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Mossbag

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Date
1920 – 1940
Material
skin; fibre; glass
Catalogue Number
103.05.0002
Description
A deerskin bunting (moss bag) that is fringed along the front closure and just below the top edge. There is green and blue beadwork on the front panel and just above upper fringe. The bag is lined with commercially patterned cotton fabric.
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Title
Mossbag
Date
1920 – 1940
Material
skin; fibre; glass
Dimensions
23.0 x 53.0 cm
Description
A deerskin bunting (moss bag) that is fringed along the front closure and just below the top edge. There is green and blue beadwork on the front panel and just above upper fringe. The bag is lined with commercially patterned cotton fabric.
Subject
households
Indigenous
Stoney
Assiniboine
children
regalia
beadwork
decorative
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.05.0002
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