shoulder bag

shoulder bag

shoulder bag

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Introduction

Shoulder bag made of three pieces of deer hide dyed dark brown, porcupine quills, and a single tin cone. The strap is made of a wrapped thong quill. Patterns on the front of the bag include three "x" shapes that curve downward on the upper ends of each shape. There is a pattern of chained diamonds on the lower section of the bag that ends in a "v" shape on each end.

Name of Maker(s): Unknown Indigenous artist
Materials

Three pieces of deer skin dyed dark brown, porcupine quills, single tin cone, strap is a thong quill wrapped

Motifs and Patterns

3 X shaped formed ending in downward curves in the upper portion; probably stylized thunderbirds; line of chained diamonds in the lower section ending in V-shape at each end (RP thinks it is a representation of an underwater being);

Dimensions: 22.5 × 23 × 0 cm
Condition: Poor (tassels are missing, quills missing especially from the strap and leather is stiff)
Current Location: Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna, Austria
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 148707
Previous Collectors: Speyer (III), Arthur
GKS Reference Number: 59000
How to Cite this Item

Unknown Indigenous artist, shoulder bag. Currently in the Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna, Austria, 148707. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip January 2016; GRASAC item id 59000.

Record Creation Context

In January of 2016, a small team of GRASAC researchers visited the collection to study and photograph it: Ruth Phillips, Lisa Truong, Naomi Recollet (Anishinaabe (Odawa/Ojibwe), Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory) and Wahsontiio Cross (Mohawk, Kahnawake). This GKS record was created in November of 2021 by GRASAC RA Aidan Mitchell-Boudreau.

Approximate Place of Origin

43.0612, -78.4489

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