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Introduction

Beaded tobacco pouch collected by Paul Radin in Jun 1912 from Thomas Aptosinch (Aptasweh/Abtossaway) \"Little Current\" at Manitoulin Island. Anishinaabe.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Date Made or Date Range: before 1916
Materials

hide, beads (turquoise, white, black, yellow), black thread, cloth, shoe lace

Motifs and Patterns

beaded image of man with a headdress and holding something unidentifiable

Original and Subsequent Uses

tobacco pouch

Dimensions: 30 × 15.3 × 1.5 cm
Condition: good
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

collected from Thomas Aptosinch (Aptasweh/Abtossaway) in 1916

Current Location: Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: III-G-36
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: June 1916
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Paul Radin
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: June 1912
Collection Narratives and Histories

(Radin collection list) "List of Ojibwa and Iroquois specimens obtained at Manitoulin Island, by Dr. Paul Radin, June 1912. Obtained from Thomas Aptasweh ("Little Current"). Ojibwa of Manitoulin Id."
(Alan Corbiere to Judy Hall, 13 Oct 2011) "They are from a guy named Aptasweh - which is now [spelled] Abotossaway."

GKS Reference Number: 26236
Approximate Place of Origin

43.0703, -80.1184

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