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POUCH AND BANDOLIER COLORS

Wool/strouding colors in CAPS, edging/bias in (Parentheses) and bead colors in Upper/lower case.

We know from historic evidence that dark blue wool/strouding was used for sashes and pouches, as well as red and black. Yet, it is often difficult to tell if specimens examined were made with black wool, or navy blue wool, or navy blue wool which has blackened with time. However, this may not be a valid assumption. Indigo was a standard blue dye, and indigo does not hold up without limit. Many artifacts that today appear light tan or yellow-ochre can be determined from traces to have been dark blue at one time. Therefore, many references to "BLK" are to be taken only as estimations.

Denver Art Mus., R1954.201 (Illus. #18, Conn, 1979) C.1825		Red			Wht	Blu	Lbl		Yel	Dgr
Denver Art Mus., #1965.265 (Illus. #19, Conn, 1979) C.1830	Pouch	Red		( Ye1 )	Wht		Blk	Rse	Mst
Denver Art Mus., #Bse-5 (Illus.#240, Feder,1971) C.1840	Sash	Red		( Lbl )	Wht		Blk	Rse	Mst
Brooklyn Museum, 1838		Red		( Blk )	Wht	Blu
Milford G. Chandler Coil.		Red		( Blk )	Wht	Blu
Smithsn.N380668(Nl,Goggin,1951),1849		Red		( Blk )	Wht	Blu
Mus.Am.Ind., Heye #8/4209 (#2,Goggin,1951),1840's	Pouch	Red		( Tur )	Wht	Blu
Mus.Am.Ind., Heye #8/4209 (#2,Goggin,1951),1840's	Sash	Red		( Wht )	Wht	Blu				Dgr
Fl.Mus.Nat.Hist., 1830's			Blk	( Red )	Wht	Tur		Rse	Yel
Fl.Mus.Nat.Hist., Gainesville	Pouch	Red		( Lbl )	Wht	Tur	Blk		Yel
Fl.Mus.Nat.Hist., Gainesville	Sash		Blk	( Mst)	Wht	Tur		Rse	Mst	Grn
Fl.Mus.Nat.Hist.,"Osceola's"	Pouch	Red		( Blk )	Wht	Lbl	Blk
Fl.Mus.Nat.Hist.,"Osceola's"	Sash	Red		( Gld )	Wht	Tur	Blk
Fl.Mus.Nat.Hist., 1850's	Pouch		Blk	( G1d )	Wht	Blu					Drd
Fl.Mus.Nat.Hist., Gainesville			Blk	( Mst )	Wht	Blu					Red
Fl.Mus.Nat.Hist., Gainesville			Blk	( Blk?)	Wht	Blu		Rse
Fleld Mus.Cat.#167917 (#3,Goggin,1951),1890's		Red			Wht	Blu	Blk	Rse		Grn
Fleld Mus.Cat.#167917 (#3,Goggin,1951),1890's			Blk	( Gld )	Wht	Dbl	Lbl	Rse	Mst
Fleld Mus. #258646,Chlcago(Cr/Sem?) (Plate #58, Feder, 1971)	Pouch	Red		( Gld )	Wht Llc	Blu Blk	Lbl Tur	Rse Mst	Yel Lgr	Grn
Fleld Mus. #258646,Chlcago(Cr/Sem?) (Plate #58, Feder, 1971)	Sash	Red		( Gld )	Wht Gld	Blu	Lbl	Rse		Dgr	Red
Rautenstrauch-Joest Mus.,Cologne (Pl.134,Feest,1980)(Cr./Sem.?)	Pouch	Red		( Blu )	Wht	Blu	Lbl	Pnk	Blk
Rautenstrauch-Joest Mus.,Cologne (Pl.134,Feest,1980)(Cr./Sem.?)	Sash	Red		( Blu )		Blu	Lbl	Pnk	Blk
Mus.Am.Ind.,Heye #13/5086			Blu		Wht		Lbl				Red
Mus.Am.Ind.,Heye #2/5653	Pouch	Red
Mus.Nat.Hist., Denver	Pouch		Blk	( Blu )	Wht	Blu		Rse
Mus.Nat.Hist., Denver	Sash		Blk	( Blu )	Wht	Blu	Lbl	Rse?
Charleston Museum (Cr./Sem?)		Red		( Gld )	Wht	Blu	Lbl		Mst

REFERENCES

Conn, Richard
1979 NATIVE AMERICAN ART IN THE DENVER ART MUSEUM. University of Washington Press, Seattle and London.

Feder, Norman
1971 AMERICAN INDIAN ART. Abrams, New York.

Feest, Christian F.
1980 NATIVE ARTS OF NORTH AMERICA. Oxford University Press, New York and Toronto.

Goggin, John M.
1951 Beaded Shoulder Pouches of the Florida Seminole. Florida Anthropologist, Vol. 4, No. 1-2: 2-17. Reprinted in "Indian and Spanish Selected Writings, Charles H. Fairbanks, et.al., eds., pp. 64-68, University of Miami Press, Miami.

Obermeyer, Sherwood F. Jr.
1990 Private photographs.

Sturtevant, William
1990 Beaded Shoulder Sashes and Pouches. Lecture and slides, "Patchwork and Palmettos," Ft. Lauderdale Historical Association.

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