United States (not certain) / Canada (not certain), North America
Accession Date:
1991
Notes:
IDENTIFIED AS HURON (LORETTE) BY WILLIAM STURTEVANT, CURATOR OF NORTH AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY, JULY 26, 1995. PRIOR TO THIS DATE THE OBJECT WAS FOUND STORED IN THE PLAINS GENERAL STORAGE AREA. THE WORD "LORETTE" IS ALSO WRITTEN ON THE OBJECT.
Illus. Fig. 10, p. 273 in Feest, Christian. 2002. Quilled Knife Cases from Northeastern North America. In Anthropology, History, and American Indians: Essays in Honor of William Curtis Sturtevant, edited by William L. Merrill and Ives Goddard, pp. 263 – 278. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology 44. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office. Identified as belt-worn knife case with floral-design moosehair embroidery extending the length of the front, flanked by border of porcupine quill appliqué triangle bands; on the curved side of the sheath, metal cones with dyed hair are attached. The upper border of the front panel is edged with red ribbon. Quill and moosehair colors are orange, blue, yellow, and white. Lengths (without loop) range from 20 to 22 cm. Undocumented (Huron of Lorette style, first half of nineteenth century).
