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Closer View of Full Bag

This bag is a large heavily beaded bag with a slit at the top. It has a beaded strap worn diagonally over the shoulder, thus resting the bag at hip…

Delia Beboning, Colours View, 1985

Tags: Carolyn Faulkner, Louis Kelley

Unknown Artist, Odawa, Cover Page, 1900 C.E.

Tags: Ayla Schwartz, Birchbark, Decorative, Julie Yi, Quillbox, Quillwork, Sweetgrass

Detail of Bag

This bag is a large heavily beaded bag with a slit at the top. It has a beaded strap worn diagonally over the shoulder, thus resting the bag at hip…

Detail of Beads

This bag is a large heavily beaded bag with a slit at the top. It has a beaded strap worn diagonally over the shoulder, thus resting the bag at hip…

Detail of Pocket

This bag is a large heavily beaded bag with a slit at the top. It has a beaded strap worn diagonally over the shoulder, thus resting the bag at hip…

Drum Bottom

Erasure

Indigenous art pieces are often collected, sorted, and labeled in ways that improperly reflect- or even distort- Indigenous meaning. (Brushac, 2017).…

Carolyn Beck, Fan Feathers, Ceremonial Dance Fan, 1991, 1991

Carolyn Beck, Flower Iconography on Handle, Ceremonial Dance Fan, 1991, July, 1991

Handle is 10 1/4" long, diamond-shaped, and edged with sweet grass. Fan is decorated with three red quill flowers with green stems and leaves ending…