Pouch Item Number: 08.434 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
Circular pouch possibly used to carry peyote, a dome-shaped cactus that is used as a narcotic. Or it may have been a pouch to hold other special object. Possibly it was originally a tipi ornament that was converted to a bag. The front is decorated with 9 alternating white and red circular bands that are bisected by 8 black stripes (resembling spokes of a wheel) of porcupine quillwork. The back is of commercial leather with a scroll, punctate design and beaded cross-shaped decorations in blue, yellow and red. Encircling pouch is a fringe of 13 red, white, and black quill-wrapped leather strips and carved deer hooves. Condition is good.
Credit Line
Brooklyn Museum Collection
Item History
- Made between 1868 and 1933
What
- Name
- Pouch
- Identification Number
- 08.434
- Type of Item
- pouch
- Material
- hide, bead, porcupine quill, deer hoof, sinew and fibre threading
- Overall
- length 5.125 in, width 5.125 in
Who
- Culture
- Arapaho
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1868 and 1933
Other
- Classification
- Accessory