Corn Husk Mat

Name

Corn Husk Mat

Type

ethnographic

Creator

Bkejwanong/Walpole Island First Nation
Mrs. George (Sarah) Shogonosh

Spatial Coverage

Canada
Walpole Island, Ontario

Date (yyyy-mm-dd)

1933-07

Description

Corn husk mat made of husks dyed with Turkish dyes. This mat won first prize when exhibited at the Walpole Fair in August 1932 (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).

Identifier

UMMAA 13985

Collector

Volney Jones

UM holding institution

Museum of Anthropological Archaeology