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A Bag Worth a Pony: The Art of the Ojibwe Bandolier Bag

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Bandolier bags, or gashkibidaaganag—the large, heavily beaded shoulder bags made and worn by several North American Indian tribes around the Great Lakes—are prized cultural icons here and all over the world. From the 1870s to the present day, Ojibwe bead artists of Minnesota have been especially well known for their energetic, creative designs. Neighboring Dakota people would trade a pony for an exquisite beaded bag.

Over the years, non-Indian collectors and ethnographers, struck by the bags’ cultural significance and visual appeal, bought them up. These days, there are hundreds of bags in museums all over the world, but not such a lot of in the hands of community members. In A Bag Worth a Pony, Marcia G. Anderson shares the result of thirty years of study, by which she learned from the talented bead artists who keep the form alive, from historical records, and from the bags themselves.

Anderson examines the history, forms, structure, and motifs of the bags, giving readers the tools to be aware a bag’s makeup and meaning. She also offers a tour of Minnesota’s seven Ojibwe reservations, showing the beautiful beaded bags associated with every in conjunction with the personal insights of seven master beadworkers.

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