knife sheath

knife sheath

knife sheath

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Introduction

knife sheath with quillwork, beaded edge and tin cone fringe, collected by Arthur Speyer, Onkwehonwe (Hodenosaunee, Mohawk), 1700s - 1790.

Nation of Maker: Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee
Nation of Origin

AnishinaabegHodenosaunee: Possibily came via military source. CMC.
Museum documentation.

Date Made or Date Range: 1700s to 1790
Materials

tanned, smoked skin (oils/wear gives appearance in places of rawhide, but it is not)-- porcupine quills (green, bl ack, red, white, yellow, dark blue), beads (white, medium blue), small and medium sized tin cones with red-dyed (deer?) hair.

Techniques or Format

two pieces sewn with thread (vegetable fibre?), quillwork in double zig zag pattern. Virtuoso piece.

Motifs and Patterns

checkerboard motif. Unusual number of quill colours.

Dimensions: 30 × 12 × 0 cm
Condition: good
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-I-1313
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1970
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Arthur Speyer
GKS Reference Number: 25363
How to Cite this Item

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

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Researchers present: Jonathan Lainey (JL), Ruth Phillips (RP), Judy Hall (JH), Stacey Loyer (SL), Anne de Stecher (AS), Heidi Bohaker (HB), Aaron Mills (AM). Also Jameson Brant (JBrant) of the CMC/Tyendinaga who joined us.

Approximate Place of Origin

45.8, -83.9

Source of Information about Places

Eastern Great Lakes-- stylistic

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