Arapaho. <em>Pouch</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Hide, beads, porcupine quills, deer hooves, sinew, fiber threading, 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (13 x 13 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 08.434. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 08.434_PS1.jpg)

Pouch

Artist:Arapaho

Medium: Hide, beads, porcupine quills, deer hooves, sinew, fiber threading

Geograhical Locations:

Dates:late 19th or early 20th century

Dimensions: 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (13 x 13 cm)

Collections:

Museum Location: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Radical Care

Exhibitions:

Accession Number: 08.434

Image: 08.434_PS1.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Circular pouch used to hold a special object. It was originally a tipi ornament that was converted to a bag. The front is decorated with 9 alternating white and red circular bands that are bisected by 8 black stripes (resembling spokes of a wheel) of porcupine quillwork. The back is of commercial leather with a scroll, punctate design and beaded cross-shaped decorations in blue, yellow and red. Encircling pouch is a fringe of 13 red, white, and black quill-wrapped leather strips and carved deer hooves. Condition is good.

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