Purse or container

Purse or container

Purse or container

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Introduction

Huron Wendat moosehair embroidered bark purse or container with figures smoking and drinking, tripods with kettles, birds. Analine dyes and style date this to the period c 1860 to 1900

Nation of Maker: Huron-Wendat
Materials

birchbark, moosehair, aniline and natural dyes, narrow red silk ribbon, black thread

Techniques or Format

square bottom, sides are slightly concave with curved sides, top is made of triangular panels that slant in. small metal rings (?) inserted at the top corners. Silk ribbon is threaded through to close.

Motifs and Patterns

birds, male and female figures drinking and smoking, tripod and kettle, trees and plants

Other Notes

the silk ribbon used to close the top is long enough to have been used as a handle, suggesting this may be a small purse

Dimensions: 0 × 9 × 11 cm
Condition: good
Current Location: Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 117948
GKS Reference Number: 24615
Record Creation Notes/Observations

Research visit by Ruth Phillips working with Karen Kramer Russell, April 15, 2010

Approximate Place of Origin

43.6, -71.9

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