Three North American model canoes birch bark

Three North American model canoes

birch bark, wood and fibre, one with quill, with two paddles,

the longest 80.5cm,

a Pueblo drum, bark, hide and sinew with a painted thunderbird and a snake dancer, 33.5cm diameter, with a beater, a Navaho saddle blanket, 73.5 x 62cm, a Cree deer hide bag, with cloth edging, 37cm wide, a Mohawk hide pistol holster, 30cm long, an Oto headband, fur and printed cotton with a row of white glass beads, 55cm long. (13)

Provenance

Saddle blanket - Michael Johnson Collection - with label Navaho saddle blanket, Arizona c.1880/90 M.G.J. 70.

Cree bag - Michael Johnson Collection.

Samuel Mason Collection.