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Belt, band of woven beadwork, with triangular tabs of tanned skin sewed on at either end. Black and white pony beads are used; warp is double strand yellow/brown wool (re-spun from ravelled cloth) Weft is double strand cotton thread. Square weave. Non repeating designs are worked down middle of band.;;

1780 C;;

(DOCUMENTATION) (from Speyer, via T. Brasser) and they also have a complete set of colour slides of the entire coll. (as does the Horniman Mus.)formerly in the collection of Sir John Caldwell. Caldwell was 5th Baronet, Castle Caldwell, County Fermanagh, Ireland. He served from 1774-1780 during the American Revolution as an officer in the 8th Regiment on Foot. He was stationed briefly at Niagara, then sent to Fort Detroit. Was made a chief of the Ojibwa and given the name Appato, The Runner. Took part in a council at the Shawnee village of Wakeetomike on Jan. 17, 1780; and supposedly councilled with Munsee, Delaware, Iroquois, Shawnee, Huron, Illini. A few pieces from his collection are in the Liverpool Mus.