Object Number | 45-15-851 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Cree |
Provenience | Canada |
Culture Area | Subarctic Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Fur | Glass | Wool | Metal |
Description | Black cat skin bag. Entire animal except head. Tail spread and beaded: beads green, yellow, pink, blue, black and chalk white. Red strouding used in mounting. Legs bead wrapped. Two beaded pendants with sleigh bells, tufts of ermine. Said to have contained four coup sticks, a few pieces of bear berry leaf inside. |
Length | 59 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945 |
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