Shoulder bag
Date
circa 1830
Credits
- Seminole, Native American Designer
Type of Work
- Finished work 5644
Locations Made
- United States 994
- Florida
Vibrant nineteenth-century shoulder bags, worn by Woodlands men for formal dress, may have been inspired by the eighteenth-century ammunition pouches of British soldiers. The free-flowing imagery of this Seminole example as well as its asymmetrical strap—when worn, one design appears on the front and another on the back—is typical of the period.
Credit Line: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection of Native American Art, Gift of Charles and Valerie Diker, 2019
Culture: Seminole, Native American
