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Pouch

Datec. 1850-1870
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/2 × 32 in. (11.4 × 81.3 cm)
Object numberT0830
Credit LineGift of Eugene Victor Thaw Art Foundation
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextThis man’s bandolier style pouch is decorated with strips of natural colored porcupine quillwork combined with black horsehair. Pueblo ceremonial dancers are known to have worn quilled dance anklets and moccasins with quilled bands in similar patterns, but this pouch may be unique.
Exhibition History"Art of the American Indian: The Thaw Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, March 2, 2010 - May 30, 2010; Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN, October 24, 2010 - January 9, 2011; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, April 24, 2011 - September 23, 2011; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, December 4, 2011 - February 12, 2012.
ProvenanceCollected in the Southwest in the late 19th or early 20th century by a missionary from Ohio; Jonathan Holstein, Cazenovia, New York
BibliographyFognell, Eva. “Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collections.” Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2010, p. 99.

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. 239.
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Bags
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
c. 1880
Cradle Panel
Dakota (Santee Sioux)
c. 1800-1825
Shirt
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
c. 1870
Wall Pocket
Wendat (Huron)
c. 1850
Shirt
Blackfeet
c. 1870
Knife and Sheath
Anishinaabe (Red River Ojibwa)
c. 1830
Pouch
Odawa or cultural relatives
c. 1780
Knife Sheath
Wendat (Huron)
c. 1830
Knife Sheath
Mandan or Hidatsa
1875-1900
Split Horn Headdress
Blackfeet
c. 1870
Armband
Cree-Metis
c. 1840
Moccasins
Metis-Ojibwa
c. 1820-1840

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