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Powder horn with sash. Sash is tightly finger woven of hard textured yarns. Yarn colours are red, black, yellow, blue and white. At ends, strands are twisted and knotted to form fringe. Tanned, smoked skin thong attaches sash to horn. Horn is of non-Indian manufacture, and has wood and brass fittings.;;

1780 C;;

(from Speyer, via T. Brasser, National Museum of Man, Ottawa) Formerly in the collection of Sir John Caldwell. Caldwell was 5th Baronet, Castle Caldwell, County Fermanagh, Ireland. He served from 1774-1780 during the American Revolution as an officer in the 8th Regiment on Foot. He was stationed briefly at Niagara, then sent to Fort Detroit. Was made a chief of the Ojibwa and given the name Appato, The Runner. Took part in a council at the Shawnee village of Wakeetomike on Jan. 17, 1780; and supposedly councilled with Munsee, Delaware, Iroquois, Shawnee, Huron, Illini. A few pieces from his collection are in the Liverpool Mus. and they also have a complete set of color slides of the entire coll. (as does the Horniman Mus.). Accompanying label is a printed calling card for a Mr. James Miller, Protestant Reformation Society, 17 Berners Street, Oxford St. London. On back of card, handwritten in ink: "Powder Horn used by Red Indian Chief/Ford Hall." Original label in CMC Archives, copy in Speyer collector's file.

Benndorf and Speyer (1968); Bo'jou Neejee exhibit catalogue #140