Wall pouch (in the shape of a shoe)

Wall pouch (in the shape of a shoe)

c. 1900
Culture
Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
Country
United States
Object
pouch, wall
Medium
Cloth, cotton, velvet, batting, seed beads, glass, sequin, and brass
Accession Number
1999.220
Credit Line
Bequest of Charles J. Norton

Iroquois artist, Wall Pouch (in the shape of a shoe), about 1900. Cloth, cotton, velvet, batting, seed beads, glass, sequin, and brass; 15½ x 8 x 3¼ in. Denver Art Museum: Bequest of Charles J. Norton, 1999.220.

Dimensions
length: 15 1/2 in, 39.37 cm; width: 8 in, 20.3200 cm; depth: 3 1/4 in, 8.255 cm
Inscription
None
Department
Native Arts
Collection
Indigenous Arts of North America
Known Provenance
Made by the artist, about 1900; Acquired by Charles J. Norton, before 1999; Bequeathed to the Denver Art Museum, 1 December 1999.
Exhibition History
  • “Jeffrey Gibson: Like A Hammer” — Denver Art Museum, 5/13/2018 – 8/12/2018