Pouch

Pouch

Pouch

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Introduction

Pouch with quillwork design and beaded fringe, possibly from Darmstadt museum, Onkwehonwe (Iroquois), before 1780.

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

catalog card notes "Iroquois", however this term is being replaced with Onkwehonwe.

Date Made or Date Range: 1700s to 1780
Materials

smoked, tanned skin, porcupine quills, beads: black, white,green, tin cones, commercial thread.

Techniques or Format

see catalog card.

Dimensions: 17.5 × 10 × 0 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

catalog card

Current Location: Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: III - I - 1324 (73/66/81)
GKS Reference Number: 25940
How to Cite this Item

Item to be cited by catalog number, collection and institution.

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Record created based on research trip to the Canadian Museum of Civilization, 2008.

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