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Pouch, made from tanned skin with red painted designs on both sides; a serrated band down either side, and transverse rows of circles and ladder designs, thong drawstring is laced around the top edge; at bottom edge is broad panel in netted technique: very fine skin thongs are bound together in pairs with porcupine quills; design is of four stylized animal motifs within double trapezoidal border, in red, gold and black against background of natural white quills; fringe of fine quill-wrapped skin thongs, metal cones, and red dyed moose hair is attached across bottom and up sides of netted panel; a split quill is stitched transversely across top of netted panel, sewing is with sinew.;;

1780 C;;

(from Arthur Speyer, via T. Brasser, National Museum of Man, Ottawa) Formerly in collection of Sir John Caldwell, Caldwell served during the American Revolution as an officer in the 8th Regiment of foot, he was stationed briefly at Niagara, then sent to Fort Detroit; he was made a chief of the Ojibwa and given the name 'Apatto' The Runner; took part in a council at the Shawnee village of Wakeetomike on Jan. 17,1780; and supposedly counciled with Munsee, Delaware, Iroquois, Shawnee, Huron, Illini. A few pieces from his collection are in the Liverpool Mus. and they also have a complete set of color slides of the entire coll. (as does the Horniman Mus.) For more information on Caldwell see Speyer collector's file; The Speyer catalogue gives "Ojibwa um 1780" attribution; "1138 A. Sp." and "S.I.C." are printed on inside of bag.

Benndorf and Speyer (1968) Cat. No. 146; Sir John Caldwell, 5th Baronet, Castle Caldwell, County Fermanagh, Ireland. Source of biographical information on Caldwell: Oswald, Arthur, Sniterton Hall, Derbyshire, The House of Mr. and Mrs. Bagshawe, Country Life, 2 Feb 1961, pp. 228-31