Another rare type of Indian made, moosehair decorated purse was done on birchbark. In this circa 1850 Daguerreotype, the subject holds one on her lap. Ruth Phillips illustrates a similar purse in Trading Identities (Phillips 1998: plate 15).
Reference:
Phillips, Ruth
1998 - Trading Identities: The Souvenir in Native North American Art from the Northeast, 1700-1900. University of Washington Press, Seattle and London: McGill-Queen’s University Press, Montreal and Kingston.