Rosette

Rosette

Rosette

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Introduction

Oval spot-stitched beadwork on canvas, floral design opaque and semi-translucent round beads, white canvas backing, hand sewn with cotton blend thread

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe Ojibwe
Nation of Origin

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Place of Origin: Georgina Island, Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation territory
Date Made or Date Range: Late 19th C; Early 20th C
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

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Materials

canvas, opaque and semi-translucent round beads, black silk, cotton thread

Techniques or Format

Oval shape, Beadwork on canvas, Fully beaded with multi-coloured floral design of opaque and semi-translucent round beads applied with spot-stitched technique, White canvas backing, Remnants of black silk border around circumference and loose black threads, hand sewn with cotton blend thread, Identical designs on both A and B

Motifs and Patterns

Single flower with four leaves, Two partially opened flowers and short green double stem on a white background, Flower is positioned closer to the top

Original and Subsequent Uses

Rosettes for jacket made for Chief Big Canoe, Georgina Island, Lake Simcoe, Ontario.

Other Notes

Beads very dirty, Missing beads, Cloth dirty

Dimensions: 10.2 × 9 × 0 cm
Condition: Poor
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

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Current Location: Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: HBC 1478 A, B
Link to Institution's Collections Database: https://manitobamuseum.ca/main/collections-research/collections-database/
Collection at Current Location: Hudson's Bay Company Museum Collection
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1994/00/00
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Hudson's Bay Company Museum
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1922
Collection Narratives and Histories

Presented to the Hudson's Bay Company for use in the HBC Historical Exhibit on August 7, 1922.

Source for Provenance information

from catalogue record

Exhibition History

Hudson's Bay Company Historical Exhibit

Sources to Learn More

https://archive.org/details/catalogueofhudso00hudsuoft/page/n4/mode/2up

GKS Reference Number: 58870
How to Cite this Item

Manitoba Museum

Approximate Place of Origin

44.381, -79.301

Source of Information about Places

attributed to Northeast Great Lakes-Riverine Geo-Cultural area.

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