Materials

dark brown smoked walnut dyed hide with dark brown silk trim around both liner and outside case, commercial cotton thread, moose hair (green, pale-- faded blue, pink, reddy-orange, white)

Techniques or Format

Each piece made of 3 pieces of hide-- 2 pieces sewn together down the side, oval piece for end. Decorative seam/edge showing. Overcast/oversewn embroidery

Motifs and Patterns

Stylized floral motif-- design field framed with scallops not filled in. Little dots sprinkled in the design field.

Additional Context

Possible cosmological significance of skydome motifs RP

Condition: poor condition, mould-- loss of damage to the hide, lots of stitching loss.

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

museum documentation

Current Location: Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: III-H-411ab

Collection Narratives and Histories

Collected by Earl of Caledon, 1841-1842.

GKS Reference Number: 26023

How to Cite this Item

Item to be cited by catalog number, collection and institution.

Record Creation Context

GRASAC sponsored research trip to the CMC, June 16 to 20. Supported by the SSHRC Aboriginal Research Grant, 2007-2010.

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Researchers present: Ruth Phillips (RP), Judy Hall (JH), Anne de Stecher (AS), Heidi Bohaker (HB), Aaron Mills (AM), Linda Sioui (LS).