- Museum number
- Am1959,07.7
- Description
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Register 1959:
Huntsman's bag made of woven caribou rawhide strips, edged with moosehide strips and with applique zig-zag of black and red cloth on the top border; the lower part netted and ornamented with green, blue and red wool tassels.
- Dimensions
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Height: 28 centimetres
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Length: 59 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- From acquisition notes "huntsman's". see JCH King `First Peoples, First Contacts' British Museum Press 1999
Register 1959:
"Hunstman's bag to carry home the meat he has killed. It is made of moose (or reindeer) hide which a woman cuts into fine strips across her thumb-nail, into a very sharp knife." North America.
Formerly in the possession of the Commonwealth Colonial Church Society, formerly of 13 Victoria Street, now of 6 Holborn Viaduct.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1984 28 Aug-11 Oct, Langollen, European Folk Study Centre, Thunderbird and Lightning: Indian Life in Northeastern North America
1984 12 Oct-12 Nov, Wrexham College of Art, Thunderbird and Lightning: Indian Life in Northeastern North America
1985 3 Jan-4 Feb, Aberystwyth, Ceredigon Museum, Thunderbird and Lightning: Indian Life in Northeastern North America
1985 1 Mar-28 Apr, Monmouth Museum, Thunderbird and Lightning: Indian Life in Northeastern North America
1985 1 Jun-1 Jul, Bersham Industrial Heritage Centre, Thunderbird and Lightning: Indian Life in Northeastern North America
1985 2 Jul-2 Aug, Powys, The Brecknock Museum, Thunderbird and Lightning: Indian Life in Northeastern North America
1986 10 Feb-2 Apr, Durham, Old Fulling Mill Museum, Thunderbird and Lightning: Indian Life in Northeastern North America
1986 5 Apr-17 May, Grimsby, Welholme Galleries, Thunderbird and Lightning: Indian Life in Northeastern North America
1986 24 May-5 Jul, Keighley, Cliffe Castle Museum, Thunderbird and Lightning: Indian Life in Northeastern North America
1986 12 Jul-11 Oct, Wakefield Museum, Thunderbird and Lightning: Indian Life in Northeastern North America
1986 18 Oct-19 Nov, Barnsley, Cooper Gallery, Thunderbird and Lightning: Indian Life in Northeastern North America
1986-1987 6 Dec-11 Jan, Huddersfield Art Gallery, Thunderbird and Lightning: Indian Life in Northeastern North America
1987 24 Jan-7 Mar, Scunthorpe Borough Museum and Art Gallery, Thunderbird and Lightning: Indian Life in Northeastern North America
1987 4 Jul-15 Aug, Kidderminster Art Gallery and Museum, Thunderbird and Lightning: Indian Life in Northeastern North America
1987 22 Aug-3 Oct, Droitwich Heritage Centre, Thunderbird and Lightning: Indian Life in Northeastern North America
1987 10 Oct-21 Nov, Worcester City Museum and Art Gallery, Thunderbird and Lightning: Indian Life in Northeastern North America
1987-1988 28 Nov-9 Jan, Wednesbury Art Gallery and Museum, Thunderbird and Lightning: Indian Life in Northeastern North America
1988 16 Jan-27 Feb, Warwickshire Museum, Thunderbird and Lightning: Indian Life in Northeastern North America
- Acquisition date
- 1959
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1959,07.7
