gun holster

Collezione Missioni Cattoliche Americane 1893

gun holster

XIX - 1891 - 1900

C.A.457

Canada

Il fodero per la pistola non faceva parte della tradizione autoctona, gli Indiani cominciarono a realizzarlo su modello dei foderi dei bianchi ma utilizzando materiali e tecniche propri della loro cultura.

Contenere la pistola

DESO: Scabbard made of five pieces of leather, two for the back, one for the front, one for the bottom and one for the tongue, sewn together. The front surface and tongue are entirely covered with blue, light blue, yellow, red, pink and green glass beads forming concentric diamond geometric patterns bordered by transparent white beads. A border of pink, blue and blue glass beads in alternating bands covers the seams of the perimeter of the scabbard. Opening bordered by a hand-sewn strip of light brown and purple cotton with a button in the centre for closure. On the back, a strip of leather sewn vertically allows the scabbard to be inserted into the belt. Gun holsters were not part of the native tradition; the natives began to make it modeling it after the white men's holsters but using materials and techniques peculiar to their own culture.

knife sheath

Collezione Missioni Cattoliche Americane 1893

knife sheath

XIX - 1891 - 1900

C.A.516

Canada

Si utilizzavano due pelli conciate tagliate secondo la forma della lama che vi doveva essere inserita, e cucite insieme. La superficie del fodero poteva essere decorata con conterie di vetro policrome, frange, borchie, sonagli metallici e aculei di porcospino, che venivano divisi a seconda della misura, ammorbiditi in bocca e, presso alcune tribù, spaccati; quindi erano appiattiti con i denti o con le unghie. Per la conciatura la pelle veniva tesa su dei pioli e con un raschiatoio si eliminavano residui di carne e cartilagini, quindi veniva lasciata stesa al sole ad asciugare per parecchi giorni. A questo punto la pelle veniva capovolta per rimuovere il pelo, tenuta a mollo e strofinata con una mistura di grassi animali per ammorbidirla. Dopo averla lasciata nuovamente ad asciugare, veniva stirata e lavorata sulle due facce con una correggia ritorta di cuoio grezzo.

Contenere il coltello

Scabbard made from two pieces of leather sewn together. Front surface entirely covered with yellow, red, dark and light blue, white and blue glass beads forming geometric patterns. A thread of blue glass beads covers the seam of the scabbard and the hem of the opening forming a scalloped edge.

Knife sheath, circa 1870 (East Dakota, Yankton)

Tanned cervid skin, tissue, porcupine spines (flattened with teeth or nails, dyed and sewn)

Male saddle, circa 1880 (Ojibway)

Woollen, woollen, glass-beamed cloth (covered-stitch embroidery)

Battle mace, circa 1870 (Teton Dakota)

Polished siliceous stone, dehusked wood, tanned leather

Cerimonial axe

Matilde Mumenthaler Robert 1948

Cerimonial axe

C.A. 1612

Tipo di misura: altezzaxlunghezza; Unità di misura: cm; Valore: 44x20

Repubblica Democratica del Congo

Engraved and punched iron (made by white blacksmiths), decorticated and perforated wood (made by the Natives), leather

Veniva usato come emblema di status e simbolo di potere nelle cerimonie e parate. L'arma veniva "agganciata" sulla spalla o tenuta in mano. Cerimonie/parate.

It is made of a long and thin handle surrounded by a metal thread. On top of it a human head is mounted and from its mouth a blade in the shape of a half moon comes out forming a 90 degrees angle with its prolonged haft. Face and head traits are finely carved.

Ceremonial tambourine, circa 1875 (East Dakota, Yankton)

Dehusked and curved wood, leather (or quadruped viscera), animal fibre, pigments

Ceremonial rattle, circa 1870 (East Dakota, Yankton)

Dehusked wood, glass (in envelope), animal skin or gland, dyed animal fibre, rattle and metal cone, pigments

Ceremonial club used in dances, 1880 - 1885 circa (East Dakota)

Tanned leather, dehusked wood, glass countries ("lazy" point and envelope), wool cloth, metal cones, fabric.

Ceremonial Mace, End of 800 (East Dakota, Yankton)

Leather, stone, dehusked wood, glass (in packages), metal cones