Wall pocket

Wall pocket

Wall pocket

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Introduction

Wall pocket, Cree or Métis, 19th century.

Nation of Maker: Cree Maskêkowiyiniwak (Swampy Cree) Mushkegowuk (Western James Bay Cree) Omushkego (Winisk-Swampy Cree) Métis
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

British Museum Catalog Card.

Place of Origin: Ontario or Manitoba, CAN
Date Made or Date Range: 19 C
Materials

Made of hide, cloth; blue, silk embroidery thread; red, yellow, purple, blue, green.

Techniques or Format

Wall pocket is trimmed with blue cloth.

Motifs and Patterns

The floral motif is symmetrical.

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: Am1936,1020.16
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1936
Exhibition History

British Museum Living Arctic.

GKS Reference Number: 26027
How to Cite this Item

Unknown Maskêkowiyiniwak/Métis, artist, wall pocket. Currently in the British Museum, Am1936,1020.16. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2007; GRASAC item id 26027.

Record Creation Context

Record created as part of practicum, winter 2009.

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