Bag
Name/Title
BagEntry/Object ID
L2024.3.133Description
Beaded trinket bag. Primarily blue, white, and yellow beaded in quatrefoil shape surrounded by zig-zag band. Yellow beaded loops around edge of bag.Context
This small quatrefoil beaded design pouch with its beaded loop fringe is an important piece. This pouch employs larger, more colorful beads not as well sewn down as in the previous items in the beadwork collection. This is probably a decorative piece for sale to the settlers, and shows the potential of the quatrefoil design in early Abenaki tourist art. These little bags were made in huge numbers throughout the Northeast. Most are attributed to the Seneca (Haudenosaunee) but the quatrefoil is pure Wabanaki and commonly seen in the American Abenaki area with the zigzag motif, also in evidence on the pouch.Acquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Abenaki Cultural ConservancyMade/Created
Date made
circa 1860Ethnography
Culture/Tribe
Abenaki
Native American