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Introduction

shirt, printed cotton, function "now worn by chiefs only", collected by Dr. Edward Sapir, 1911, Onkwehonwe (Iroquois, Seneca, Hodenosaunee), Six Nations Reserve, Brantford, Ontario, 1850 - 1911.

Nation of Maker: Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee
Nation of Origin

Hodenosaunee: Identified specifically by Sapir as Seneca museum documentation

Place of Origin: Six Nations of the Grand River Territory
Date Made or Date Range: 1850s to 1911
Materials

printed cotton with little dots, brown on cream, buttons, plastic replacement buttons

Techniques or Format

hand sewn shirt, front has inset of cotton lace, downturned collar, placket with 3 buttons presently. buttons on the sleeve cuff. Has a back yoke with an ungathered panel sewn to it. Sewn to a flat panel. Front and back yokes are one piece with an inset with a strip of pleated cotton lace on each side of the opening. No shoulder seam. Sleeves set in. Pleats in centre of neck at the back. Straight bottom edge with side vents.

Original and Subsequent Uses

CMC card says this shirt worn now only by chiefs.

Dimensions: 16.5 × 6.3 × 0 cm
Condition: Extensively stained
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

could have been made from the mid-19th century on.

Current Location: Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: III-I-42
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1911
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Sapir, E.
GKS Reference Number: 25480
How to Cite this Item

Item to be cited by catalog number, collection and institution.

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

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