clay, brown matte glaze, blue glaze,

wheel thrown, incised, kiln fired, pit fired

There are geometric designs around the neck of the pot, the body is uniformly texturized

"EMS" inscribed on base along with a flint and feather motif with "SN" inside it.

During a MMMC Handling Session in 2013, Jacqui remarked "That jar over there, in the books when you see it, it’s a prehistoric jug. It is a prehistoric jug [2012.1.66]. It comes from like a thousand years ago and they still make them the same, a hundred years ago, they still manufactured the same thing. And they are from Turtle Island. They didn’t come from across the ocean. The people learned to put them together themselves. So when we see these things, the spirit is outstanding. Is outstanding in all of these items" (Handling Session #1).

This pot is possibly related to 2012.1.64 which has a date of 1974 incised onto the base along with a price sticker which says "$45.00 set", it is possible that 2012.1.64, 2012.1.65, and 2012.1.66 forms the set which were for sale at a fundraiser at NCCT.

The provenance of this Mohawk pottery is unknown. It was accessioned and catalogued into the NCCT's collection in 2012 but there is no record as to how it came into the NCCT's collection. It may have been donated, along with 2012.1.64 and 2012.1.65 by a community member, the NCCT used to hold arts and crafts sales and auctions to raise money for the centre.

Elde "Bun" Smith, clay pot. Currently at the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto, 2012.1.66. Information obtained from conversations with former History Project coordinator June Allison and from Monica Bodirsky's handwritten notes, NCCT Archive; GRASAC item id 27354.

The information found in these records was generated as a part of a research project entitled Memory, Meaning-making and Collections in which Anishinaabe and Cree seniors engaged in handling sessions with objects in the collection of the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto. As a research partnership between the University of Toronto and the NCCT, these sessions were audio-recorded and transcribed. Additional information was collected through archival, secondary and comparative research methods. An archive of the project is stored with First Story Toronto at the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto. For more information on archived interviews or archival material please contact Dr. Cara Krmpotich.