bag, watch

bag, watch

bag, watch

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Introduction

Watch bag made of skin with a beaded concentric circular design. Originally owned by Mrs. Wilhelmina Anne Blake Brough and passed down to donor. Manitowaning, Manitoulin Island. Anishinaabe.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Place of Origin: Manitowaning, ON
Date Made or Date Range: mid 19th century
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

GRASAC generated

Materials

paper, glass beads (Blue, white, black, red), linen thread

Techniques or Format

beads applied in lazy stitch technique with beige thread; two circular pieces of skin/paper sewn together. Appliqued beadwork.

Motifs and Patterns

Concentric circular with rayed design on one side, could reference sun imagery

Other Notes

beaded fringe at the top and bottom

Dimensions: 9.7 × 7.6 × 0.6 cm
Condition: very poor
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Attributed by Judy Hall, Curator of Eastern Woodlands ethnology, CMC, Nov 2000

Current Location: Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: III-G-1805
Collection Narratives and Histories

The original owner of the bag, Mrs. Wilhelmina Anne Blake Brough, was the great great grandmother of the donor. Mrs Brough (1794-1872) emigrated to Canada from Ireland in 1832. The bag was passed down to Mrs. Brough's daughter, Frances Mary Brough DuMoulin (who apparently was the first white woman born on Manitoulin Island in 1839), and then to Frances Wilhelmina Crosbie Brewin (b. 1881) and then to the donor. (JLowe, from accession file).

GKS Reference Number: 24533
Approximate Place of Origin

45.7364, -81.8031

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