wall pocket

wall pocket

wall pocket

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Introduction

Wall pocket made of ermine fur and decorated with silk floral embroidery. Attached is a loop to hang the object on the wall.

Nation of Maker: Cree Maskêkowiyiniwak (Swampy Cree) Mushkegowuk (Western James Bay Cree) Omushkego (Winisk-Swampy Cree) Métis
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British Museum Catalog Card.

Place of Origin: Ontario or Manitoba, CAN
Date Made or Date Range: 19 C
Materials

Made of fur; ermine, white hide, silk embroidery thread; pink, red, green, gold.

Techniques or Format

Pocket is trimmed with ermine fur. Asymmetrical embroidered motif on top and bottom section. Embroidery done using square -chain stitch?

Dimensions: 0 × 13 × 2 cm
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British Museum Catalog Card.

Current Location: British Museum, London, UK
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 1936 1020.8
GKS Reference Number: 24514
How to Cite this Item

Unknown Cree/Métis artist, wall pocket. Currently in the British Museum, 1936 1020.8. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2007; GRASAC item id 24514.

Record Creation Context

Record created as part of practicum, winter 2009.

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