Materials

dark brown walnut dyed smoked hide-- lined with white wool cloth, moose hair (white, red, blue, pale green, creamy yellow &#38-- pink in natural dyes)--

Techniques or Format

Glove constructed of 1 piece of hide with a thumb insert. Single seam goes down little finger side. Inserts for each finger. Hairs attached by overcast/oversewn stitch technique. Possible trim was around wrist opening as some remnant stiching remains.

Motifs and Patterns

floral, stylized-- very strong lines organize the floral design. Stem runs up the fingers with flowers on each side. RP. Says someone very cleverly worked floral motifs effectively into glove shape. Aesthetic here was to fill the design field. Does not have scalloped edging. Has line of very small zig zags with parallel lines framing the design fields. Designs on each glove are not the same - yet balanced and similar.

Other Notes

RP: gloves are extraordinary. Masterpiece of Wendat moose hair embroidery.

Condition: Lining almost completely gone, a few holes in the hide,

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

When Earl of Caledon was in Canada

Current Location: Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: III-H-402ab

Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1969-10-08

Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1841/1842

Collection Narratives and Histories

, du Près (3rd Earl of Caledon of Tyrone, Ireland), James -- date he was in Canada ,

GKS Reference Number: 25489

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).