This otterskin bag was created and used by a Northeast Woodlands Indigenous person. It is decorated with metal cones which were once shiny, and made a pleasant bell-like sound when the bag was moved. The cones would have been received in trade.
Ojibwa. Otterskin Bag. ca. 1775. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/ir-a-08/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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