Materials

black dyed, tanned hide, porcupine quill (white, orange, yellow, brown/black), metal cones, hair, sinew, commercial thread

Techniques or Format

decorated with porcupine quillwork in three techniques: edging, simple line and zig zag band technique

Motifs and Patterns

two thunderbird motifs on front; cross motifs on flap

Other Notes

wave edge flap closure; quill-wrapped skin thong, metal cone and red hair tassels attached along lower edge of pouch and flap

Dimensions: 22 × 25 × 0 cm

Condition: fragile; considerable wear to quillwork; only 3 tassels remain on flap edge; sinew sewn, carrying strap missing, repair with commercial thread

Current Location: Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: III-G-829

Collection at Current Location: Speyer Collection

Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1973

Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: A. Speyer

Collection Narratives and Histories

(from Speyer via T. Brasser) formerly in the Greatorex Collection, Whitechapel Museum, London; James Hooper Collection, England

Exhibition History

Boujou Neejee, April 1976 - August 1979

Sources to Learn More

Comparison item: Minn. Inst. of Arts, Walker Art Centre "American Indian Art: Form and Tradition, 1972 (Cat. #3 p. 98 - Iroquois, collected by Lord Jeffrey Amhers, 1758-63-FMNH #155563
Benndorf and Speyer (1968)
Phelps, Steven. Art and Artefacts: the James Hooper Collection, 1976.
Speyer Cat. No. 148, Bo'jou Neejee #30

GKS Reference Number: 25289