be a beavertail but is more likely
to be a simple zigzag.
On later bags the bag panel and the
panel above the bag become a single design unit. Sometimes the bag opening is reduced to a hand
hole or is eliminated. Woven tabs are often absent or replaced
with loops of beads.
Ojibwe, about 1913
Source: Loan from the Anthropology Division,
University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln.
[A06238]
Studio portrait of a
Mille Lacs Ojibwe family taken around 1912.
Source: Photo by Ross A. Daniels, Minnesota Historical Society,
[order
photo] [MHS 7877-A, E97.1/p62]
Ojibwe or Brulé Sioux, about 1930
Although it has Ojibwe characteristics,
collection records indicate this bag was acquired by Yellow Horse,
a Brulé Sioux living on the Rosebud reservation. Perhaps
this bag was a trade item or the maker was influenced by the
Ojibwe style.
Source: Dr. and Mrs. C. F. Zimmerman Collection, Naper, NE.
[4364-60]
Ojibwe or Santee Sioux, about 1930
Collection records indicate these three bags were collected from
members of the Santee Sioux tribe at Niobrara, Nebraska in the
early 1900s, although design elements are characteristic of Ojibwe
bags. Perhaps these bags were trade items or the makers were
influenced by the Ojibwe style.
Source: B. Y. High Collection, courtesy of Alice Cobb, Santa
Barbara, CA.
[8634-260, -160, and -162]
Ojibwe, about 1930
Source: Nebraska State Historical Society
Collection
[11343-34]
Ojibwe, about 1930
Source: Loan from the Anthropology Division,
University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln.
[A98.03.01]
Ojibwe artists Mr. and Mrs. Jack King in 1931.
Compare the large beaded panels on the
bags and the floral vine design on the straps with the bags on
exhibit.
Source: Monroe P. Killy, Minnesota Historical Society
[order
photo] [MHS 55497, E97.1K/r38]
Ojibwe or Winnebago, Late 1800s
Although acquired from a Winnebago individual,
stylistic elements of this bag seem Ojibwe in origin. Perhaps
this bag was a trade item or the maker was influenced by the
Ojibwe style.
Source: Mrs. Fred N. Wells, Lincoln.
[8929-1]
Ojibwe or Omaha, about 1903
Although acquired from an Omaha family,
stylistic elements of this bag seem Ojibwe in origin. Perhaps
this bag was a trade item or the makers were influenced by the
Ojibwe style.
Source: W. H. H. Pilcher, Wittier, CA.
[9045-29]
