Pouch

Pouch

Pouch

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Introduction

Small deerskin pouch decorated on both sides with porcupine quill embroidery and plaiting in a geometric design. The pouch also has fringes on the sides which are wrapped in porcupine quills and finished with metal thimbles. The fringes at the bottom are disintegrated except for one, which is strung with wampum shell tube beads. Donated from American Antiquarian Society in 1890.

Date Made or Date Range: before 1890
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

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Materials

Leather, porcupine quills, metal, animal hair (moose or horse?), metal cones, wampum beads, thimbles

Techniques or Format

two pieces of brown dyed deerskin sewn together; quill embroidery/plaited quillwork on leather (both front/back); fringe wrapped in quills on either side with thimbles at ends. One piece of fringe on bottom (looks like there were a few more but fell off) strung with wampum shell and metal tube with hair at bottom.

Motifs and Patterns

one side: diamond patterns in red, blue, white, light blue;; other side: curvilinear shapes, tri-leaf/floral, diamonds in white, ochre/red

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

catalog data (donated to museum 1890)

Current Location: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 90-17-10/49322
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1890
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Donation from American Antiquarian Society
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: before 1890
Collection Narratives and Histories

Donated from American Antiquarian Society in 1890.

GKS Reference Number: 45109
Record Creation Context

Visit to Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) of Wahsontiio Cross and Alexandra Nahwegahbow, assisted by Meredith Vasta on 11-12 August 2015.

Approximate Place of Origin

45.7335, -82.1694

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