A Cree Quilled Hide Pouch...

Description

A Cree Quilled Hide Pouch
c. 1800 - 1850

blue and black wool trade cloth, natural and dyed porcupine quills, glass seed beads, cotton cloth, woven silk (?) ribbon, thread, braided wool strap

Provenance:
A Private Collection, New York, NY, acquired in 2005
Economos Works of Art, Santa Fe, NM
Skinner's, Boston, September 10, 2005, lot 142

Accompanied by an old paper tag with pencil inscription, This Indian bag was made by the squaws and used by Titian R. Peale during Longs 1st Rocky Mountain Expedition in 1819 & 20; the reverse inscribed in ink, Holmesburg Feb 4, 1876.

Titian Ramsay Peale (1799 - 1885) was a noted scientific illustrator, naturalist, and explorer from Philadelphia. He participated in several scientific surveys, including the 1817 expedition of the Academy of Natural Sciences to Florida and Georgia, and as part of the scientific contingent of the 1819-20 Yellowstone Expedition (also known as the Atkinson-Long Expedition) led by Colonel Henry Atkinson and Major Stephen Harriman Long.

Exhibited:
Monmouth County Library, Manalapan Township, NJ

Height: 10 ¾ inches

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