possibly tanned, dyed deer skin; coarse brown stroud with pilling (HL says it must have been worn to pill in that way); linen thread, cotton thread, two ply twisted vegetable fiber or sinew(?); dyed red deer hair, metal cones, porcupine quills (red, orange, blue, green, yellow, white)

Quill work in zigzag band, simple line and one-quill edging techniques.

The Underwater Panther on this pouch is surrounded by concentric rectangular borders, one of which is composed of a bold castellated line. The concentric motifs create the illusion that we are seeing the manito at the bottom of a downward-funnelling passage into the underworld, while the castellated line is a motif commonly used to represent the powers of the underworld spirits (Phillips, 1984).

(Phillips, 1984) c. 1800

Formerly in the collection of Sir Walter Scott; acquired by Speyer after 1968 from the W. Scott Museum, Abbotsford, Scotland. (CMC record)

Art Gallery of Ontario, "From the four quarters", 19 March 1984 - 23 May 1984
McMichael Canadian Collection, "Patters of Power", 14 October 1984 - 6 January 1985

Phillips, Ruth. Patterns of Power. Kleinburg, On.: McMichael Canadian Collection, 1984.

Phillips, Ruth. Patterns of Power. Kleinburg, On.: McMichael Canadian Collection, 1984.