pouch
pouch
pouch
Pouch with carrying strap and appliqued with floral motifs, collected by Arthur Speyer, formerly in collection of Duke of Gotha, Huron-Wendat (Huron), 1797 - 1820s.
museum documentation
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Smoked, tanned, dyed hide, commercial thread, moosehair (?), tin cylinders, beige cotton backing strap--colors orange, blue, white, green.
Triangular flap closure, strap backed and edged with beige cotton. pouch front is outlined with compact fringe of metal cylinders and red-dyed deer hair. Pouch and strap are decorated with moosehair applicque in simple line stitch. Single line of white porcupine quillwork in zigzag band technique on pouch face. button formed from silk-wrapped pebble. Sewn with commercial thread.
museum documentation
Provenance
formerly in the collection of Duke of Gotha.
About This GRASAC Record
Item to be cited by catalog number, collection and institution.
19/06/08 CMC
43.3, -78.1
Eastern Great Lakes--