Hickory Mat

Name

Hickory 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

One oval mat woven of hickory splints. Bottom is a solid woven base. Top side is fibrous, mostly natural but with occasional stripes dyed purple. Collected from Mrs. George Shogonosh. Won first prize at the Walpole Fair, 1932 (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).

Identifier

UMMAA 13988

Collector

Volney Jones and Mrs. Hyman (Ada) Smith

UM holding institution

Museum of Anthropological Archaeology