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Pouch
Unknown / Inconnu1840/1860
McCord Stewart Museum
Montreal, Canada
Certain articles of dress express the essence of the world on their small surfaces. The circle is a sacred motif, representing the belief that the Creator caused everything in nature to be a continuous cycle. Life mirrors the cycling of the seasons, the daily rising of the sun and the phases of the moon. The equal-arm cross in the centre of this pouch divides the space into four quadrants, simultaneously suggesting the four cardinal directions, the four winds, the four seasons and the four periods of human life.
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- Title: Pouch
- Creator: Unknown / Inconnu
- Creator Lifespan: Unknown / Inconnue - Unknown / Inconnue
- Date: 1840/1860
- Type: Bourse, Pouch
- Titre: Bourse
- Description: Certains articles vestimentaires expriment l'essence de l'univers sur leurs petites surfaces. Motif sacré, le cercle représente la croyance que selon la volonté du Créateur, tout dans la nature s'inscrit dans un cycle continu. La vie reflète le cycle des saisons, le lever quotidien du soleil et les phases de la lune. Au centre de cette bourse, la croix aux bras égaux divise l'espace en quatre quadrants, évoquant simultanément les quatre points cardinaux, les quatre vents, les quatre saisons et les quatre temps de la vie humaine.
- Culture (former name in parenthesis): Aboriginal
- Culture (ancien nom entre parenthèses): Autochtone
- Credit line: Gift of the Estate of Marc and Gilberte Cinq-Mars, Don de la succession de Marc et Gilberte Cinq-Mars
- Rights: http://www.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/orders/conditions/
- External Link: http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M2005.115.38
- Medium: Hide, glass beads, tin cones, cotton thread, ochre(?), Peau, perles de verre, cônes en étain, fil de coton, ocre(?)
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