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Pouch
Pouch
Pouch
This relative, a red stroud pouch, is decorated with a suspended panel of loom-woven beadwork in geometric designs and a large sun motif embroidered on both sides of the cloth pouch. Although the precise origins of this relative are not certain, it has probably connections to Cree or Metis peoples. This pouch was originally collected by British army officer Colonel Jasper Grant between 1800 and 1809, at which time he was stationed in Canada for his military service.
This relative currently resides in the National Museum of Ireland.
This information was informed by the following resource: Phillips, Ruth. Patterns of Power: Kleinburg, On.: McMichael Canadian Collection, 1984.
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Red stroud; white cotton, lining; grosgrain silk ribbon, blue and white; cotton tape, yellow and dark green; cotton thread, black, light blue and yellow; large oval glass beads, black, turquoise, red; beadwork, opaque glass beads, white, red, turquoise, black, yellow, green; translucent beads, red, dark blue; wool yarn, yellow, maroon, deep rose and white.
Woven beadwork on sinew warps and sinew wefts, ribbonwork applique
sun
Jasper Grant served as commandant of Fort George in the Niagara Peninsula and of Fort Malden at Amherstburg opposite Detroit from 1800-1809.
Provenance
Jasper Grant (1762-1812), Anglo-Irish officer who spent 9 years in Canada between 1800-1809. Served as commandant of Fort George in the Niagara Peninsula and of Fort Malden at Amherstburg opposite Detroit. It is likely that his wife, Isabella Grant, played a significant role in the collection of items given her close relationship to Madeline Askin Richardson, the daughter of a prominent fur trader and merchant with extensive ties to the surrounding Indigenous communities.
GRASAC researcher notes from research trip to the National Museum of Ireland on July 23, 2010.
In 1984-1985 the Jasper Grant Collection was featured in a special travelling exhibition for the Ontario bicentennial, which was organized by the McMichael Canadian Collection and entitled "Patterns of Power."
Phillips, Ruth. Patterns of Power. Kleinburg,On.: McMichael Canadian Collection, 1984.
Philips, Ruth B. (1986-87). “Jasper Grant and Edward Walsh: the Gentleman-Soldier as Early Collector of Great Lakes Indian Art.” Journal of Canadian Studies 21(4): 56-71.
About This GRASAC Record
Maker, Name unrecorded. Pouch. GRASAC ID: 27084. National Museum of Ireland Collection, 1902.323.
This record was augmented by Dana Murray on November 26, 2024. It was informed by notes and photographs collected during a GRASAC research trip to the National Museum of Ireland on July 23, 2010. Participants included Alan Corbiere, Ruth Phillips, Crystal Migwans, Rachel Hand, and Nikolaus Stolle, who were assisted by Padraig Clancy and Emma Crosby.
42.107, -83.1132
This information was informed by the following resource: Phillips, Ruth. Patterns of Power. Kleinburg, On.: Patterns of Power, 1984. Fort Malden is identified on the map as a possible origin for this relative, but this reflects only one place where the relative may have lived. It is not a known place of origin; it is only one location associated with where the collector, Jasper Grant, served in the British Army.