Black Ash Splints, dyed yellow

Name

Black Ash Splints, dyed yellow

Type

botanical

Creator

Bkejwanong/Walpole Island First Nation
Mrs. Levi (Winifred) Sturgeon

Spatial Coverage

Canada
Walpole Island, Ontario

Date (yyyy-mm-dd)

1933-07-07

Description

Narrow black ash basket splints cut with a stripper by Mrs. Sturgeon. The strip from which they were cut had been previously dyed with a dye said to be Diamond brand, yellow. The dyeing process was not observed (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes, Field no. 100).

Identifier

UMMAA 13948

Collector

Volney Jones and Mrs. Hyman (Ada) Smith

UM holding institution

Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
Site pages
Sturgeon Family

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Title Class
Melon Basket