bag, quillwork

bag, quillwork

bag, quillwork

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Nation of Origin

Dakota (Eastern Sioux) (DP)

Materials

Deer hide; porcupine quills (natural white; dyed red and black); tin cones; sinew.

Techniques or Format

Quillwork: Simple linear, banding and two quill edging with leather thong inside. Has leather thong handle on top. Sewn in two pieces (front and back) with welt seams. Has false flap edged with scallops, above which is a panel with two scallops. Welt seam creates fringe with tin cones along bottom.

Motifs and Patterns

Unusual: quillwork columns with net pattern of simple linear between columns.

Other Notes

Many have duck skin on them (DP). Beltrami (in Italian institution) collected one like this one.

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 99-12-10/53073
GKS Reference Number: 25284
Record Creation Context

Cory Willmott, Alan Corbiere, Adrianna Grecci Green and David Penney conducted research on site at the Peabody Museum for Archaeology and Ethnology in July 2007 with help from Susan Haskell and Patricia Capone of the PMAE. Cory Willmott's research was funded by a grant from the American Philosophical Society. Al Corbiere was supported through Ruth Phillips's SSHRC Canada Research Chair Funding. An internal grant from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville provided Cory with an RA, Ceara Horsley, for 2009 and 2010 to work on GRASAC data entry. (CW & CH)

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Cory Willmott, Alan Corbiere, Adrianna Grecci Green and David Penney conducted research on site at the Peabody Museum for Archaeology and Ethnology in July 2007 with help from Susan Haskell and Patricia Capone of the PMAE. Cory Willmott's research was funded by a grant from the American Philosophical Society. Al Corbiere was supported through Ruth Phillips's SSHRC Canada Research Chair Funding. An internal grant from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville provided Cory with an RA, Ceara Horsley, for 2009 and 2010 to work on GRASAC data entry. (CW & CH)

Approximate Place of Origin

45.8, -83.9