black skin bag

black skin bag

black skin bag

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Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Date Made or Date Range: 1800s to 1820s
Materials

deer skin, smoked & dyed; porcupine quills, metal cones, red dyed deer hair, sinew

Techniques or Format

body of bag is made of two pieces sewn together at edges; the back is undyed deer skin; the flap is sewn onto it, extending above the pocket; cones were sewn to the sides and the bottom edge

Motifs and Patterns

Thunderbird and two suns

Condition: poor, quills missing, side stitching unraveled
Current Location: National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: E386550
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1881
Collection Narratives and Histories

George Catlin

GKS Reference Number: 24807
Approximate Place of Origin

43.6, -71.9

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