Materials

Black wool stroud; Cotton cloth; Glass beads; Metal beads.

Techniques or Format

Shaped to fit scissors; Constructed from black wool stroud; Lined with light green patterned cotton cloth; Hanging loop of same colour cloth hand sewn to top case; Design consists of round pink wool pieces secured with spot-stitched yellow glass beads and metal beads; Circumference of round pieces and case bordered with groups of two white beads spot-stitched evenly apart; Middle area has sequins, flat round beads, individually placed with a single translucent glass bead; Edged trimmed with red and white lace-stitched semi-translucent glass beads.

Original and Subsequent Uses

Scissors case

Dimensions: 19.4 × 10.3 × 0 cm

Condition: Good; Area of bead loss, surface dirt and paint residue.

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

from catalogue records

Current Location: Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: HBC 96-26

Link to Institution's Collections Database: https://manitobamuseum.ca/main/collections-research/collections-database/

Collection at Current Location: Hudson's Bay Company Museum Collection

Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1996

Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Acquired from the estate of a private collector.

Source for Provenance information

catalogue records

GKS Reference Number: 58803

How to Cite this Item

Manitoba Museum