Knitted Waist Scarf

Knitted Waist Scarf

Knitted Waist Scarf

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Materials

red, blue, green, yellow sage, brown wool yarn

Techniques or Format

double knit,with fringe, possibly by machine

Motifs and Patterns

stripes, zig-zags and diamonds

Condition: used, has holes in it
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 911.3.76, HD 6295
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Independent Order of Foresters
Publication History

F. Barlow Cumberland, Catalogue and Notes of the Oronhyatekha Historical Collection (Toronto: Independent Order of Foresters, 1904), p 23, Item 65. "Knitted Waist Scarfs (two)."

GKS Reference Number: 59
Record Creation Context

GRASAC team research trip to the Royal Ontario Museum, Dec 15-19 2008, funded by SSHRC Aboriginal Research Grant. Participants: Heidi Bohaker, Alan Corbiere, Lewis Debassige, Anne De Stecher, Darlene Johnston, Stacey Loyer, Trudy Nicks, Ruth Phillips

Ethnography team, Dec 18: Cory Willmott, Trudy Nicks, Anne De Stecher, Ruth Phillips assisted by Tracey Forester

Approximate Place of Origin

42.3314, -83.0458

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