| Accession # |
08.434 |
|
Culture |
Arapaho
|
| Title |
Pouch |
| Date |
late 19th or early 20th century |
| Medium |
Hide, beads, porcupine quills, deer hooves, sinew, fiber threading |
| Dimensions |
5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (13 x 13 cm) |
| Credit Line |
Brooklyn Museum Collection |
| Location |
American Identities: Colony to Nation / Inventing American Landscape
|
| 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. |
