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Introduction

Tanned hide pouch with woven porcupine quill work or woven vegetable fire, and metal cone adornment with dyed moosehair. The imagery in the woven work may possibly be a thunderbird. Pouch is secured with drawstring made of hide. The materials and pattern in the quill/vegetable fibre work are characteristic of the Huron-Wendat, but the imagery may be Anishinaabe.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe Huron-Wendat
Nation of Origin

There are similar pouches made by the Huron-Wendat in the same collection, but the imagery on the pouch (possibly a thunderbird) means it could be Anishinaabe.

Date Made or Date Range: Early 18 C to Late 18 C
Materials

Tanned hide, metal cones, dyed moose hair, vegetable fibre and/or porcupine quills

Techniques or Format

The pouch is made of two panels, sealed with side seams. The vegetable fibre/quill work pattern is sewn at the bottom. Metal cones with moosehair adorn the left and right edges of the pouch, with many at the bottom.

Motifs and Patterns

Possible thunderbird image in the woven area, indicating Anishinaabe origin

Other Notes

It is worth noting the "thunderbird" image may instead be an eagle, another bird, or something entirely different, rendering it entirely Huron-Wendat.

Condition: Fair. Many cones are missing from one side and the bottom. Lots of moosehair from cones also missing.
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Based on style and materials, Autumn Epple theorizes this bag dates between 1700 and 1760.

Current Location: Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, Paris, France
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 71.1878.32.83
GKS Reference Number: 25834
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, pouch. Currently in the Musée du quai Branly, 71.1878.32.83. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip; GRASAC item id 25834.

Approximate Place of Origin

43.3, -78.1

Source of Information about Places

Based on style and materials.

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