A CREE BEADED CLOTH FIRE BAG. c. 1880...

Description

A CREE BEADED CLOTH FIRE BAG
c. 1880 composed of black velvet, each side with floral designs in numerous shades of opaque and translucent glass seed beads, a rectangular loom-woven beadwork panel, enclosing small geometric motifs in similar colors, suspended below, red wool fringe along the bottom

For a similar example, probably by the same hand, see: Brasser, Theodore, "Bo'Jou Neejee" Profiles in Canadian Indian Art, National Museum of Man, Ottawa, 1976, page 156, item 159.

Provenance:
The Dr. Jack and Mary Ann Adams Collection
Ex-collection: Tad Dale, Santa Fe, NM

Length: 17 inches overall


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