Tribal Art & Antiquities - 22nd September 2020
Lot 179
An Ojibwa composite bandolier North East North America cloth
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £380
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Description
An Ojibwa composite bandolier
North East North America
cloth, cotton, waxed cotton and coloured glass beads, the strap with foliage and pomegranate designs, circa 1890, the panel with trailing foliate designs and with beaded wool tassels, the back inscribed NEW CHIPPEWA Walker Min, Hacken sack,
148.00, circa 1922, Paul, SAG 3,
116cm long.
Provenance
The strap - by repute from the family of Red Thunder, chief of the Cut-Head band of the Yanktonai Sioux.
The panel - D. Sager, Toronto, 2011.
Michael G. Johnson Collection.
Literature
Michael G. Johnson. Ojibwa, People of Forests and Prairies, 2016, p.114.