Pocket

45-15-814

From: North America

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 45-15-814
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Ojibwa (uncertain)
Provenience North America
Culture Area Northeast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Buckskin | Tin
Description

Intact buckskin pocket decorated with quillwork and edged with white beads around the top section. The exterior edges of the entire pocket (minus the bottom edge) are lined with a black fiber. Tassels from the bottom each have a single red bead followed by a tin pendant. Another row of tassels off a quill worked middle section that have an elongated tan bead followed by a tin pendant; most of these tan beads are missing.

Length 25.5 cm
Width 13 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945
Other Number CG911125-2312 - Found in Collection Number

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