Shoulder Bag; Bag, Shoulder

Shoulder Bag; Bag, Shoulder

Shoulder Bag; Bag, Shoulder

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Nation of Maker: Other
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

NS: possibly Delaware, as suggested by bags collected by Return Jonathan Meigs in the Thaw collection at the Fennimore Art Museum.

Date Made or Date Range: 1805-1809
Materials

dark brown deerhide, maybe coloured with sumac, quillwork in faded red (now orange), blue, white, yellow, green and black; linear motifs in moosehair and black quillwork; rinned iron cones, red deer hair, finger woven strap in three ply yellow and faded blue wool yarn, red dyed deerhair, sinew and two ply hemp

Techniques or Format

the pouch is made of one piece of hide sewn on one side and the bottom; the opening is in the top edge

Current Location: National Museum of Ireland
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 1902.322
GKS Reference Number: 1367
Record Creation Notes/Observations

GRASAC trio to the National Museum of Ireland July 20, 2010. Participants: Alan Corbiere, Bnehns Corbiere, Crystal Migwans, Nikolaus Stolle, Ruth Phillips, funded by a SSHRC Aboriginal Research Grant

Approximate Place of Origin

43.6, -71.9