Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1961.027.033ab |
Object Name |
Clothing, Doll |
Title |
Doll Booties |
Lexicon category |
9: Recreational Artifacts |
Date |
19th-century |
Year Range from |
1845 |
Year Range to |
1865 |
Made |
Sutton (neé Sunego), Catharine Brown |
Place of Origin |
Sarawak Township (formerly), Township of Georgian Bluffs, Grey County |
Description |
Tiny, hand-knitted doll's boots that were made by Catharine Brown Sutton (neé Sunego). The needlework is extremely fine. The textile appears to be a brownish colour - wear and fading may have diminished any original dyes. |
Provenance |
Made by Catharine Sutton (née Catharine Brown Sunego) aka by the Ojibwa name of Nahneebahweequa, (often spelt as Nahneebahweequay in 19th-century sources) which means "Upright Woman" or "Black Squirrel". These items were eventually passed down in the family to her grand-daughter Catherine, Mrs. Alfred Morgan, of Brantford, Ontario. |
Collection |
First Nations, Sutton Collection |
Material |
Cotton? |
Dimensions |
W-4.5 L-3 inches |
Found |
Brantford, Ontario |
People |
Sutton, Catharine Morgan, Catherine Morgan, Alfred |
Subjects |
Dolls Toys Knitting Children playing with toys |
Search Terms |
Sarawak Township |
Function |
These doll booties were hand-knitted by Mrs. Catharine B. Sutton as playthings for her children. Mrs. Sutton died in 1865, so the items would have been made sometime between 1845-1865. |