Skin And Cloth Pouch Item Number: E381767-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "Front made of skin from deer legs with dewclaws attached. Red cloth at top with decoration in white, blue and green beads. Bound at edges with black cloth decorated with beads, mostly yellow."This wall pocket was originally catalogued as Northern Woodlands but has been stored with the Tlingit collections for many years. Compare to Tlingit wall pockets Fig. 1.6 - Fig. 1.8, pp. 48 -49, in Smetzer, Megan A. 2021. Painful Beauty : Tlingit Women, Beadwork, and the Art of Resilience. Seattle: Bill Holm Center for the Study of Northwest Coast Art, Burke Museum : University of Washington Press. https://muse.jhu.edu/book/85691/ .
Item History
- Made in USA and Canada
- Collected by Cmdr. Andrew J. Henderson in USA and Canada
- Received from Mrs. Richard L. Henderson on May 7, 1941
What
- Name
- Skin And Cloth Pouch
- Identification Number
- E381767-0
- Type of Item
- wall pocket
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit ?
- Field Collector
- Cmdr. Andrew J. Henderson
- Received from
- Mrs. Richard L. Henderson
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- USA and Canada
- Collected in
- USA and Canada
When
- Collection Date
- “1891 - 1892 or 1908” ?
- Acquisition Date
- on May 7, 1941
Other
- Accession Number
- 159919