dress, woman's

dress, woman's

dress, woman's

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Introduction

dress, woman's, with Japanese influence print, collected by Dr. Edward Sapir, Onkwehonwe (Iroquois, Hodenosaunee), Six Nations Reserve, Brantford, Ontario, made before 1911.

Nation of Maker: Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee
Nation of Origin

Hodenosaunee: purchased from the community museum documentation

Place of Origin: Six Nations of the Grand River Territory
Date Made or Date Range: 1800s to 1911
Materials

printed cotton purple, blue cotton neck band, small brooch brass coloured, silk ribbons, grosgrain tape, inside of the wrist cuff lined with blue striped fabric.

Techniques or Format

Gathered Yoke, front consists of 2 gathered panels, set in sleeves. partially lined with unbleached cotton, partially machine sewn and partially hand sewn, separate band around the neck, back panel goes to just above the west, and then there is another square. No button holes -- was a scarf worn over with a brooch/pin. Markings showing that there were other such pins. Ribbon applique sewn on to a limegreen colour grosgrain tape, with 2 bead edging.

Motifs and Patterns

Japanese influence print. saw tooth or zig zag on the applique.

Dimensions: 19 × 16 × 0 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

prior to 1911

Current Location: Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: III-I-41
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1911
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Sapir, E.
Collection Narratives and Histories

Mrs. Gibson - Cayuga.

GKS Reference Number: 26369
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), Janis Monture (JM), John Moses (JMoses) and Jameson Brant (JBrant).

Approximate Place of Origin

43.0703, -80.1184

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