Leather & Beads
Basket with beadwork details, view from above – MCHS Collections, #1971.6.12 a&b
Basket with beadwork details, lid & interior – MCHS Collections, #1971.6.12 a&b
Basket with beadwork details – This woven and beaded basket was made by Minnesota Indians (tribe unknown) in 1920. It was donated by Mary Ellen Hughes. – MCHS Collections, #1971.6.12 a&b
Bandolier bag, detail of beadwork on strap – MCHS Collections, #1996.36.3
Bandolier bag,, detail of beadwork – MCHS Collections, #1996.36.3
Bandolier bag – Jean Martinson bought this bandolier bag at a garage sale for 25-cents in Mizpah, Minnesota. It was originallly taken as payment for a grocery store bill in the Turtle Mountains of North Dakota. Jean, who is from Upsala, owned the bag for about 20 years before donating it to the museum in 1996. – MCHS Collections, #1996.36.3
Beaded leather shirt, cuff detail – MCHS Collections, #1966.5.1
Beaded leather shirt, detail of back beadwork – MCHS Collections, #1966.5.1
Beaded leather shirt, detail of front beadwork – MCHS Collections, #1966.5.1
Beaded leather shirt, back – MCHS Collections, #1966.5.1
Beaded leather shirt – This shirt is attributed to the Gros Ventres tribe of Malta, Montana. It was donated to the museum by Mrs. John Becotte, whose nephew purchased the shirt from “an old Indian man several years ago.” It was donated in 1966. – MCHS Collections, #1966.5.1
Beaded leather Indian purse, fringe detail – MCHS Collections, #1984.14.1
Beaded leather Indian purse, reverse – MCHS Collections, #1984.14.1
Beaded leather Indian purse, detail – MCHS Collections, #1984.14.1
Beaded leather Indian purse – We have no information on this piece other than that it was donated by Helen Ray. – MCHS Collections, #1984.14.1
Beaded coin purse – Cindy Moore, who grew up in Morrison County, received this coin purse from The Church of The Four Winds in Portland, Oregon, when she ended her employment there as a music director in 1996. The church is an inter-tribal, inter-denominational Native American church. The purse was made by Shishone Bannock in Fort Hall, Indiana. – MCHS Collections, #2007.4.1