Description
The miniature bandolier bag is what I imagine the Anidawi would wear while gathering beloved treasures. What might be the most cherished? Our lost items are their found delights! On the beadwork, there is a tiny button, a single earring, a child's milk tooth, an acorn, a candy and one sock. It is made with wool stroud, size 18/0 and 20/0 beads for the inner beadwork and antique, yellow-and-red 10/0 white hearts for the Pequot edges. The tassel is made with antique wool thread and the bag is lined with calico. It is framed.
Materials
Wool stroud, glass beads, wood frame.
Category
Diverse Art Form
Andrea Savar
Cherokee Nation
About the Artist
Andrea Mina Savar has been a working artist in the mediums of jewelry, painting, fiction writing and textile art. Inspired by the natural world, leaves, flowers and creatures of all kinds tend to wiggle their way into her art. As a mother of a small child, traditional Cherokee stories and language preservation have become increasingly important and present in her everday family life as well as in her creative works. She owns a boutique/gallery in the Seattle area with her husband called The Curious Nest.
