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Sash, tightly finger woven, of hard textured yarn. Made in 4 interlocked bands colours green, red, purple and yellow. At either end, long fringe is formed from warp ends twiisted together then knotted.;;

1780 C;;

(from Speyer, via T. Brasser) A few pieces from the Caldwell collection are in the Liverpool Museum and they also have a complete set of color slides of the entire collection (as does the Horniman Museum). 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.

Bo'jou Neejee #117