Materials

2 ply red woolen yarn

Techniques or Format

twill woven

Original and Subsequent Uses

possibly a military sash given to an Aboriginal chief

Dimensions: 176.2 × 13.4 × 0 cm

Condition: good

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

commercially woven, officers' sashes made in the 18th use a different technique

Current Location: National Museum of Ireland

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 1901.513

Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1901

Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: given by G. W. Hatchell, Esq , identified on a 1920s printed museum label as

Collection Narratives and Histories

given by G. W. Hatchell, Esq , identified on a 1920s printed museum label as "Scarf, woven woolen stuff. Canadian Indian."

GKS Reference Number: 27212

Record Creation Context

GRASAC Research trip to National Museum of Ireland July 23 2010. Participants, Alan Corbiere, Ruth Phillips, Crystal Migwans, Nicholas Stolle, assisted by Padraig Clancy and Emma Crosby