Bag (1850–1900): Art, History and Details
Bag at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1850–1900, beadwork on cloth. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Bag (1850–1900) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
This colorful bag is beaded on both sides. On one side, the flowers resemble the sun, which native peoples of the Woodlands regard as the supreme spirit; the visual parallel is probably intentional. On the other side, a different plant symmetrically spreads its leaves and flowers across a dark, contrasting ground.
Object facts
- Title: Bag
- Date: 1850–1900
- Culture: Plains or Northeastern Woodlands, Nehiyawak (Cree) or Metis People
- Type: Textile
- Technique: beadwork on cloth
- Dimensions: Overall: 30.5 x 20.4 cm (12 x 8 1/16 in.)
- Collection: T - Native North American
- Department: Textiles
- Accession number: 1956.831
Collection credit
Anonymous gift in memory of Sarah Ann Morrison
Further reading listed by the museum
- Clarke, Victoria. Flower: Exploring the World in Bloom. London; New York : Phaidon Press Limited, 2020.
View the collection record
See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
Sources
More in Lifestyle
Keep reading
