Pouch Item Number: E358319-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "Two head skins of a mallard duck, bill attached. The top has open beadwork design, a star [the sun?] and two birds. Undoubtedly commercial trade article."Compare to Tlingit wall pocket Fig. 1.7, p. 48 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 ? or Canada ?
- Collected in USA ? or Canada ?
- Received from Victor J. Evans on March 20, 1931
What
- Name
- Pouch
- Identification Number
- E358319-0
- Type of Item
- wall pocket
Who
- Culture
- Northwest Coast Indian ? or Northeast Indian ?
- Received from
- Victor J. Evans
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- USA ? or Canada ?
- Collected in
- USA ? or Canada ?
When
- Acquisition Date
- on March 20, 1931
Other
- Accession Number
- 113605