Strike-a-light bag

around 1860

Medium/TechniqueLeather, glass beads, metal cones, shell beads

DimensionsOverall: 48.3 × 10.2 cm (19 × 4 in.)
Other (case): 16.5 × 9.5 cm (6 1/2 × 3 3/4 in.)

Credit LineWilliam Francis Warden Fund

Accession number2017.1504.1

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ClassificationsTextiles

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ProvenanceBetween about 1866 and 1869, acquired in Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) by Dr. George Dillwyn Cook (b. 1841 - d. 1909), Vassalboro, ME [see note]; by inheritance to his son, Harold Elijah Cook, Gardiner, ME; by inheritance to his son, Harold E. Cook, Jr., Lewiston, ME; 1983, sold by Harold E. Cook, Jr., to Charles Derby, North Hampton, MA; 2017, sold by Charles Derby to Douglas Deihl, Boston; 2017, sold by Douglas Diehl to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 21, 2017)