sash, bandaloier and bag which attaches to sash with buttons

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sash, bandaloier and bag which attaches to sash with buttons

Nation of Origin

Hodenosaunee:

Date Made or Date Range: 1865/1911

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Materials

sash: coarsely woven commercial cloth, possibly cotton, lined with a heavy paper. hide rectangles with fringes on bottom, attached to bandolier with red ribbon (tobacco pouches), binding of printed cotton at the bottom, button on either side of the back of the bag, button holes on the botton of the sash. a line of sequins on each side of the strap. Pouch: lightly smoked native tanned hide, deer horn tinklers, fur trim on pouch, fringed pouch. Back of pouch has same brown coarse cloth backing, same binding of printed cotton, fur is ?? deer toed

Techniques or Format

sash, bandaloier and bag which attaches to sash with buttons. Tiny deer toe is attached to each end of strap and inside the toe is an analyine dyed feather.

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

Range from availabiity of analyine dye to date of accession.

Provenance

Current Location: Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada

Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1911

Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Gibson, Chief John A.

Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1911

About This GRASAC Record

GKS Reference Number: 26605

Record Creation Context

GRASAC sponsored research trip to the CMC, June 16 to 20. Supported by the SSHRC Aboriginal Research Grant, 2007-2010

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Researchers present: Ruth Phillips (RP), Judy Hall (JH), Anne de Stecher (AS), Heidi Bohaker (HB), Aaron Mills (AM), Janis Monture (JM), John Moses (JMoses) and Jameson Brant (JBrant).

Approximate Place of Origin

43.0703, -80.1184

Source of Information about Places

Eastern Great Lakes--

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