Rush mat with the sisters who made it

Name

Rush mat with the sisters who made it

Type

photograph

Creator

Bkejwanong/Walpole Island First Nation
Volney Jones, photographer

Spatial Coverage

Canada
Walpole Island, Ontario

Date (yyyy-mm-dd)

1933-07

Description

Ada Aquash Smith (Mrs. Hyman Smith) is seated in a white dress, holding a basket in a style made by her daughter, Myra Greenbird. Ada prepared the bulrushes for the mat that her sister, Sarah Aquash Shogonosh (pointing at the mat), wove the top edge of (from 2019 research on photo).

Identifier

BHL HS18816

Collector

Volney Jones

UM holding institution

Bentley Historical Library
Item sets
Anishinaabe Plants UMMAA
Site pages
Walpole Island
Shogonosh Family
Rush Mat

Linked resources

Items with "Relation: Rush mat with the sisters who made it"
Title Class
Rush Mat, partially finished