Arrow Sash Item Number: D3.148 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Long red sash with stripes of grey, blue, yellow and red diagonals, black, and green decorated center red stripe. Fringe at ends have been twisted, and knotted.
History Of Use
Appears to be a Metis "Assumption" sash.
Narrative
Sold by Iroqrafts, a craft store on the the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario. Unknown if it was made by an Iroquois weaver, in a Metis style, or if it was made by a Metis weaver and sold through the Iroqrafts store?
Item History
What
- Name
- Arrow Sash
- Identification Number
- D3.148
- Type of Item
- sash
- Material
- wool fibre and dye
- Overall
- height 15.0 cm, width 228.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Haudenosaunee ? or Metis ?
- Previous Owner
- Iroqrafts
- Received from
- Iroqrafts (Seller) and Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Ontario, Canada ?
- Collected in
- Ontario, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- during 1969
- Ownership Date
- before April 14, 1969
- Acquisition Date
- on April 14, 1969
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0232/0009