sash

sash

sash

Date Made or Date Range: 1770s to 1780
Materials

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Other Notes

Sash, finger woven, of hard textured, tightly spun wool, with white pony beads interwoven to produce zig-zag line pattern. Colour is pink with narrow band of blue green down either edge. At ends warp strands are braided together fro approximately 4 cm, then twisted and knotted to form fringe. A few strands are braided with white beads incorporated.;;

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

1780 C;;

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: III-X-243
Collection Narratives and Histories

(DOCUMENTATION) (from Speyer, via T. Brasser) and they also have a complete set of colour slides of the entire coll. (as does the Horniman Mus.)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.

GKS Reference Number: 24751
Approximate Place of Origin

42.3314, -83.0458