A Nêhiyawak (Cree) quilled gun case
Of hide construction, the thin body with quilled fringe accents down the length, further adorned with pairs of quilled tabs near the opening and at the end.
length 54in, width 8 1/4in
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Collector's Notes
Affixed with a paper tag inscribed: Rec. 12/10/27 Quilled Cree(?) guncase. (Said to be 75 to 100 years old. From Stephen / Frances Gale, grandfather of Mayor Wm Hale Thompson, born Exeter, VT. 1810- came to Chicago 1830.)