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2003.86.1.2

Moosehair embroidery, sample cut by donor from one end of 2003.86.1 .1. [ZM 27/10/2006]

2003.86.1.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Moosehair embroidery, sample cut by donor from one end of 2003.86.1 .1. [ZM 27/10/2006]
Cultural groups
Native American
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Olive J. Newnham
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1900
Date collected
By 1900
Acquisition information
Donated: 2003
Materials and processes
Material Textile, Material Wool Textile Animal, Material Moose Hair Animal, Process Embroidered, Process Woven, Process Dyed
Dimensions
Width: max 80 mm, Length: max 156 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2003.86.1.2
Research and responses

This is a sample of moosehair embroidery from North-Eastern North America. Material identification confirmed by Conservation, 3 May 2006. Ref. G. Turner 1954 Hair Embroidery in Siberia and North America, esp. p 39 and Plate VIII. The embroidery, which includes the raised 'berry' technique, is in dyed moosehair on red woollen trade cloth backed with cardboard. [LM 3/5/2006]

Search terms: Textile, Embroidery

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