Wall Pocket
Wall Pocket
Datelate 18th century
Dimensions7 × 8 1/8 × 5/8 in. (17.8 × 20.6 × 1.6 cm)
MediumBirchbark, moosehair, natural dyes
ClassificationTextiles and Fiber
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Florence Scott Libbey Bequest in Memory of her Father, Maurice A. Scott
Object number
2023.369
On View
Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 18
DescriptionBirchbark wall pocket of crenellated form, composed of two overlaying sections, each embroidered with moosehair, in ivory, and shades of pink, green and blue, with a floral motif.
Published ReferencesPhillips, Ruth B. and Dale Idiens, “‘A Casket of Savage Curiosities’: Eighteenth-century Objects from Northeastern North America in the Farquharson Collection,” Journal of the History of Collections, 1994, vol. 6, no. 1.
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