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Strap, burden
Strap, burden
Strap, burden
This relative, a burden strap, was collected by British Army officer Jasper Grant between 1800-1809 during his military service in Canada. It is composed of natural vegetable fibres, red, green, and pink wool yarn, and is decorated with white glass beads. Although the origins of this relative are not certain, it has probable connections with the Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee or Delaware, and is attributed to the Eastern Great Lakes.
This relative currently resides in the National Museum of Ireland.
Hodenosaunee or Delaware
A similar item was depicted by Lewis Henry Morgan.
Read More About This Relative
Natural vegetable fibre (probably nettle and hemp) (?) wool yarn, red, green and pink; glass beads, white.
Warp-faced tabby and twined weaves.
Jasper Grant's military service period in Canada.
Provenance
Jasper Grant (1762-1812), Anglo-Irish officer who spent 9 years in Canada between 1800-1809. Served as commandant of Fort George in the Niagara Peninsula and of Fort Malden at Amherstburg opposite Detroit. It is likely that his wife, Isabella Grant, played a significant role in the collection of items given her close relationship to Madeline Askin Richardson, the daughter of a prominent fur trader and merchant with extensive ties to the surrounding Indigenous communities.
GRASAC research notes and National Museum of Ireland records.
In 1984-1985 the Jasper Grant Collection was featured in a special travelling exhibition for the Ontario bicentennial, which was organized by the McMichael Canadian Collection and entitled "Patterns of Power."
Phillips, Ruth. Patterns of Power. Kleinburg,On.: McMichael Canadian Collection, 1984.
Philips, Ruth B. (1986-87). “Jasper Grant and Edward Walsh: the Gentleman-Soldier as Early Collector of Great Lakes Indian Art.” Journal of Canadian Studies 21(4): 56-71.
About This GRASAC Record
Maker, Name unrecorded. Strap, burden. GRASAC ID: 26476. National Museum of Ireland Collection, 1902.335.
This record was augmented by Dana Murray on Nov 2, 2024. It was informed by notes and images collected during the GRASAC research trip to the National Museum of Ireland on July 21, 2010. Participants included Alan Corbiere, Bhnens Corbiere, Crystal Migwans, Nikolaus Stolle, Rachel Hand, and Ruth Phillips, who were assisted by Padraig Clancy.
42.107, -83.1132
This information was informed by the following resource: Phillips, Ruth. Patterns of Power. Kleinburg, On.: Patterns of Power, 1984. Fort Malden is identified on the map as a possible origin for this relative, but this reflects only one place where the relative may have lived. It is not a known place of origin; it is only one location associated with where the collector, Jasper Grant, served in the British Army.