Plaited cloth, red woolen; beads, white; woolen thread, black; silken tape, faded green; porcupine quills, white and black; metal cones; animal hair, dyed red

The bag's body is made of a red woolen plaited cloth with a resist-dyed horizontal stripe across front. Its vertical edges are lined with a single row of white beads, sewn with black woolen thread. The bag's opening is edged with a faded green silken tape. Fringes on the bag are wrapped with white and dyed black porcupine quills, terminating with metal cones containing red dyed animal hair. The strap is woven from a beige woolen yarn, edged on both sides with white seed beads sewn with a greenish thread. White seed beads are also interwoven throughout the bag's body, strap, and the strap's fringe. Quill-wrapping and braiding are found on the fringes.

An otter motif appears to be on the bag's front.

This is the year range found in the British Museum accession record.

Previously owned by painter Benjamin West, the British Museum purchased this item, from Harry and Mrs. Margary in 1991.

25 February 2007 - 'Britain Meets the World,' Palace Museum, Beijing, China.

Illustrated in Benjamin West's The Death of General Wolfe painting, National Gallery of Canada.

Unknown artist, bag. Currently in the British Museum, Am1991,09.4. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2007; GRASAC item id 26292.

This record was created as part of a Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures (GRASAC) research trip to the Pitt Rivers Museum and British Museum, Dec.8-22, 2007, funded by a grant from the International Opportunity fund of the Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

Researchers present: Heidi Bohaker (HB), John Borrows (JB), Lindsay Borrows (LB), Alan Corbiere (AC), Jonathan King (JK), Stacey Loyer (SL), Janis Monture (JM), Bruce Morito (BM), Ruth Phillips (RP), Anne De Stecher (AS), Cory Willmott (CW).