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Introduction

Deer hide bag decorated with porcupine quills in an underwater panther motif. Collected by A. Speyer. Ottawa.

Nation of Maker: Algonquin
Nation of Origin

Speyer Catalogue gives "Ottawa, before 1800" documentation.

Date Made or Date Range: pre 1800
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

CMC record, GRASAC generated

Materials

black dyed, smoked deer hide, porcupine quills (orange-red, yellow, blue and white), sinew

Techniques or Format

Porcupine quillwork done in 3 techniques: one-quill edging, simple line technique and zig-zag band (worked over two threads). The back of the bag is comprised of three pieces of hide stitched together. Sewing and quillwork are with sinew.

Motifs and Patterns

Figures on pocket face are horned underwater panthers.

Dimensions: 18 × 18 × 0 cm
Condition: A few holes in the skin and slight damage to quillwork
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Speyer Catalogue gives "Ottawa, before 1800" documentation.

Current Location: Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: III-M-1
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1973
Collection Narratives and Histories

(From Speyer via T. Brasser) Formerly in the James Hooper Collection (England).

Exhibition History

Bo'jou Neejee, April 1976-August 1979
Cobourg Art Gallery, September 1979-October 1979

Sources to Learn More

Comparison items:
1)Dockstader, 1961, fig. 229 (Ottawa: Cranbrook #3690)
2) Flint Institute of Arts Catalogue, 1973, p. 2 (Ottawa: Chandler. Pohrt Collection 3021)
3) Phelps, Steven, Art and Artefacts...The James Hooper Collection, 1975.

GKS Reference Number: 26268
Approximate Place of Origin

46.7296, -94.6859

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