Northwest Babiche Bag

Description:

Northwest Babiche Bag, Great Slave/Mackenzie River Area, c. mid-19th century, made from netted rawhide and smoked moose hide, the top panel decorated with red trade cloth, multicolored quillwork and seed beads, remnant pigment on the netted bag, with quill and pony bead decorated hide fringe and two-color wool tassels, (the red tested as cochineal dyed by David Wenger),with quill-wrapped carrying strap, custom display frame, bag excluding fringe 19 x 13 in.

Provenance: Ex-collection Ned Jalbert; Fred Boschan Collection.
Estimate $12,000-16,000

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