sash, bandolier

sash, bandolier

sash, bandolier

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This bandolier sash is part of a war bundle. It is made from a tan coloured textile with a centre seam that would sit against the wearer's body. The outer face has been decorated with a red wool, scalloped along the bottom edge. Dew claws are attached along the length of the sash with hide. In addition to the sash, the bundle contains a miniature baagndibe'gan (war club), feet and tail of a mshiikenh (snapping turtle), deerskin ball, necklace, rattle, and headdress. The bundle was collected by M.G. Chandler in Bkejwanong, Walpole Island, where local knowledge connected the bundle to Pontiac. The subsequent collector, Richard A. Pohrt thought the bundle was not old enough for this connection and thought the bundle might be related to Tecumseh instead. This relative and bundle currently reside at the Detroit Institute of Arts.

Traditional Knowledge Label
TK Culturally Sensitive
TK Culturally Sensitive

This material has cultural and/or historical sensitivities

Maker role: Artist
Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe Odawa
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

DIA records

Place of Origin: Michigan, USA
Date Made or Date Range: 1700-1799
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

DIA records

Materials

wool, leather, hooves and dew claws

Techniques or Format

Sash or bandolier is decorated with thirty hooves and dew claws. Red wool trade cloth with tan stripe at each end, one edge bound with tan braid, handstiched, and lined with beige cloth. Other edge is scalloped and hand stitched along cut edge, but not otherwise finished.

Other Notes

Item found in war bundle: See also 81.174.1-13.

Dimensions: 50 × 2 × 0 in
Condition: Some hooves and claws are missing, as evidenced by ten empty leather thongs.
Current Location: Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 81.174.5
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1981
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Richard A. Pohrt
Collection Narratives and Histories

Collected by M. G. Chandler at Walpole Island, Ontario. Local tradition indicated this was part of the war bundle of Pontiac, Ottawa chief. According to Pohrt, the material is not old enough to have belonged to Pontiac; Chandler's informant may have meant Tecumseh.

GKS Reference Number: 99
Approximate Place of Origin

42.423456517938, -83.364375194966

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