Made of navy wool fabric, red wool fabric, unbleached cotton fabric, braid, silk, glass beads, sinew, and thread.

An interior separator creates two pockets within the pouch. Red wool fabric strap is beaded. Pouch has heart-shaped top.

Red wool fabric strap is beaded with an undulating line, tiny leaves and tri-lobed flowers.

Several aspects of this bag, including the heart shaped top, the opening that is located below the top and the symmetrical floral imagery with tiny leaves, are all strong features of the Eeyou (Mistissini- Eastern James Bay Quebec Cree) (Oberholtzer 2005: 303).
Cath Oberholtzer, "Material Culture of the: Eeyou (Mistissini- Eastern James Bay Quebec Cree) Local Expression or Regional Style?" Papers of the Thirty-sixth Algonquian Conference. Christoph Wolfart, editor. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba. pp. 287-321.

Shot pouches held shot, percussion caps and gun powder. The dimensions of the pouch were roughly the size of the hunter's fist (Oberholtzer 2005:294).

Cath Oberholtzer notes "The Eeyou (Mistissini- Eastern James Bay Quebec Cree) explains the decoration of clothing and hunting equipment as not only showing respect to the prey but also ensuring that the spirit of the object "does its proper job in the hunt" (Tanner 1979:142). According to Tanner, although the Mistassini were reluctant to provide any direct symbolic meaning, they did reveal that the instructions for making the decorations on the various charms and items of hunting equipment are dreamed by the hunters, although some wives may decide the correct design" (Oberholtzer 2005:293). Cath Oberholtzer, "Material Culture of the Mistassini Cree: Local Expression or Regional Style?" Papers of the Thirty-sixth Algonquian Conference. Christoph Wolfart, editor. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba. pp. 287-321.

NMAI catalog card.

Item to be cited by accession number, collection and institution.

Record created as part of practicum, fall 2008.