Bag

Diane Anderson purchased the bag from a gallery in Ontario in 1989. The sales receipt says "Subarctic beaded cloth moss or "baby bag" Slavey c1900". The metal beads along the edges are from the Victorian era. The velvet fabric on the back appears to have been replaced at some point, as it is in much better condition than the velvet on the front.

Velvet bag constructed of two pieces of black velvet lined with brown and cream cotton in a flower and square pattern. The identical pieces have been sewn together at back and remain open at front, hemmed and finished, with leather thongs knotted onto and running the length of each edge as a means to tie closed and tighten the bag. The back is undecorated, while the front is covered heavily in beading in flower and foliage patterns in green, blue, pink, red and silver coloured beads. There are also rows of metal beads near the edges. The foot of the bag is rounded and extends upward.