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Quilled ornament
Quilled ornament
Quilled ornament
This relative, a quilled ornament, is composed of a top and bottom panel featuring porcupine quills and glass beads. Although the precise origins of this ornament are not certain, it is of Central Great Lakes origin and dates before 1880.
This relative currently resides in the National Museum of Ireland.
Phillips, Ruth. Patterns of Power. Kleinburg, On.: McMichael Canadian Collection, 1984.
This record was informed by GRASAC research notes.
Read More About This Relative
Top panel: porcupine quills, blue-green, orange, yellow, natural white, black. yellow grosgrain silk ribbon; green glass beads; metal cones; red-dyed animal hair; thongs; cylindrical blue glass beads; commercial thread.
Bottom panel: porcupine quills, blue (faded), natural white, yellow, black, orange; red stroud backing; yellow silk ribbon; glass beads, white, green; metal cones; red-dyed animal hair; commercial thread.
Top panel: Quill work in zigzag band stitch on hide.
Bottom panel: quill work woven on sinew, appliqued to red stroud backing.
Phillips, Ruth. Patterns of Power. Kleinburg, On.: McMichael Canadian Collection, 1984.
Provenance
GRASAC researcher notes from research trip to the National Museum of Ireland.
In 1984-1985 this item was included 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.
About This GRASAC Record
Maker, Name unrecorded. Quilled ornament. GRASAC ID: 1159. National Museum of Ireland Collection, NMI 1880.1911.
This record was augmented by Dana Murray on January 6, 2025. It was informed by notes collected during a GRASAC research trip to the National Museum of Ireland, date unrecorded.