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Introduction

Basswood fiber bag with shoulder strap collected by F. W. Waugh summer 1916 at Wikwemikong, Manitoulin Island from Angelique Masizongwe (Masezoygwe). Anishinaabe.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Place of Origin: Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory
Materials

Basswood fiber and cotton calico cloth

Techniques or Format

Strap is secondary, attached with two knots

Motifs and Patterns

two shades of green, red and purple

Original and Subsequent Uses

pack bag

Dimensions: 78 × 7.5 × 0 cm
Current Location: Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: III-G-308
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: Summer 1916
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: F. W. Waugh
Collection Narratives and Histories

F. W. Waugh

Exhibition History

Canadian Handicrafts Guild, Montreal, QC, Nov. 1939
Art Museum, London, ON, April 1956

Comment on Source of Exhibition & Publication Data

CMC record

GKS Reference Number: 25991
Approximate Place of Origin

45.7171, -81.6848

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