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拍品专文
A collection tag on the back reads "Col. Farley, Quebec"
This is an exceptional piece dating from the mid to late 1800s period. This particular piece is noteworthy for the pictographic images of men at the top and bottom of the beaded panel. These are the triangles with small squares at their base. In pictographic drawings they would have been circles instead of squares, but the limitations of the media (beads) made squares the obvious choice.
Another plus for this piece is that it still contains the mirror board inside the pouch. This thin, hand carved, board has the carved inset area for the mirror in an unusual shape. Unfortunately, the mirror itself is missing.
Similar examples are in the collections of the Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta; Museum of the American Indian, New York; Northern Plains Indian Museum, Browning, Montana, and the National Museum of Man, Ottawa, Canada.
Paul Raczka March 14, 2000
This is an exceptional piece dating from the mid to late 1800s period. This particular piece is noteworthy for the pictographic images of men at the top and bottom of the beaded panel. These are the triangles with small squares at their base. In pictographic drawings they would have been circles instead of squares, but the limitations of the media (beads) made squares the obvious choice.
Another plus for this piece is that it still contains the mirror board inside the pouch. This thin, hand carved, board has the carved inset area for the mirror in an unusual shape. Unfortunately, the mirror itself is missing.
Similar examples are in the collections of the Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta; Museum of the American Indian, New York; Northern Plains Indian Museum, Browning, Montana, and the National Museum of Man, Ottawa, Canada.
Paul Raczka March 14, 2000