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This relative, a flute covered with the skin of a common water snake, was collected by British Army officer Jasper Grant between 1800 and 1809. The origins of the flute are not certain; however, it has probable connections to the Eastern Great Lakes region

These relatives, a pair of moccasins, are one-piece constructions made of smoked, tanned deerskin. Decorated with red, white, yellow, and blue porcupine quills over vamp and heel seams and on cuffs. Quill work includes zigzag band, one-quill plaiting, and two-quill diamond stitches. These relatives were

This relative, a ball-headed club, is composed of maple incised with lines of figures and horizontal bars along both sides of the shaft. The design has been interpreted to represent captives or enemies who were killed, and bars represent raids or attacks in which the

A pair of moccasins collected by British Army officer Jasper Grant between 1800-1809, probably Anishinaabe

This relative, a burden strap, is long and narrow. There are decorative porcupine quills or moose hair and beads, woven onto apocynum/dogbane (hemp) in geometric patterns. Each end of the strap is braided, branching off into two individual straps. The braided dogbane is a little

This relative, a finger woven bag, has eight underwater beings on one side and a whirlpool design on the other. There are no drawstrings on this bag. It is composed of nettlestalk fibre, black bison hair, as well as red, green, and yellow, wool yarn

Pair of garter pendants collected by British Army officer Jasper Grant between 1800-1809, probably Anishinaabe.

A moose-hide pouch with a netted quillwork panel collected by British Army officer Jasper Grant between 1800-1809. Probably Anishinaabe or Cree.

A red stroud pouch with a suspended panel of loom-woven beadwork in geometric designs with a large sun motif embroidered on both sides of the cloth pouch. Collected by British army officer Colonel Jasper Grant between 1800-1809. Probably Cree or Metis.

This relative, a tabbed black deerskin pouch, is decorated with quill embroidered motifs of opposed half circles on one side and a large diamond on the other. Collected by British Army officer Jasper Grant between 1800-1809 during his military service in Canada, it has probable

These cultural belongings, two lengths of cord, are composed of twisted sinew, porcupine quills (including natural white, and those dyed red, blue, yellow, and black), metal cones, and red-dyed animal hair. They were collected by British Army officer Jasper Grant between 1800 and 1809. The

A burden moosehair embroidered strap collected by British Army officer Jasper Grant between 1800, probably Hodenosaunee or Huron-Wendat

Hair ornament collected by British Army officer Jasper Grant in the Great Lakes between 1800-1809.

A black deerskin bag with two tabs on the lower portion with Thunderbird and underwater being images on one side and two arcs on the other. Collected by Jasper Grant, probably between 1805-1809 in the Detroit-Amherstberg area, attibutable to the Anishinaabe on the basis of

This relative, a burden strap, was collected by British Army officer Jasper Grant between 1800-1809 during his military service in Canada. It is composed of natural vegetable fibres, red, green, and pink wool yarn, and is decorated with white glass beads. Although the origins of

This relative, a belt of woven quillwork with geometric designs, is composed of cotton warp, sinew weft, and tanned hide backing. Porcupine quills used include those kept natural white as well as coloured in green, yellow, blue, black, and orange. Cylindrical blue glass beads are

These relatives, a pair of garter pendants, are composed of ribbon-work panels that have been backed with blue stroud. Basic geometric motifs of wavy lines and seriated diamonds have been included in the woven sections and are repeated in the ribbon applique. Materials also include

This relative, a finger woven bag, has the figure of three thunderbirds on one side and underwater panther imagery on the other. Composed of nettlestalk fibre, black animal hair, and two ply wool yarn coloured red, yellow, and brown, it is likely that the top

This relative, a small rectangular finger-woven bag, includes an underwater Misshipeshoo/Mshibzhiw/Mshibzhiw (panther), on one side and a bnesi (thunderbird) on the other. Composed of nettlestalk fibre and wool yarn, vertical bands coloured purple-red-light blue-yellow-green-yellow-blue-red-purple appear at either end of the bag. The panther and thunderbird

This relative, a hair ornament, is composed of red-dyed feathers (perhaps turkey), as well as hide, sinew, red and blue porcupine quills, raw hide and tanned hide. It was collected by British Army officer Jasper Grant between 1800 and 1809 while stationed in Canada during