wall pocket

wall pocket

wall pocket

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Introduction

Wall pocket made of fur, with silk floral embroidery and a tassel. Attached to a silk cord loop to attach to the wall.

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 fur; ermine, hide, tassel; silk cord, silk embroidery thread; green, blue, red, yellow, pink, orange, white.

Techniques or Format

Pouch is trimmed with white ermine fur. "The front of the pocket is embroidered with a large green plant, with a magenta and and blue flower, surmounted by further leaves in green and blue, and two pink and an orange flower. At the top, coming out of the pocket, is a second series of embroidery, three tight pink buds, over three leaves. Attached to the top is a plaited silk cord, for decoration and for suspension. The pocket is lined with red silk." British Museum Catalog Card.
The embroidery done in using square chain-stitch?

Dimensions: 24 × 14 × 0 cm
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 1020.11
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1936
Collection Narratives and Histories

Mrs. Frances Kitson

Exhibition History

British Museum Living Arctic.

GKS Reference Number: 24633
How to Cite this Item

Unknown Cree/Métis artist, wall pocket. Currently in the British Museum, 1936 1020.11. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2007; GRASAC item id 24633.

Record Creation Context

Record created as part of practicum, winter 2009.

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