burden strap

burden strap

burden strap

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Introduction

Burden strap (with only the central section). Made from nettle stalk fibre, moosehair, and white glass beads.

Name of Maker(s): Unknown Haudenosaunee artist
Nation of Maker: Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee
Materials

Nettle stalk fibre, moosehair, glass beads (whites)

Techniques or Format

Hand woven base of nettle stalk fibre with false embroidery tapestry stictch on top in orange, red, black, white dyed moosehair with glass beads along the edge

Motifs and Patterns

(WC) has been told a possible association with mountain and valley topography; undulating stripe with stepped triangles

Current Location: Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna, Austria
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 24277
Collection Narratives and Histories

Hugo Schilling noted as a secondary collector

GKS Reference Number: 45145
How to Cite this Item

Unknown Haudenosaunee artist, burden strap. Currently in the Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna, Austria, 24277. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip January 2016; GRASAC item id 45145.

Record Creation Context

In January of 2016, a small team of GRASAC researchers visited the collection to study and photograph it: Ruth Phillips, Lisa Truong, Naomi Recollet (Anishinaabe (Odawa/Ojibwe), Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory) and Wahsontiio Cross (Mohawk, Kahnawake).

Approximate Place of Origin

43.0703, -80.1184

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