A FINE LORETTE-HURON QUILLED SKIN POUCH, of rounded form and black-dyed skin, the front panel sewn in coloured moosehair with a palmette motif and roundels within swags in red, blue, white and green, a band of quillwork between of similar colours on a red ground, the quilled outer border of red and white motifs on a blue ground outlined in moosehair, the fringe of tin-cones with inset red-dyed horsehair, the flap with with trefoil and quilled border, moosehair roundels and scrolls, the back panel of pale skin, circa 1830 | Christie's

Lot 201

201

A FINE LORETTE-HURON QUILLED SKIN POUCH, of rounded form and black-dyed skin, the front panel sewn in coloured moosehair with a palmette motif and roundels within swags in red, blue, white and green, a band of quillwork between of similar colours on a red ground, the quilled outer border of red and white motifs on a blue ground outlined in moosehair, the fringe of tin-cones with inset red-dyed horsehair, the flap with with trefoil and quilled border, moosehair roundels and scrolls, the back panel of pale skin, circa 1830

Details

A FINE LORETTE-HURON QUILLED SKIN POUCH, of rounded form and black-dyed skin, the front panel sewn in coloured moosehair with a palmette motif and roundels within swags in red, blue, white and green, a band of quillwork between of similar colours on a red ground, the quilled outer border of red and white motifs on a blue ground outlined in moosehair, the fringe of tin-cones with inset red-dyed horsehair, the flap with with trefoil and quilled border, moosehair roundels and scrolls, the back panel of pale skin, circa 1830
20cm. wide

Lot Essay

An almost identical pouch which was collected by Baron Albert-Alexandre de Pourtalès on a visit to Niagara Falls in 1832 is now the in Historical Museum, Berne (Thompson, 1977, p.142, fig. 61)

More from Tribal Art

View All

View All