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Introduction

Hand-sewn hide pouch adorned with quillwork, beads, quill wrapping decoration and wool.

Nation of Maker: Cree Eeyou (Eastern James Bay Quebec Cree) Mushkegowuk (Western James Bay Cree)
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

British Museum Catalog Card.

Date Made or Date Range: 19 C
Materials

Made of beads; green, white, red, mauve, deerskin?, porcupine quill, wool; dye, red?

Techniques or Format

Pouch is hand-sewn with three bands of quillwork forming top panel and three bands of quillwork forming middle panel. The fringes of the pouch have all been wrapped with a white, red pattern. The opening of the pouch has been decorated with green beads using a zipper-type method.

Dimensions: 27 × 17 × 0 cm
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British Museum Catalog Record and estimate.

Current Location: British Museum, London, UK
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: Am1921,1014.98
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1921
Collection Narratives and Histories

Yorkshire Philosophical Society Museum

GKS Reference Number: 24455
How to Cite this Item

Unknown Cree artist, pouch. Currently in the British Museum, Am1921,1014.98. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2007; GRASAC item id 24455.

Record Creation Context

Record created as part of practicum, winter 2009.

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