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Native North American

Pipe Case, late 1800s- early 1900s

Description

Maker

Culture

Native North American

Title

Pipe Case

Year

late 1800s- early 1900s

Medium

skin; silk; cotton; bead

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • skin,
  • silk,
  • cotton

Dimensions

53.3 cm (21 inches) (length)

Type

  • Ethnology

Credit

Gift of Dr. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

91.008

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Form, Pattern, and Function

December 4, 1992 - January 24, 1993

One of the results of European contact with Native Americans was the introduction of floral beadwork and embroidery motifs into their traditional design repertoire. As traders moved West so too did missionaries who established schools to instruct the Indians. By the 1860s schools were established in the Subartctic region, around trading posts along Hudson's Bay and farther west. Missionary nuns instructed Indian girls in needlework and introduced them to floral styles which were adapted for their own uses. The mittens in this case are an example of the type of work being done by the Cree Indians living near the Hudson's Bay posts. Floral motifs were strongest in the decorative arts of the Indians around the Great Lakes as is evident in the Chippewa bandolier bag and mittens exhibited in this case. As floral styles moved westward they became more stylized as can be seen in both the man's vest, a clothing style also adopted from the Europeans, and in the pipe bag which shows how this floral style was adapted by members of the western Plains Ojibwa.

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