Materials

dark blue stroud cloth , blue silk ribbom edging, white beads, black cotton cloth (tie strip), red &-- black cotton thread.

Techniques or Format

Folded on inner edge, seam on the outer edge, ankle opening is unsewn about 2 inches. blue/purple silk edging along bottom edge and halfway up the outer side, finished with 2 bead edging (vertical, horizontal-- vertical, horizontal).

Motifs and Patterns

No.

Condition: Fair to Poor -- textile is aging, some bead loss, beads have come away from the textile -- it's falling apart.

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Likely made around the time of collection.

Current Location: Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: III-I-173a-b

Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1911

Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Gibson, Chief John

Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1911

GKS Reference Number: 26229

How to Cite this Item

Item to be cited by catalog number, collection and institution.

Record Creation Context

GRASAC sponsored research trip to the CMC, June 16 to 20. Supported by the SSHRC Aboriginal Research Grant, 2007-2010

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Researchers present: Ruth Phillips (RP), Judy Hall (JH), Anne de Stecher (AS), Heidi Bohaker (HB), Aaron Mills (AM), Janis Monture (JM), and Jameson Brant (JBrant).