Loom-beaded bandolier bag, Potawatomi. This bandolier bag features the same pattern on the strap as well as the body of the bag; other bags, like yesterday’s example, include one pattern or motif on the strap and a dramatically different pattern on the bag body. According to the records of the Milwaukee Public Museum, this bag was donated to the Museum by Odelia Abel and was collected by her father, H. L. Mumm, who operated the “Indian Trading Post” in Tomahawk, Wisconsin in the early 20th century. via: Anthropology Collections, Milwaukee Public Museum see more: Bandolier Bag Collection, Milwaukee Public Museum
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Loom-beaded bandolier bag, Potawatomi.

This bandolier bag features the same pattern on the strap as well as the body of the bag; other bags, like yesterday’s example, include one pattern or motif on the strap and a dramatically different pattern on the bag body.

According to the records of the Milwaukee Public Museum, this bag was donated to the Museum by Odelia Abel and was collected by her father, H. L. Mumm, who operated the “Indian Trading Post” in Tomahawk, Wisconsin in the early 20th century.

via: Anthropology Collections, Milwaukee Public Museum

see more: Bandolier Bag Collection, Milwaukee Public Museum

Source: mpm.edu

Mary Day, ash splint basket, Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Basketmaking is another form of weaving without a loom. According to the records of the Logan Museum, basketmaker Mary Day was a member of the Potawatomi Nation in Oshkosh who learned the traditional craft of black ash splint basketry from her Ho-Chunk mother-in-law. via: Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit College see more: Photographs and oral history of the basketmaking process, from the Ho-Chunk Department of Heritage Preservation via Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center at UW-La Crosse.
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Mary Day, ash splint basket, Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Basketmaking is another form of weaving without a loom. According to the records of the Logan Museum, basketmaker Mary Day was a member of the Potawatomi Nation in Oshkosh who learned the traditional craft of black ash splint basketry from her Ho-Chunk mother-in-law.

via: Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit College

see more: Photographs and oral history of the basketmaking process, from the Ho-Chunk Department of Heritage Preservation via Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center at UW-La Crosse.

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