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Wool and hide pouch with applied glass beads in arresting abstract designs - Donald Ellis Gallery

Shot Bag

Tahltan
Stikine River Region, Northwest British Columbia

mid 19th century

wool stroud cloth, hide, cotton cloth, glass beads, traces of red paint, wood truss

height: 43"
width: 6"

Inventory # N1625b

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PROVENANCE

Lee Lyon Collection, Aspen, Colorado

RELATED  EXAMPLES

National Museum of Canada, NMM VI-0-2, and NMM VI-0-3 See: Northern Athapaskan Art, A Beadwork Tradition, Duncan, University of Washington Press, 1989, plates 9.5, 9.6

British Columbia Provincial Museum, BCPM 14828,14817, 14611, 10825 and BM 2801 -  See: Ibid, plates 9.14, 37, 38, 39, 40