knife sheath

knife sheath

knife sheath

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Introduction

knife sheath with floral moosehair embroidery, collected by the Earl of Caledon, Huron-Wendat (Huron), 1800s - 1840.

Nation of Maker: Huron-Wendat
Nation of Origin

museum documentation

Place of Origin: Québec, QC
Date Made or Date Range: 1800s to 1840
Materials

dark brown dyed smoked hide, burgundy silk ribbon, moose hair embroidery (2 shades of blue, darker blue and paler blue-- white-- pink, orange possibly faded from red), natural vegetable dyes

Techniques or Format

constructed of 2 pieces. Sheath part is one piece, stitched up the side, coming to a point, at the top a loop which is attached, edged with a silk ribbon. Hide is fringed along the edge of the sheath section.

Motifs and Patterns

floral, stylized-- scallops framing the design field on both the sheath and the handle. Scallops are filled in in the sheath section (alternating orange blue) and belt loop section the scallops are not filled in. RP we need a vocabulary for describing specific floral motifs. LS reminded us that Speck has done this work

Condition: mouldy, refer to conservation-- some stitching missing
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-413
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1969
Collection Narratives and Histories

collected by Earl of Caledon, 1841.

GKS Reference Number: 25781
How to Cite this Item

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

Approximate Place of Origin

46.8139, -71.208

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