Pouch

Pouch

Pouch

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(Nehiyawak)
Western/ Plains Cree--(Nehiyawak) pouch decorated with porcupine quillwork. Collected by Roderic McKenzie and gifted to American Antiquarian Society in 1819; AAS gifted to PMAE in 1890

Nation of Origin

catalog data: "Ojibwa or Plains Cree"

Date Made or Date Range: before 1819
Materials

wool backing, possibly cotton tape, silk, porcupine quills, metal,

Techniques or Format

Front: fringe with metal tubes/tinklers and frayed wool to look like deer hair. Strings of hide thong wrapped in quills; two plaited quillwork panels with diamond/triangular geometric design (multicolored). Top panel has silk appliqué with triangular cut-outs on top of wool backing. Inside is faded red wool. Two pieces of wool sewn together into pouch. Back is also plain wool

Motifs and Patterns

geometric designs

Dimensions: 28.5 × 15.8 × 0 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

catalog data

Current Location: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 90-17-10/49319
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1890
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: American Anitquarian Society
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1819
Previous Collectors: Roderic McKenzie
Collection Narratives and Histories

Collected by Roderic McKenzie and gifted to American Antiquarian Society in 1819; AAS gifted to PMAE in 1890

GKS Reference Number: 45121
Record Creation Context

Visit to Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) of Wahsontiio Cross and Alexandra Nahwegahbow, assisted by Meredith Vasta on 11-12 August 2015.

Approximate Place of Origin

42.7, -92.2

Source of Information about Places

from Alberta (catalog data)

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