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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9806319, member: 8267"]"Athabascan" refers to a language group - a group of tribes that share similar languages. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]487315[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Your bag looks like it might be a relatively modern creation - I don't see any signs of age or use. But someone made a sincere effort to use historic materials and methods. The leather appears to be brain tanned. This stitching looks like it might be sinew - </p><p>[ATTACH=full]487318[/ATTACH] </p><p>I agree with komo that the red pattern is done with porcupine quills. Athabascan groups did do quillwork before the introduction of glass beads in the mid 19th century, and the techniques have been preserved by some elders and more recently revived by contemporary artists, as explained in this news article from 2014 -</p><p><a href="https://www.adn.com/arts/article/old-art-athabascan-quillwork-rediscovered/2014/04/12/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.adn.com/arts/article/old-art-athabascan-quillwork-rediscovered/2014/04/12/" rel="nofollow">https://www.adn.com/arts/article/old-art-athabascan-quillwork-rediscovered/2014/04/12/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>But other features of the bag look quite modern. I would expect a genuinely old bag to be constructed with a front flap that folds over the opening at the top of the bag, rather than having only a button-and-loop closure. The antler button also looks very modern. </p><p><br /></p><p>I cannot tell what the blue wavy design is made of.</p><p><br /></p><p>The blue and white cotton "ticking" may have been chosen for the lining because it is a type of fabric that would have been available historically (and is still being made).</p><p><br /></p><p>In summary, I don't see anything that would distinctively associate it with an Athabascan group, but I also don't see any reason that it could not be. I might, however, not be much older than the date you purchased it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9806319, member: 8267"]"Athabascan" refers to a language group - a group of tribes that share similar languages. [ATTACH=full]487315[/ATTACH] Your bag looks like it might be a relatively modern creation - I don't see any signs of age or use. But someone made a sincere effort to use historic materials and methods. The leather appears to be brain tanned. This stitching looks like it might be sinew - [ATTACH=full]487318[/ATTACH] I agree with komo that the red pattern is done with porcupine quills. Athabascan groups did do quillwork before the introduction of glass beads in the mid 19th century, and the techniques have been preserved by some elders and more recently revived by contemporary artists, as explained in this news article from 2014 - [URL]https://www.adn.com/arts/article/old-art-athabascan-quillwork-rediscovered/2014/04/12/[/URL] But other features of the bag look quite modern. I would expect a genuinely old bag to be constructed with a front flap that folds over the opening at the top of the bag, rather than having only a button-and-loop closure. The antler button also looks very modern. I cannot tell what the blue wavy design is made of. The blue and white cotton "ticking" may have been chosen for the lining because it is a type of fabric that would have been available historically (and is still being made). In summary, I don't see anything that would distinctively associate it with an Athabascan group, but I also don't see any reason that it could not be. I might, however, not be much older than the date you purchased it.[/QUOTE]
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