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
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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
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
1902.322
About This GRASAC Record
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
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