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Beaded garters from Bear Island ca. 1913. The main motif, which is appliqué beaded onto black stroud, features thistles, conventional six-petal roses, and leaves arranged along a vine. The bottoms and the ties to fasten the garters have been embellished with colourful tassels made of
An early 19th Century Algonquin pipe, made of catlinite with lead inlay. Purchased by the Canadian Museum of Civilization in 1973.
Shot pouch with quill applique, formerly in the collection of the Duke of Hessen-Darmstadt, Onkwehonwe (Iroquois), 1700s.
18th century garters with black and yellow zigzag motif on a red background. Garters are constructed from quills and skin thongs using the netted technique. Fringes are decorated with tuffs of deer hair (probably) and metal cones. Initially collected by Charles Alston Messiter, these garters
gloves, formerly in the collection of the Earl of Caledon, Huron-Wendat (Huron), Quebec, 1800 - 1840s.
This is a bandolier bag from the Western Great Lakes region attributed to the 19th century. It was collected by Albert Reagan at the Bois Forte Reservation in Minnesota. It has been culturally affiliated with the Ojibwe and Annishnaabe. It is decorated with beadwork using
pouch for carrying needles with floral embroidery, collected by M. Barbeau, Huron-Wendat (Huron), 1800s -1914.
woman's belt with beaded flowers, collected by Edward Sapir, part of dress and skirt set accession III-I-1024, Onkwehonwe (Iroquois, Hodenosaunee), Six Nations Reserve, Brantford, Ontario, 1800s - 1914.
headdress, collected by Chief John A. Gibson, Onkwehonwe (Iroquois, Hodenosaunee),Six Nations Reserve, Grand River, Ontario, 1800s- 1911.
Decoration, cradleboard; or ornament, back or neck. Great Lakes/Anishinaabe/Ojibwa, late 1700s. Acquired by Arthur Speyer II from a French collector and sold to the Canadian Museum of Civilization in 1973. Constructed of two netted porcupine quillwork panels connected with lengths of quill-wrapped hide thongs; each
leggings, woman\'s trimmed with purple ribbon and design of white beads, collected by Chief John Gibson, 1912, Onkwehonwe (Iroquois, Hodenosaunee), Six Nations Reserve, Brantford, Ontario, 1900s.
legging's, young man's trimmed with silk ribbon and white beads, collected by Dr. Edward Sapir, 1911, Onkwehonwe (Iroquois, Cayuga, Hodenosaunee), Six Nations Reserve, Brantford, Ontario, 1900s.
A belt pouch of an 18th century type possibly collected by Charles Alston Messiter during his trip to North America in 1862. Ornamented with porcupine quills in concentric squares, an equal armed cross, and wavy line motifs. Red deer hair and tin metal cones make
Atikamekw (Attikamekw/Tête-de-Boule) birch bark basket with lid from Manawan (Manoan/Manouan), Quebec. Collected for the Canadian Museum of Civilization in 1928 by G.D.T. Pickering, most likely at the Hudson's Bay Company post in Oskelaneo, Quebec. Probably made in the late 1920s. Scratched/scraped/sgraffito geometric and duck or
This is a bandolier bag from the Western Great Lakes region attributed to 1875-1925. It was collected by Albert Reagan at the Bois Forte Reservation in Minnesota. It has been culturally affiliated with the Ojibwe and Annishnaabe. It is decorated using loom-woven beadwork and is
first document (pp1-6) are in old French, which I cannot read.
Letter from the British (John Butler or L. Col. Bolton) to the Six Nations invoking an already-established military alliance (a ). In particular, the author warns of the need to meet the Virginians and other enemies from the Ohio before they arrive on the Indians