wall pocket

wall pocket

wall pocket

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Introduction

Small oval-shaped wall pocket, trimmed with ermine fur, and decorated with silk floral embroidery. Features a cotton loop for hanging on the wall.

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

British Museum Catalog Record.

Place of Origin: Ontario or Manitoba, CAN
Date Made or Date Range: Mid 19 C to Early 20 C
Materials

Made of fur; ermine, hide, silk embroidery thread; red, green, pink, yellow, purple.

Techniques or Format

"Small oval shaped bag, wall pocket of white skin, the main face embroidered with green and yellow foliage, three large pink, purple and orange flowers, and a spray of violet leaves/flowers; the top section is embroidered with two sprays of foliage and a group of eight circular purple and orange elements, perhaps forming a fruit. The pouch is backed in black material decorated with blue and beige stripes, piled like velvet; the same material lines the back of the pouch, while grey cotton lines the front of the pouch. The opening and edge are decorated with strips of white fur, perhaps ermine or rabbit, and there is a cotton loop for suspension at the back." -British Museum Online Catalog Record.

Motifs and Patterns

The design is asymmetrical.

Condition: Good.
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

British Museum Catalog Card.

Current Location: British Museum, London, UK
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 1936 1020.13
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1936
Collection Narratives and Histories

Mrs. Frances Kitson

Exhibition History

British Museum Living Arctic.

GKS Reference Number: 24406
How to Cite this Item

Unknown Métis/Cree artist, wall pocket. Currently in the British Museum, 1936 1020.13. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2007; GRASAC item id 24406.

Record Creation Context

Record created as part of practicum, winter 2009.