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box, calling card
box, calling card
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Introduction
box, calling card with floral moosehair embroidery, collected by Arthur Speyer, Huron-Wendat (Huron), 1840-1860s.
Nation of Maker:
Huron-Wendat
Nation of Origin
museum documentation
Date Made or Date Range:
1840s to 1860s
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Materials
Moosehair in green, yellow, white and orange-- commercial brown cotton thread, birchbark.
Techniques or Format
Container in two pieces, one of which fits over the inner part of the other. Two layers of birchbark are used throughout. It is elaborated with moosehair embroidery in floral designs with gradations of color.
Condition:
Good
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses
c. 1850
Provenance
Current Location:
Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
III-H-436 ab
Date of Acquisition by the Institution:
1973
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From:
Arthur Speyer
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
25525
How to Cite this Item
Item to be cited by catalog number, collection and institution.
Record Creation Context
19/06/08 CMC
Approximate Place of Origin