Pouch
55-7-8
From: Mackenzie Area (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 55-7-8 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mackenzie Area (uncertain) |
| Culture Area | Subarctic Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Moose Skin | Fiber | Bead |
| Description | Moose with flap; front of pouch covered with dark blue cloth; all edges bound with lighter blue cloth. Front beaded with floral designs (no background) in symmetrical arrangement; colors: light blue, various shades of red and yellow, and green. Flowers and leaves are amorphous. Back panel also beaded floral design symmetrically arranged in same colors. Strap braided of multi-colored yarn; knotted in middle. May have been long enough to be a bandolier. |
| Length | 57.5 cm |
| Width | 15.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, 1955 |
| Other Number | 12208 - Old Museum Number |
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