shoulder bag

shoulder bag

shoulder bag

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Introduction

Pouch made of tanned skin, decorated with porcupine quillwork. Formerly in the Early of Warwick collection. Speyer collection. Eastern Great Lakes. Eastern Ojibwa type.

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

Eastern Ojibwa

Date Made or Date Range: late 18th c.
Materials

blacky-dyed, tanned skin, porcupine quillwork (orange, brown yellow and white); metal cones, hair (orange and brown), sinew, cotton thread

Techniques or Format

decorated with porcupine quillwork in zigzag band and simple line techniques; sewn with sinew and cotton thread

Other Notes

back is slightly longer than pocket front; pocket front has down-turned, scalloped-edged cuff at top; fringe is of quill-wrapped thongs, metal cones, and orange and brown hair at base; quill edging

Dimensions: 20.5 × 24 × 0 cm
Condition: holes in skin along top; partial loss of hair tassels
Current Location: Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: III-G-841
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1973
Collection Narratives and Histories

<br/> (from Speyer via T. Brasser) Formerly in the Earl of Warwick collection; purchased by Speyer at Southeby Auction, 1969

Exhibition History

<br/>Visual Anthropology Film Project, November 1978 - December 1978
<br/> McMichael Collection (J. Grant), "Patterns of Power", August 1984 - July 1985

GKS Reference Number: 25023
Approximate Place of Origin

42.3314, -83.0458

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