A Cree Beaded Panel Bag

of rectangular form, composed of dark blue trade cloth, finely sewn at the periphery with (now worn) red silk and concentric channels of white beadwork, pairs of red-stroud roundels outlined in blue beads on each side, surmounting a woven section of glass seed beadwork, with a radiant design and four stars, trimmed with black and white pony beaded drops inserted with red wool tassels.

Acquired from Jim Hart, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, 1982

The Cincinnati Art Museum: “A Window on the Past,” October 18, 2002 – March 30, 2003

John W. Painter, American Indian Artifact: The John Painter Collection, 1991, pp. 77 - 78, no. 88, illustrated

John W. Painter, A Window on the Past: Early Native American Dress from the John Painter Collection, 2002, Cincinnati Art Museum, p. 30, no. 22, illustrated