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Wool cloth pouch embroidered a beaded with geometric design and red fringe | Donald Ellis Gallery

Pouch

Eastern Great Lakes

late 18th/early 19th century

porcupine quills, black dyed buckskin, deer hair, wool cloth, tin cones and glass beads

height: (with fringe): 10"
width: 7 ½"

Inventory # CW4314-96

Sold

acquired by the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON


PROVENANCE

Forrest Fenn, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Private collection, Maine
Donald Ellis Gallery, Dundas, Ontario
Private collection, Dundas, Ontario

PUBLISHED

Hanson, James A. Spirits In The Art. Kansas City: Lowell Press, Inc., 1994, pg. 253, pl. 263

RELATED EXAMPLE

National Museum of Man, Cat. No. III-X-374 - See: Phillips, Ruth, B. Patterns of Power. Toronto: The McMichael Collection, 1984, pg. 78, pl. 74