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
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- Anishinaabe Plants UMMAA