Bag Item Number: D2.49 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

White skin bag beaded in a floral design with a fringe around the edge. The design on one side consists of a red heart-shaped flower at the middle bottom from which emanates above at either side a small, circular, purple flower, and two red flowers. The middle red flower on the left side is open while the one on the right side is in profile. The top red flowers above are in profile. The design on the other side consists of two open red flowers with a smaller one in the lower right corner, two small, circular purple flowers in between, and two different red flowers in profile at the top left corner. The bag has a yellow and purple draw string.

Narrative

The donor said the objects in his donation should be known as the Hillyard Mitchell collection. Mitchell (1852-1923) spent much of his working life in the Northwest Territories, later moving to Victoria, B.C. The donor also said the collection came from his grandfather, F. Carson, who had gone to Saskatchewan in 1861 as a boy of 15, and stayed until 1918. He was a fur trader and trapper, working mainly amongst the Cree, and was recorded having been at Duck Lake and Prince Albert, Sask. It is now uncertain which objects were collected by Mitchell vs collected by F. Carson.

Item History

What

Name
Bag
Identification Number
D2.49
Type of Item
bag
Material
skin, silk fibre ? and glass
Manufacturing Technique
sewn and embroidered
Overall
height 14.0 cm, width 14.0 cm, depth 1.1 cm

Who

Culture
Blackfoot
Previous Owner
F. Carson, Hillyard Mitchell and F. S. Carson
Received from
F. S. Carson (Donor)

Where

Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
Made in
North America

When

Collection Date
between 1861 and 1918
Ownership Date
before 1923 and before October 28, 1957
Acquisition Date
on October 28, 1957

Other

Item Classes
beadwork; textiles
Condition
fair
Accession Number
2081/0039