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Cherokee Chief Tucquo's bandolier bag / Unknown

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Bandolier bag with silk edging, wool fringe, and designs beaded with red, dark blue, light blue, yellow, and potentially orange glass beads. Sewn with cotton thread.

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Bandolier bags are large, heavily beaded bags with a beaded strap worn diagonally over the shoulder. Bandolier bags were typically worn by men but created by women artists. This bag combines traditional Cherokee motifs and design with an evolving Prairie style with dense colors and contrasting beadwork. The bag is like the bandolier bags painted by John Mix Stanley in 1843 Grand Council.

From the exhibition: After Removal: Rebuilding the Cherokee Nation, August 25, 2017 - January 21, 2018.
Curated by Dr. Duane King & Dr. Natalie Panther, 2017.

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Title(s): 
Cherokee Chief Tucquo's bandolier bag
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Ted Trotta (Vendor)
Culture: 
Native American; possibly Cherokee
Date: 
circa 1835
Period: 
Historic
Place: 
Oklahoma, United States of America
Materials/Techniques: 
cotton, wool, silk, glass
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Containers and Vessels
Object Type: 
Bandolier Bag
Accession No: 
84.3409
Previous Number(s): 
TL2011.11.1; TL2011.11.1
Department: 
Anthropology
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