Pouch

Museum number:
2-61598
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3323
Description:
Pouch/purse, made of buckskin; large varicolored floral design on each side in glass seed beads; 4 looped pendants (at bottom corners and below handle terminals); rounded handle fully covered with alternating red, white, and blue beads with crystal-like beads at base; buckskin drawstring near top of pouch. Printed cotton cloth lining (floral with pink ground).
Donor:
Virginia Vail
Collection place:
Wind River Reservation, Wind River, Wind River County
Verbatim coll. place:
Wyoming; Wind River Reservation
Culture or time period:
Eastern Shoshone
Collector:
James K. Moore Sr.
Collection date:
ca. 1900
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pouches
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 17 centimeters and width 10 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Pouch, accession number 2-61598, described as Pouch/purse, made of buckskin; large varicolored floral design on each side in glass seed beads; 4 looped pendants (at bottom corners and below handle terminals); rounded handle fully covered with alternating red, white, and blue beads with crystal-like beads at base; buckskin drawstring near top of pouch. Printed cotton cloth lining (floral with pink ground).Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Pouch, accession number 2-61598, described as Pouch/purse, made of buckskin; large varicolored floral design on each side in glass seed beads; 4 looped pendants (at bottom corners and below handle terminals); rounded handle fully covered with alternating red, white, and blue beads with crystal-like beads at base; buckskin drawstring near top of pouch. Printed cotton cloth lining (floral with pink ground).Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Pouch, accession number 2-61598, described as Pouch/purse, made of buckskin; large varicolored floral design on each side in glass seed beads; 4 looped pendants (at bottom corners and below handle terminals); rounded handle fully covered with alternating red, white, and blue beads with crystal-like beads at base; buckskin drawstring near top of pouch. Printed cotton cloth lining (floral with pink ground).Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Pouch, accession number 2-61598, described as Pouch/purse, made of buckskin; large varicolored floral design on each side in glass seed beads; 4 looped pendants (at bottom corners and below handle terminals); rounded handle fully covered with alternating red, white, and blue beads with crystal-like beads at base; buckskin drawstring near top of pouch. Printed cotton cloth lining (floral with pink ground).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-61598, described as Pouch/purse, made of buckskin; large varicolored floral design on each side in glass seed beads; 4 looped pendants (at bottom corners and below handle terminals); rounded handle fully covered with alternating red, white, and blue beads with crystal-like beads at base; buckskin drawstring near top of pouch. Printed cotton cloth lining (floral with pink ground).

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