quilled panel

quilled panel

quilled panel

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Introduction

This quilled panel is Anishinaabe in origin and dates from the early 19th century. Collected in 1890 from an Anishinaabe named Ek-wah-sateh of Baptiste Lake, Ontario.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Nation of Origin

Phillips, Ruth. Patterns of Power. Kleinburg: McMichael Canadian Collection, 1984.

Place of Origin: Baptiste Lake, ON
Date Made or Date Range: Early 19 C
Materials

Porcupine quill, black, red, natural white, blue-green, yellow; thongs; natural vegetable fibres.

Techniques or Format

Netted quillwork on thongs; vegetable fibres on top and bottom edges

Dimensions: 13 × 12 × 0 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Phillips, Ruth. Patterns of Power. Kleinburg: McMichael Canadian Collection, 1984.

Current Location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: ROM HD 16387
Collection Narratives and Histories

Collected in 1890 from an Anishinaabe named Ek-wah-sateh of Baptiste Lake, Ontario.

Publication History

Phillips, Ruth. Patterns of Power. Kleinburg: McMichael Canadian Collection, 1984.

GKS Reference Number: 1252
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, quilled panel. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, HD 16387. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2008; GRASAC item id 1252.

Approximate Place of Origin

45.1001, -77.9864

Source of Information about Places

Patterns of Power

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