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Apsáalooke (Crow) Native North American, Montana

Saddle Bag, late 1800s

Description

Maker

Culture

Apsáalooke (Crow)

Title

Saddle Bag

Year

late 1800s

Medium

Hide with porcupine-quill, glass-bead, and feather embellishment; pieced

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • porcupine quill,
  • leather

Techniques

  • beadworking,
  • beaded,
  • beading,
  • quillwork

Dimensions

31.1 cm (12 5/16 inches) (length) without fringe

Place

Montana

Type

  • Leatherwork

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

43.121

Collection

John G. Carter Collection, Montana

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Repair and Design Futures

October 5, 2018 - June 30, 2019

Though made of textiles rather than hide, the Maison Martin Margiela Artisanal jacket—fabricated as a unique, explicitly labor-intensive garment—has an exterior of bandaging fabric, a material associated with healing, wrapped as a protective skin around the body of a vintage wool jacket. The leather pouch, probably Cheyenne, was used for carrying medicinal herbs. It shows reverence by using every bit of the skin, evident in the piecing together of various bits of hide repurposed from another object. [See also 2015.67]

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