Materials

red cotton flannel (definite ID, JHughes, CMC), white beads, beigey ribbon which may have been a green to begin with. 2 types of beads. 1 is a white, other type is a greyish white

Techniques or Format

1 piece folded with a seam, first pair we have seen with a 2" band of gathering, a slit 1/4 the way up the side of the seam. Use of different types of beads suggests that the beading was done from the bottom up (JBrant).

Motifs and Patterns

Beaded daisy chain along the sides, beaded daisy chain incorporated along the bottom edging, topped with 3 lobed flower motifs

Dimensions: 13 × 8.6 × 0 cm

Condition: 1 has a strip of discolouring, folded, from previous exhibit? On exhibit for 14 years. Shows significant fading. Generally soiled overall. Overall integrity generally worn in fairly good condition with fraying at the edges, silk ribbon in very fragile condition, lots of loss, splitting. Intrinsically weak because the fabric itself is not very strong. (JHughes).

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

Likely made around time of manufacture

Current Location: Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: III-I-1022

Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1914

Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Sapir, E.

Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1914

GKS Reference Number: 26859

How to Cite this Item

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

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), Janis Monture (JM), John Moses (JMoses) and Jameson Brant (JBrant).