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beaded garter of Chief Shingwauk
beaded garter of Chief Shingwauk
beaded garter of Chief Shingwauk
Anishinaabe beaded garter attributed to Chief Shingwauk of Garden River. Made with heddle woven yarn and backed with cloth. Pattern of woven yarn and interwoven beads creates rows of parallel lines. Dr. Oronhyatekha Ethnology collection.
Chief Shingwauk was Anishinaabe
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Red, gold, green, and faded blue (?) worsted yarn (has a sheen); size 10 white seed beads
Heddle woven with interwoven beads, ends of yarn seem to be knotted individually, some of the strands of wool are twisted togther in the fringe on one side. Garter is backed with green conservation cloth.
Rows of parallel lines
Ask David Penney to comment on this record, especially regarding the heddle weaving technique.
Provenance
F. Barlow Cumberland, Catalogue and Notes of the Oronhyatekha Historical Collection (Toronto: Independent Order of Foresters, 1904), p 33,
Item 149. "War Dance Beaded Garters of Chief Shingwauk.
Under Item 143, pg 32, "This bag and also the beaded garters are excellent examples of early beads interwoven by the product of a small hand loom, the beads being woven in the pattern as the work proceeded."
About This GRASAC Record
Unknown artist, beaded garter of Chief Shingwauk. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, 987.261.47. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2008; GRASAC item id 1432.
GRASAC team research trip to the Royal Ontario Museum, Dec 15-19 2008, funded by SSHRC Aboriginal Research Grant. Participants: Heidi Bohaker, Alan Corbiere, Lewis Debassige, Anne De Stecher, Darlene Johnston, Stacey Loyer, Trudy Nicks, Ruth Phillips
Dec 17 Ethnology team: Alan Corbiere, Stacey Loyer, Ruth Phillips, Cory Willmott, assisted by Tracey Forester