Saddle Item Number: D3.170 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rawhide and tanned hide saddle with blue and red trim and pink lining under flaps. Floral beadwork pattern at each of the four corners in two sets. The first corner set consists of two light green leaves at the bottom, a pink heart-shape, a black stem with two red petals, two dark green leaves in the middle with a light green centre, two green leaves with a black centre, a pink heart-shape, a three-petaled light blue flower with dark blue centre and two black filaments on either side, and two three-heart-shaped-petaled flowers of orange shades with yellow and blue centres at either sides. The second corner set consists of a dark green leaf with an orange centre, a pink bud outlined with green, and two four-petaled flowers of red and orange with a yellow centre outlined with black at either sides, with an orange, yellow, and blue bud below each. Corresponding respectively are two more sets of floral patterned beadwork panels underneath each corner. The first panel set consists of a pink and red flower with an orange centre that has two curly light blue lines at the top corners, two dark blue petals outlined with blue below the left side of the flower, a black stem, and two green leaves with orange centres at either sides. The second panel set consists of three four-heart-shaped-petaled red flowers outlined with pink and having yellow centres, a red and orange flower, two red buds outlined with pink, and two green buds, all joined by a black stem. Each panel has a fabric strip at each side with a large black beaded and two blue and red wool tassels. Each fabric strip has a dark blue centre vertical line outlined with light blue and decoraged with yellow beads.
Narrative
The donor said the objects in his donation should be known as the Hillyard Mitchell collection. Mitchell (1852-1923) spent much of his working life in the Northwest Territories, later moving to Victoria, B.C. The donor also said the collection came from his grandfather, F. Carson, who had gone to Saskatchewan in 1861 as a boy of 15, and stayed until 1918. He was a fur trader and trapper, working mainly amongst the Cree, and was recorded having been at Duck Lake and Prince Albert, Sask. It is now uncertain which objects were collected by Mitchell vs collected by F. Carson.
Item History
- Made in North America
- Collected between 1861 and 1918
- Owned by F. Carson
- Owned by Hillyard Mitchell before 1923
- Owned by F. S. Carson before October 28, 1957
- Received from F. S. Carson (Donor) on October 28, 1957
What
- Name
- Saddle
- Identification Number
- D3.170
- Type of Item
- saddle
- Material
- skin, glass and wool fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- sewn, embroidered and stuffed
- Overall
- height 18.0 cm, width 30.5 cm, depth 48.3 cm
Who
- Culture
- Eastern Woodlands
- Previous Owner
- F. Carson, Hillyard Mitchell and F. S. Carson
- Received from
- F. S. Carson (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- North America
When
- Collection Date
- between 1861 and 1918
- Ownership Date
- before 1923 and before October 28, 1957
- Acquisition Date
- on October 28, 1957
Other
- Item Classes
- beadwork; textiles
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 44
- Accession Number
- 2081/0061