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Introduction

Anishinaabe wall pocket elaborated with ribbon applique. Made about 1818 for the wife of Capt. Thomas Gommersal Anderson, British agent at Green Bay, Michigan, who moved to Mackinac Island after the War of 1812.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Nation of Origin

Phillips, Ruth. Patterns of Power. Kleinburg: McMichael Canadian Collection, 1984.

Place of Origin: Mackinac Island, MI, USA
Date Made or Date Range: 1818
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Phillips, Ruth. Patterns of Power. Kleinburg: McMichael Canadian Collection, 1984.

Materials

Stroud, red, black; appliqued silk ribbon, yellow, ivory, three shades each of pink and blue; commercial thread.

Dimensions: 49 × 14.3 × 0 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Patterns of Power

Current Location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: ROM 974.104
Collection Narratives and Histories

This example was made about 1818 for the wife of Capt. Thomas Gommersal Anderson, British agent at Green Bay, Michigan, who moved to Mackinac Island after the war of 1812.

Publication History

Phillips, Ruth. Patterns of Power. Kleinburg: McMichael Canadian Collection, 1984.

GKS Reference Number: 1275
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, wall pocket. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, 974.104. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2008; GRASAC item id 1275.

Approximate Place of Origin

45.8495, -84.6162

Source of Information about Places

Patterns of Power: Ojibwe

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