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Exhibition History"Art Des Indiens D'Amerique Du Nord Dans La Collection D'Eugene Thaw," Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France, Somogy Editions D'Art, January 21, 2000 - March 18, 2000.
"Floral Journey: Native North American Flower Beadwork," Autry National Center of the American West, Los Angeles, CA, February 18, 2014 - May 11, 2015.
ProvenanceDe Menil Collection, Houston, Texas; William E. Channing, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyAdvertisement for W.E. Channing. American Indian Art Magazine, Vol.15,no.3 (Summer 1990):7.
W.E. Channing. 12 August 1990, lot 163.
Vincent, Gilbert T. Masterpieces of American Indian Art. New York: Harry Abrams, 1995, p.28.
Perriot, Francoise, and Slim Batteux, trans. Arts des Indiens d'Amerique du Nord: Dans la Collection d'Eugene et Clare Thaw. Paris: Somogy, editions d'Art, 1999, p. 68, fig. 54.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.170.
Dubin, Lois S. Floral Journey: Native North American Beadwork. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 2014, fig. 42, p. 45.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 186.
Culture
Anishinaabe (Red River Ojibwa)
Shot Pouch
Datec. 1830
DimensionsOverall: 10 1/2 × 8 × 2 in. (26.7 × 20.3 × 5.1 cm)
Object numberT0045
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextShotpouches were worn on the chest suspended from a neckstring. Those with a curved bottom were used by the northern Cree, while the rectangular type, such as this pouch, prevailed among their Anishinaabe (Ojibwa) neighbors. Both types are decorated with two horizontal strips of geometric designs in fine loom-woven quillwork. (c.f. Painter 1993, cat.no.98; Dockstader 1966 fig.141; Best and McClelland 1978, p.14; Duncan 1989 pl.4; Christie's 1986, lot 25). Curvilinear or semi-floral quillwork on the part above the rim of the pouch was characteristic for the Manitoba Anishinaabe after 1800, as is the band of alternating red and white diagonals along the borders of the front panel. Shot pouches and powderhorns relate to muzzle-loaders, and by 1860 both had gone out of style after the introduction of cartridge rifles. Most of the surviving pouches are poorly documented and usually attributed to the Cree Indians. (From the Catalog of the Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, 2nd ed.)Exhibition History"Art Des Indiens D'Amerique Du Nord Dans La Collection D'Eugene Thaw," Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France, Somogy Editions D'Art, January 21, 2000 - March 18, 2000.
"Floral Journey: Native North American Flower Beadwork," Autry National Center of the American West, Los Angeles, CA, February 18, 2014 - May 11, 2015.
ProvenanceDe Menil Collection, Houston, Texas; William E. Channing, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyAdvertisement for W.E. Channing. American Indian Art Magazine, Vol.15,no.3 (Summer 1990):7.
W.E. Channing. 12 August 1990, lot 163.
Vincent, Gilbert T. Masterpieces of American Indian Art. New York: Harry Abrams, 1995, p.28.
Perriot, Francoise, and Slim Batteux, trans. Arts des Indiens d'Amerique du Nord: Dans la Collection d'Eugene et Clare Thaw. Paris: Somogy, editions d'Art, 1999, p. 68, fig. 54.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.170.
Dubin, Lois S. Floral Journey: Native North American Beadwork. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 2014, fig. 42, p. 45.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 186.
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