Collection: Warnock

Item Number: WC8708362

Category: Bag - Puzzle Pouch

Region: Northeast

Tribe: Iroquois

Period: 1850-1875

Materials: Native tanned and smoked deerskin; multi-colored glass seed beads; black and red silk ribbon; thread sewn.

Description: Pouch is tailored in the shape of a boot moccasin. Pouch is partially bead decorated with abstract designs, zigzag patterns, and open diamond patterns all in a variety of colors. Opening is disguised with segmented hide strips being pulled through hide flap.

Dimensions: Length: 9.75 inches 24.7 cm.

Provenance:

House of Olde, Buffalo, New York, August 1975
Lessard Collection- SD 357
Epic Fine Arts Co./Masco Corp.

Exhibitions:

Splendid Heritage, The Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, February 10, 2009 - March 1, 2010
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wy, May 1, 2010 - October 31, 2010
Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Mo, Febuary 12, 2010 - April 24, 2010

References:

Warnock, John and Marva Warnock, eds, Splendid Heritage: Perspectives on American Indian Art, University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, 2009, pp 46

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