bag, with flowerbasket motif

bag, with flowerbasket motif

bag, with flowerbasket motif

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Introduction

bag with flower basket motif, collected by Edward Sapir, June 13 1914, Onkwehonwe (Hodenosaunee, Iroquois), Six Nations Reserve, Brantford, Ontario, 1900s.

Nation of Maker: Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee
Nation of Origin

museum documentation

Place of Origin: Six Nations of the Grand River Territory
Date Made or Date Range: 1900s to 1914
Materials

commercially tanned cowhide, with the sueded side out. Glass beads in this case are small pink, light blue, translucent green and dark pink beads and a small cylindrical dark bead.

Techniques or Format

double beaded edging around each panel

Motifs and Patterns

3 flower baskets

Dimensions: 23 × 0 × 0 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

early 20th century
catalog card notes it was collected June 13, 1914.

Current Location: Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: III-I-1021
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1914-06-13
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Sapir, E.
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1914-06-13
GKS Reference Number: 24451
How to Cite this Item

Item to be cited by catalog card, collection and institution.

Approximate Place of Origin

43.0703, -80.1184

Source of Information about Places

Eastern Great Lakes-- local origin

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