Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1959.061.012 |
Object Name |
Pouch |
Title |
Beaded Pouch (Ojibwa / Anishnaabe) |
Lexicon category |
3: Personal Artifacts |
Year Range from |
1850 |
Year Range to |
1900 |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Newash Reserve/Brookeholm, Owen Sound and Township of Georgian Bluffs, Grey County |
Description |
Beaded floral First Nations (Ojibwa) pouch. This heavily beaded floral pouch has a rounded shape and is piped around the edge with red cloth. The body of the pouch is made of dark brown or black velvet, which is lined with dark brown linen. The beading is raised Iroquois-style, but has Ojibwa patterning, with floral motifs. There are three sizes of opaque white beads used, as well as teal/turquoise blue, darker blue, yellow, orange, dusty pink, red, silvery and amber-coloured beads. The flaps are edged with alternating horizontal and vertical large white beads. The pouch is beaded on both sides. There are flat brass sequins placed near the floral designs. |
Provenance |
Likely made by a First Nation (Ojibwa) woman between 1850 and 1900. The previous owner, Mary McLean (b. 1878), reported that her mother, Elizabeth McLean (nee Blyth), purchased the pouch from someone at Newash, but did not say which year or for how much. The Newash Band (Nawash Band) of the Ojibwa had a village in the 1840s and early 1850s at what is now called "Brooke" (Brookholme, now located in the northwest area of Owen Sound, Grey County). For a while, a number of Nawash people resided at the Newash Reserve, as it was called on maps, and there was a Methodist mission established there to assist them. The Peter Jones Treaty of 1857 relocated the Nawash Band to Cape Croker (Neyaashiinigmiing), and the Newash Reserve land was surveyed into town lots for settlement, however, the Nawash used the seasonally for years after this. Elizabeth McLean was formerly Elizabeth Blyth (b. June 4, 1838-d. Jan. 13, 1921). She was born in Cincinnati. She arrived in Owen Sound as a child in 1846. Her father was a tailor. She married Scottish-born John McLean (b. 1816-d. 1900) in the early 1860's. They lived at what is now 1663 5th Ave. East, Owen Sound, Grey County. |
Collection |
First Nations, 19th-c Collection |
Material |
Velvet/Bead, Glass/Cloth/Sequin/Thread/Dye |
Dimensions |
W-5.512 L-5.906 inches |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
McLean, John McLean, Elizabeth McLean, Mary A. |
Subjects |
Beads First Nations of Central Canada Containers |
Search Terms |
Newash Ojibway Brookeholm (Brooke) Ojibwa (Anishnaabe, Anishnibeg) |