birch bark; quill and moose or other animal hair dyed blue, natural, olive, tan and green, in what seems to be a very faded or muted palette.

This firescreen is made of an irregular shaped piece of birch bark. It is embroidered with either quill and moose or other animal hair.

It is embroidered in floral floral motifs of leaves and flower images.

It is suggested that this looks like a heraldic crest in its shield shape and might be a Huron-Wendat version of Gothic revival.

These objects were created as commodities, with a function as tourist items.

Same dates, period as 1912.38.7, c. 1865.

Accession book entry: F.C.Woodforde Esq., Market Drayton.- Specimens collected in Canada, chiefly in New Brunswick, C. 1865, 2 shaped pieces of birchbark embroidered with quill-work in floral designs. Additional entry: this embroidery is done in moose-hair, not in quill-work. One of these illustrated in Turner's "Hair Embroidery" Oct Paper 7 where it is described as "decorated panel." , c. 1865. , Related Documents File - Note dated 21/12/95 from Linda Mowat. She identifies this as a fire-screen (as seen on 'Pride and Prejudice'). As such it would be mounted on a handle and used to protect ladies' faces from the heat.

This record was created as part of a Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures (GRASAC) research trip to the Pitt Rivers Museum and British Museum, December 8-22 2007, funded by a grant from the International Opportunities fund of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

researchers present: Heidi Bohaker (HB), Stacey Loyer (SL), Janis Monture (JM), Laura Peers (LP), Ruth Phillips (RP), Anne De Stecher (AS), Cory Willmott (CW).