wall pocket

wall pocket

wall pocket

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Introduction

Wall pocket made from tanned, smoked hide, decorated with silk floral embroidery, and outlined with silk ribbon.

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 tanned, smoked hide; deer?, silk embroidery thread; blue, green, red, yellow, gold, white , silk ribbon; red.

Techniques or Format

Pouch has four openings. The edges have been finished with red silk ribbon. Each pocket has a unique design.

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: 1954 WAM 5937
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1954
Collection Narratives and Histories

Welcome Historical Medical Museum

GKS Reference Number: 26603
How to Cite this Item

Unknown Cree/Métis artist, wall pocket. Currently in the British Museum, 1954 WAM 5937. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2007; GRASAC item id 26603.

Record Creation Context

Record created as part of practicum, winter 2009.

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