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bag, panel
bag, panel
bag, panel
A deerskin pouch with beaded panels of floral motifs and a bead and tassel fringe. Likely made in the mid- to late 19th century. It was purchased by the Pitt Rivers Museum from Finlay Sanderson in December of 1920.
Possibly Potawatomi, based on style.
Museum documentation and the GRASAC research team.
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deer skin; small glass beads, white, green, blue, red, mustard, orange, pink; large beads, brass, black glass, clear, gold; thread
The bag's body and fringe are made of deer skin. Both sides are decorated with a beaded panel with white, green, blue, red, mustard, orange and pink small glass beads. Large brass, black glass and clear gold beads are strung on the fringe just below the beaded panels. The bag's top and sides are edged with small glass beads. The beaded panels on either side of the bag are both decorated with floral imagery, but are asymmetrical.
One of the decorative beadwork panels appears to be more obviously in the style of Anishinaabe floral beadwork than the other - motifs are edged with a contrasting colour.
Based on the large beads found on the bag's fringe, it was likely made in the mid- to late 19th century.
Provenance
Purchased by the Pitt Rivers Museum from Finlay Sanderson in December of 1920.
About This GRASAC Record
This record was created as part of a Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures (GRASAC) research trip to the Pitt Rivers Museum and British Museum, December 8-22 2007, funded by a grant from the International Opportunities fund of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
researchers present: Heidi Bohaker (HB), Al Corbiere (AC), Stacey Loyer (SL), Janis Monture (JM), Laura Peers (LP), Ruth Phillips (RP), Anne De Stecher (AS), Cory Willmott (CW).