Strap, burden

Strap, burden

Strap, burden

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Introduction

This relative, a burden strap, is composed of moosehair and nettlestalk fibre (hemp), and is decorated with small white glass beads. Although the origins of this relative are not certain, it has probable connections to the Huron-Wendat or Haudenosaunee/Hodenosaunee.

This relative currently resides in the National Museum of Ireland.

Name of Maker(s): Unrecorded
Maker role: Artist
Nation of Maker: Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee Huron-Wendat
Date Made or Date Range: 1750-1819
Materials

moosehair, nettlestalk fibre (hemp), small white glass beads (2 mm diameter approximately)

Other Notes

Note from Nikolaus Stolle: decorative medium possibly porcupine quills

Condition: dirty, one side strap in fragments
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

National Museum of Ireland records.

Current Location: National Museum of Ireland
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 1937.17b
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1937
Collection Narratives and Histories

came to the museum as a gift in 1927 together with a Plains shirt, pair of subarctic moccasins, and a headdress made of an African belt set with cowrie shells. The ensemble was identified to the museum as a "medicine man's outfit"

GKS Reference Number: 26583
How to Cite this Item

Maker, Name unrecorded. Burden strap. GRASAC ID: 26583. National Museum of Ireland Collection, 1937.17b.

Record Creation Context

This record was augmented by Dana Murray on November 2, 2024. It was informed by the notes and images collected during a GRASAC Research trip to the National Museum of Ireland on July 22, 2010. Participants included Alan Corbiere, Ruth Phillips, Crystal Migwans, and Nicholas Stolle, who were assisted by Padraig Clancy and Emma Crosby.

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Note from Dana Murray during augmentation: Date of acquisition is listed as 1937, and year of donation to the museum is listed as 1927. It is possible that one of these dates is an error and that donation and acquisition occurred in the same year.

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