Pouch
Western Great Lakes
ca. 1790-1810
smoked deerskin, porcupine quills, glass beads
height: 9 ¾"
width: 5 ¾"
Inventory # CW4314-126
Sold
acquired by the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
PROVENANCE
Dr. Cyrus Sumner, General Brock's personal physician, reportedly picked this pouch up on the field after the battle of Detroit, August, 1812
Helen (Sumner) Nelles (daughter Dr. Cyrus Sumner)
Harold B. Burnham, Maberly, Ontario (grandson Helen Sumner Nelles)
Mark Burnham, Maberly, Ontario
Donald Ellis Gallery, Dundas, ON
Private collection, Toronto, ON
PUBLISHED
"Patterns of Power", Phillips, The McMichael Collection, 1984, pl. 77
RELATED EXAMPLES
National Museum of Man, Cat, No. III-D-566 - See: "Bo'jou, Neejee!", Brasser, National Museum of Man, 1976, pl. 68
"Pleasing the Spirits", Ewing, Ghylen Press, 1982, pl. 249