furred hide; blackened deerskin; porcupine quills; metal cones with dyed animal hair; sinew; glass beads; hide thongs; silk ribbon;

The pouch is made of a single piece of furred hide that has been folded and bound on the sides with porcupine quills and sinew applied in one quill edging technique with a thong filler. The flap is made of blackened deerskin with a scalloped edge, decorated with quillwork in zigzag band and simple line, and has been sewn to the back panel of the furred hide with sinew. Front panel and flap decorated with pairs of quilled wrapped hide thongs ending in metal cones with dyed animal hair. Carrying strap is made of strands of fine skin thongs decorated with wrapped porcupine quills applied in plaiting technique terminating with metal cones and one long strand of braided thongs. Central portion of the strap is a panel of 12 rows of woven glass beads, hide thongs of the strap form the warps, with sinew or possibly thread(?) wefts.
Yellow silk ribbon ties have been laced through holes at the top of the pouch and knotted around the long singular strand of braided thongs at either end of the strap.

Flap: two rows of zigzag band, alternating colours of black and white form triangles or sawtooth; three pairs of horn motifs; wavy line. Central portion of strap: four small white rectangular motifs surrounding two larger white square motifs.

Small woven beaded panel on the strap possible reference to wampum. Silk ribbon possibly added later?

Museum documentation

Transferred to the museum from the Koninklijk Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden (The Royal Cabinet of Curiosities) in The Hague when it closed in 1883.