Deer hide pouch

Museum number:
2-56510
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020056510
Alternate number:
6 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2862
Description:
Pouch with drawstring; tourist item; deer hide with cotton machine-embroidered floral trim ornamentation; length pouch only 11.8 cm. Tourist item (some girls carry pouches with personal items in them, but very few); made by Cree women.
Donor:
Lucy W. Turner and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Moose Factory, Ontario, Canada
Culture or time period:
Cree
Collection date:
April 1972
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
February 20, 1974
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
This object record was created because location data had been entered into the PHOEBE database without a corresponding object record. (J. Meehan 6/2003)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Deer hide pouch, accession number 2-56510, described as Pouch with drawstring; tourist item; deer hide with cotton machine-embroidered floral trim ornamentation; length pouch only 11.8 cm. Tourist item (some girls carry pouches with personal items in them, but very few); made by Cree women.

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