sash, wool
sash, wool
sash, wool
sash, wool, collected by Dr. Edward Sapir, 1911, Onkwehonwe (Hodenosaunee, Iroquois, Cayuga), Six Nations Reserve, Brantford, Ontario, 1900s.
museum documentation
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red and blue commercial yarn, white glass beads
finger weaving, beads sewn on. Beads sewn into warp ends to give a dotted effect.
chained diamonds in two parallel rows, alternating diamonds and lines. AM: where design is strong on one side, is weak on the other (strength as a measure of visible prominence). Appears to be a deliberate design stage.
described as "Iroquois lord belt"
Could be earlier, but also just as likely to have been made at time of purchase. Needs to be dated by the yarn. Card says date of manufacture 1910?
Provenance
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Item to be cited by catalog number, collection and institution.
GRASAC sponsored research trip to the CMC, June 16 to 20. Supported by the SSHRC Aboriginal Research Grant, 2007-2010
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).