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Introduction

This relative, a square hide pouch with quill wrapped splints, includes 'cane' or 'hooked line' motifs. Although the origins of this relative are uncertain, it has probable Anishinaabe or Haudenosaunee/Hodenosaunee origins and is believed to have been made in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century. 

This relative currently resides in the National Museum of Ireland.

Name of Maker(s): Unrecorded.
Maker role: Artist
Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee
Date Made or Date Range: late 18th to early 19th century
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

National Museum of Ireland accession records and GRASAC research notes.

Materials

smoked deerskin, porcupine quills in red, yellow, blue, green, and natural, and black; black and white glass wampum, black and white pony beads, birchbark splints, vegetable fiber, sinew, tin cones, red and blue-green dyed deer hair, 2 gilt cast iron buttons with silver on raised 'star' motifs, strap is finger woven of two ply yarn: red, green or blue, and yellow or white

Techniques or Format

front is made out of two pieces of hide, back is one piece, flap is a separate piece; single line quill work, quill wrapped splints, strap is finger woven, cones are attached to pouch with cotton thread, sinew used to sew the hide, and vegetable fibre is use to attach the splints

Motifs and Patterns

"canes" or "hooked lines"

Condition: fair - strap is a fragment, one button and most of the cones are missing
Current Location: National Museum of Ireland
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: AE:1880.1912, 1880.1912
Source for Provenance information

National Museum of Ireland accession records.

GKS Reference Number: 26240
How to Cite this Item

Maker, Name unrecorded. Bag. GRASAC ID: 26240. National Museum of Ireland Collection, AE:1880.1912, 1880.1912

Record Creation Context

This record was augmented by Dana Murray on October 27, 2024. It was informed by GRASAC research notes.

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