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weaving; false moosehair embroidery;

Burden strap: woven belt, with narrower, tapered, tying strips at either end, made from Indian hemp; central portion is in twined weave, decorated with edging of opaque white pony beads and false embroidery using moosehair (white, yellow, orange and blue) on face; the false embroidery technique involves wrapping moosehairs around weft threads during the weaving; tie straps at either end consist of warp strands braided together;;

1780 C;Speyer catalogue gives "Ojibwa, around 1780";

(from Arthur Speyer, via Ted J. Brasser, Plains Ethnologist, National Museum of Man) formerly in the collection of Sir John Caldwell, Speyer catalogue gives "Ojibwa, around 1780" documentation; Caldwell served during the American Revolution as an officer in the 8th Regiment of Foot; he was stationed briefly at Niagara, then sent to Detroit and was made a chief of the Ojibwa and given the name "Apatto" The Runner; took part in a council at the Shawnee village of Wakeetomike on Jan 17, 1780; and supposedly councilled with Munsee, Delaware, Iroquois, Shawnee, Huron, Illini. (Ted Brasser) Note absence of blue colour in earlier examples in Paris and London.

Benndorf and Speyer (1968); Ted J. Brasser, "Bo'jou Neejee!: Profiles of Canadian Indian Art", National Museum of Man, Ottawa, 1976, #64; "A Basketful of Indian Culture Change" Can. Eth. Services, Paper number 22, NMM 1975; Lyford, C. "Iroquois Crafts" U.S. Dept. of the Int. 1945.