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 around the world.
Over the years, non-Indian collectors and ethnographers, struck by the.
Neighboring Dakota people would trade a pony for a beautiful beaded bag.
From the 1870s to the present day, Ojibwe bead artists of Minnesota have been especially well known for their lively, creative designs.
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 around the world